I have been watching the Encore Western channel lately and have watched a bunch of the shows that I used to watch as a kid. Ironically, Paladin who was a "hired gun" has an awfully slow draw (short 4 3/4 " bbl), and Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke (7 1/2" bbl) who was the town Marshall was actually pretty quick. Steve McQueen was also pretty fast, while Brett Maverick was pretty slow. I guess some actors got into their roles a bit more than others. If you really want to see a fast draw, try and watch some of Sammy Davis Jr's. work. Not only was he super fast, he did some remarkable twirling demonstrations.

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