Sammy Davis Jr. shot in fast draw competitions and was very good at it. A friend of mine had met him at several shoots and said he was a very nice and personable man.

There were celebrity shootouts too, I believe they were hosted by Hugh O'Brien, that were held for charity and other fund raising benefits. Quite a few stars of that period attended, but not all of the "cowboy" actors participated.

Some of the actors that don't seem to be fast, weren't even as fast as they seemed, thanks to some camera tricks. I read an article in a magazine that quoted a cowboy extra that had been a bad guy in a lot of movies. He said he had been "outdrawn and shot" very often by stars that he couldn't draw slow enough to let them beat him, so it was taken care of with some different angles, extra footage, and wizardry in the editing room.