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Mike Dobson, founding member of the Rusty Guns Fast Draw Club in Georgia, offers a tip for making your practice meaningful.
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The Fast Draw Gun
The Fast Draw Gun
by Bob Arganbright – 1978
Over the years, practically any single action revolver has been tried for fast draw. The only technical limitations in the revolvers used are, they must be single action and the minimum barrel length allowed is 4 5/8 inches. This barrel length just happens to be the shortest standard length available on a Ruger single action revolver.
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Ernie Hill – Drawing the Gun
Fast Draw Champion and gun leather craftsman, Ernie Hill, was one of the first veterans who put up with the millions of questions I had when I got started in Fast Draw in 1997. He also built my first fast draw rig. I emailed him trying to understand the difference between all the draws I read or heard about. This is his response.
Tuning a Hahn .45 for Fast Draw
Tuning a Hahn .45 for Fast Draw
by Dee Woolem
Guns Magazine, December 1959
Excerpt from the article Tune-Up Tips for Fast Draw
Reprinted with the permission of Tom Blasgen
from his book “Fast Draw… Yesterday, Today”
It is foolish to think you can take any single action gun, regardless of make, in its production-line condition, and attain any kind of real speed, or without getting a torn thumb from its sharp edges. Do you think any of the top target shooters in the U. S. are using production line guns? Well, possibly a few, but if so it is only because the manufacturers of target guns have recognized the needs of competitive target shooting. Has any company done like-wise for the Fast Draw boys? We must have special guns, finely tuned for our sport. Crosman Arms Company has done a lot in this direction with their low-cost Hahn 45 and their CO2 Single Action Six. So has Ruger, with the positive action of their Single-Six. But even these fine guns can be improved for fast draw speed and fast draw safety. And for this improvement, each fast draw sportsman must be his own gunsmith. He must sweat it out over the work bench.
S-o-o, Cowpokes, hand and rattle. Here’s a few timely tips on “Tuning for Time.”
Trick Shots – The Christmas Tree
Fast Draw demonstrations often include trick shots to entertain and amaze the spectators. The Christmas tree is a classic example. While you may have seen other gunfighters performing this gun trick Den Robinson has over 40 years of experience doing it. The designated target or “Christmas Tree” in this particular demonstration is Den’s son JR. Kids don’t try this at home!
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Ergo Thumbing
Ergo Thumbing
By Jan Owen
This is to introduce you to the thumbing style I use; I suppose you could call it ergo-thumbing. It’s a little different than thumbing styles used by others. I developed it to minimize the amount of hand & arm movement during the draw, and to make the draw as compact as possible. If you read this and follow the instructions, you won’t end up thumbing just like me, because, for best results, you will need to tailor these moves to YOUR body.
I’m going to explain this draw in great detail. But you have to take this information and fashion it into YOUR thumbing style. Otherwise, it won’t be natural to you. And if it’s not natural, it won’t be as fast as it can be.