Fastest gun in the West. And East. And South. And North...

[Randaddy]

Wow! That was awesome!

Sure, he talks himself up quite a bit, but that's part of the fun.
Hey, he's running with what he has. I say, "Go man!"

[Bro Blue]

Jeff Cooper was a living gem and is sorely missed.

[baxen]

Originally Posted by bluesdoc

No, he used a two hand technique, fanning the trigger with the free hand index finger.

jon

I believe its done by keeping your trigger finger stiff and static and rapidly pushing the weapon forward over and over. Its not possible to fan a 1911 auto. You better have a strong grip and watch out for hammer bite! The camera man was not in much danger, the shooter was using blanks, its the hot powder residue that hits the balloon.

[Bro Blue]

Originally Posted by baxen

I believe its done by keeping your trigger finger stiff and static and rapidly pushing the weapon forward over and over. Its not possible to fan a 1911 auto. You better have a strong grip and watch out for hammer bite! The camera man was not in much danger, the shooter was using blanks, its the hot powder residue that hits the balloon.

Yes, you rock the pistol slightly and allow recoil to do the rest. It's like bump firing a pistol. Also, there would be no need to fan a 1911 as the slide would take care of the hammer. Trigger pulls under three pounds are the norm for this kind of stuff, which I do not recommend.

[amigo30]

I don't know what's more impressive: The amazing talent he has or the monstrous ego he has..

[iaresee]

Originally Posted by Bro Blue

That is impressive, but shooting a Peacemaker with blanks is not the same thing as shooting one with live ammo. I doubt he would be near that fast dealing with recoil. None the less, it is impressive.

I hate to sound like sour grapes, but fast shooting like this is kind of like sweep picking. It's good for a few ooh's and ahh's but the time you spend perfecting it could be better spent drinking beer. There is a certain amount of technical proficiency required and I respect that, but people need to understand there is little to no practical use in it.

Are you talking about the first video posted? Didn't he switch to real bullets when he was shooting the balloons? Or was that just fast air from the blanks that popped them?

[90wreck]

I saw this guy shoot years ago and I was very impressed.

[LHanson]

Originally Posted by iaresee

Are you talking about the first video posted? Didn't he switch to real bullets when he was shooting the balloons? Or was that just fast air from the blanks that popped them?

I saw one of these guys, back around '77. He said he was shooting wax bullets, propelled by just the primers. Don't know if that's factual, or still reliable. It also makes one wonder how accurate you need to be to break a balloon at 8 feet with a (probably melting or fracturing) wax bullet. Their speed, however, is beyond reproach.

[DC1]

Originally Posted by Scott Peterson

What freaks me - even more than the speed of that guy - is at 3:00... look where the camera man is. WTF?

That's just insane.

HAS to be a robot camera. Known as PTZ and controlled with a joystick.


dc

[Scott Peterson]

Originally Posted by DC1

HAS to be a robot camera. Known as PTZ and controlled with a joystick.


dc

In 1987?

[John Coloccia]

re: cameras and blanks

At close range, blanks will surely do damage, and can kill you, in fact. At long range, they're harmless. They can surely pop a balloon at a few feet. You don't have to be terribly accurate. As long as the camera man was a reasonable distance away, he was perfectly safe. Think about what happens to the shotgun wad. You could practically catch it when it's out a ways.

The guy's fast. I'm always impressed by his display. Fastest ever? Whatever. Do you really believe the woman get's sawn in half? It's a show. Enjoy the spectacle.

[schmidlin]

Originally Posted by Scott Peterson

In 1987?

Hmmm...we only put a man on the moon 18 years earlier...

Stranger things have happened.

[DC1]

Originally Posted by Scott Peterson

In 1987?

Well, there were early studio ones out there, but that was clearly not a pro video.

Good point.

So, the guy must either be shooting blanks (which are still dangerous) or wax bullets, which can also be dangerous.

Or the camera op is nutz...

Wouldn't be the first one.

dc

[crzyfngers]

Originally Posted by bluesdoc

What Mark said!!

There's another speed shooter I saw on one of the DTV stations, name escapes me, who could fire his M1911 as fast as a machine gun, ie, ~600 rounds/sec. (until the mag was empty, of course). Hack shooters like me are impressed

jon

bob munden. his wife is scary too.

[Serious Poo]

The interviewer sounds a LOT like Swedish Eagle, an ex-KROQ and now a SeriusXM electronica DJ.