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Old 08-01-2013, 01:36 PM
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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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I saw Sammy Davis Jr on one of the ld B&W late night talk shows where he did an exhibition of fast-draw and fancy gun-handling.. when he sat down the host said, "Well when you are black AND Jewish, you better be good with a gun!"
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