The big dumb kid in me had to dig through the holster box and find the western rig, dust off the Ruger Vaquero and six snapcaps to see if I could match his speed.
Heh. I suck. He is many times faster in slow motion than I am full speed... he is an amazing gunman.
I saw him at a rodeo in Montana when I was growing up. He did the balloon trick - and my BIL insisted it was just a single shot and it was the spray of burning gunpowder that was breaking the balloons. Without benefit of slow-motion to satisfy the critics, he called someone down from the stands to examine the two rounds he put in his gun, and the same two fired shell casings after, to prove that two shots were indeed fired. I have never before or since seen a human move so fast you literally CAN'T SEE his movements.
He also shot a bullet through the hole in a large washer that was tossed-up, spinning through the air. Did it the first time, and *told* us the bullet went through. (Thinking, 'yeah, right'.) Oh, you want proof? He taped the hole and did it again, but this time even faster. The washer with the broken tape was then tossed to a guy in the stands right next to us - and we examined it ourselves. CLEAN THROUGH THE CENTER! The guy's skill was simply frikkin' AWESOME!!
(Of course my BIL still insisted there was some 'illusion' or sleight of hand involved.)
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He reminds me of my Uncle Fredo after Thanksgiving dinner and a few shots of grappa.
The guy looks like he could trim his own toe-nails with a gun. Wow.
Nickie Goomba,
Is your uncle Fredo available as entertainment for private functions?
Hello Folks, in case you wonder, the subtitles are : Swedish.
Thanks for a good blog.
Genji / Malmoe / Sweden
i never have understood how a man could do that. it seems to defy physics. amazing
Incredible.
Damn. How does he do that?
I love watching this guy.
The big dumb kid in me had to dig through the holster box and find the western rig, dust off the Ruger Vaquero and six snapcaps to see if I could match his speed.
Heh. I suck. He is many times faster in slow motion than I am full speed... he is an amazing gunman.
Amazing stuff. We just see TV movies, but I bet some of those gunslingers back in the day had skills like that.
I bet you really enjoyed the swedish subtitles, didn't you?!
I used to watch him on "American Rifleman" on the weekends (ESPN2?). Amazing.
I saw him at a rodeo in Montana when I was growing up. He did the balloon trick - and my BIL insisted it was just a single shot and it was the spray of burning gunpowder that was breaking the balloons. Without benefit of slow-motion to satisfy the critics, he called someone down from the stands to examine the two rounds he put in his gun, and the same two fired shell casings after, to prove that two shots were indeed fired. I have never before or since seen a human move so fast you literally CAN'T SEE his movements.
He also shot a bullet through the hole in a large washer that was tossed-up, spinning through the air. Did it the first time, and *told* us the bullet went through. (Thinking, 'yeah, right'.) Oh, you want proof? He taped the hole and did it again, but this time even faster. The washer with the broken tape was then tossed to a guy in the stands right next to us - and we examined it ourselves. CLEAN THROUGH THE CENTER! The guy's skill was simply frikkin' AWESOME!!
(Of course my BIL still insisted there was some 'illusion' or sleight of hand involved.)
I have never seen him before but that was really neat!
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