TV Westerns....who was "Top Shot"?

[stewart51]

How about 26 Men, stories of the Arizona Rangers.. Kelo Henderson (real life trick shooter and marksman) played Ranger Clint Travis. Guy Madison in the Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Bronco Lane, Wade Preston as Christopher Colt in Colt 45, Hoppy, Gene and Roy, The Range Rider and Yancy Derringer with Jock Mahoney... top shot was whichever hero I was watchind at the time.. thanks for the memories!

 

[Rembrandt]

I seem to recall Yancy Derringer preferred dynamite as a powder in his firearms....

 

[Ky Larry]

QuickDraw Mc Graw and his El Kabonger.

 

[Hunt480]

Got to be Chuck Conners as the Rifleman hands down, still love that intro!

 

[NCSUPackman]

I'm only 28 but grew up on re runs of the old westerns. I'd have to give best pistol to Paladin and best rifle to Lucas McCain.

 

[McCall911]

I've got to agree with Chuck Connors and Richard Boone, two of my childhood heroes.

But of movies, some of the most entertaining gun handling I've seen was done by Terence Hill (Trinity) in the Trinity spaghetti western comedies.

 

[Ala Dan]

+1 for Chuck Connors

History Lesson- Minor League Baseball

Did you all know that Chuck Connors (himself) actually played 1st base
for the Mobile Bears of the old Southern Association League~?

 

[tkaction]

the outlaw Josie Wales... Which I thought was one of Clints best.. Clint eastwood was real... his bio says that he would actually go to the local bars in cali and get into fights and win. Had a REAL reputation.

 

[McCall911]

Clint eastwood was real... his bio says that he would actually go to the local bars in cali and get into fights and win. Had a REAL reputation.

I remember Eastwood saying in an interview that he would invite cast members for a beer at one of the local "establishments." When he was filming Dirty Harry in San Francisco, a tipsy longshoreman started harassing Andrew Robinson, the young guy who played the Scorpio killer. After Clint told the guy to knock it off, the guy persisted until Clint finally punched him out.
And then later Clint blew Andy off a pier with his .44 Magnum. "The most powerful handgun in the world. And it will blow your head clean off..."

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Surprised you all missed it! Robert Redford's "Sundance Kid" in "Butch Casssidy and the Sundance Kid". Drew, fanned, and shot the buckle off a guys gunbelt, bad guy's gun drops to the floor, and then the follow up shots push the gun across the floor. Doesn't get any better than that.....And...he's left handed!

 

[DC3-CVN-72]

I have to go with Clint Eastwood as the outlaw Josie Wales. Thats my favorit old western movie.

 

[Manco]

THAT is a Blazingly silly answer ....

Well, that movie was actually a spoof (you know, not realistic like other movies ). So I'll also put in a vote for my hero and namesake, The Man With No Name (except for Joe, Manco, Blondie, and Clint Eastwood ). Any man who holsters his right arm in addition to his gun is a force to be reckoned with.

I'm too late I guess, but I agree. I was going to say, even though he was from the mid 70's, my money would be on Jim.

That's right, his name was Jim. But most people called him...Jim.

 

[Steve 48]

Roy Rogers was a good shot in real life and put on lots of exhibitions too!!

 

[okiefired]

Wasn't Nick Barkley (Big Valley) pretty fast? What about the Preacher in "Pale Rider", bad ass.

okie

 

[BCCL]

Linda Evans in "The Big Valley"...seriously, anyone gonna be able to look at her and still hit the broadside of a barn.

 

[dickttx]

A couple have got it right.
Hands down---Audie Murphy.
He DID it.

 

[BullRunBear]

Great thread!

50s TV: Roy Rogers. He never missed, never had to reload and Dale was a babe. And a Christmas present was a cap gun version of Roy's two gun rig.

60s TV: Jim West for serious cool and a great train car.

pistoleer in movies: Josie Wales. He was fast, accurate, and carried forty-eleven guns at all times.

rifleman in movies: Tom Selleck as Quigley. Deadly with over the horizon targets as well as super fast with C&B revolvers. I wonder how many folks tried black powder cartridge shooting after seeing the movie.

Jeff

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

I may have to rescind my choice and go with Rex O'Herlihan in "Rustler's Rhapsody". Being able to shoot against 6-7 guys, and shoot them all IN THE HAND, you won't see better "gunplay".

 

[Rembrandt]

Don't think Roy Rogers ever shot & killed a person in any of his films or TV shows, always shot to wound or it was a fist fight till their hat came off.

 

[DammitBoy]

Lee Van Cleef

Clint Eastwood

 

[kiskicowboy]

Although from much later in the TV Western era, Chris Larabee from The Magnificent Seven. Michael Biehn played the role exceptionally well, and brought along all of the gun handling skills he acquired while playing the role of Johnny Ringo in the movie Tombstone.

And of course, speaking of Tombstone and Johnny Ringo, one most certainly cannot forget to mention Doc Holliday, as played by Val Kilmer.

"All right, 'lunger'. Let's do it."
"Say when"

"You're no daisy! You're no daisy at all. Poor soul, you were just too high strung"

"It would appear that the strain was more than he could bear."

 

[svtruth]

Movies, but

Tom Mix?
Agree Clint Eastwood in his many roles was always a dead shot.

 

[eye5600]

The argument about Matt Dillon always was whether he outdrew the other guy in the opening credits.

As I recall, The Rifleman and The Bounty Hunter were more realistic than most about the destructive power of bullets.

 

[russ69]

Another vote for Roy Rogers. He was an avid shotgunner and a very good shot. He not only was a good shot compared to other stars but he also shot at the Grand Nationals. He was into it, as they say.

Thanx, Russ

 

[Cearbhall]

Jack Palance in Shane. What a mean dude.