Interesting video with Smith & Wessons

[raljr1]

Ken Hackathorn's Favorite Revolvers - Unique and Influential guns from his past - Gun Guys EP65 - YouTube

A little long, but i found this video interesting. Some nice revolvers, mostly Smiths... some would certainly be appalled that he seems to store some of them in holsters....the guy on the left seems a bit dry.

Robert

 

[demkofour]

Funny you mentioned this video now- it was posted several weeks ago on pistol-forum and just this morning I’m getting around to watch it.
Back in the day when Ken was an active and traveling Tier One firearms instructor, I had the opportunity to train with him several times. Outstanding.
In one class, the subject of Off Duty carry and BUGs came up. In those days, Ken was strictly a 1911 kinda guy. Well, during instruction, he reached into his off hand cargo pants pocket and withdrew an S&W 642! He explained that he never went anywhere without his J Frame BUG. That was it for me! It was the beginning of my love affair with J Frames, in particular the Centennial. And throughout my LE career, whether in uniform or in plainclothes, I always carried a BUG and most of the time it was an S&W Centennial of some sort.

And BTW, That guy on the left who seems a bit dry (agreed!) is Bill Wilson, one of the most respected and influential pistol smiths to walk this Earth.

 

[Jeppo]

That guy on the left who seems a bit dry (agreed!) is Bill Wilson, one of the most respected and influential pistol smiths to walk this Earth.

I watched it when it was first posted and enjoyed it thoroughly. I found it interesting to watch how the “1911 Guy” handled those revolvers. It’s obvious his experience with, and appreciation of, them.

 

[shawn mccarver]

The “guy on the left” who the OP describes as “dry” is none other than gunsmith Bill Wilson, who started and still owns Wilson Combat.

Both Bill and Ken started with revolvers, and like most of us of that era who did so, they quickly realized that the 1911 was superior in all sorts of ways as was the “Modern Technique of the Pistol” as put forth by Col. Jeff Cooper.

Both of them know their way around “revolving pistols,” as Sam Colt called them, and self-loading pistols, as the semi-automatic is known.

 

[JP@AK]

Both Bill and Ken started with revolvers, and like most of us of that era who did so, they quickly realized that the 1911 was superior in all sorts of ways as was the “Modern Technique of the Pistol” as put forth by Col. Jeff Cooper.

Both of them know their way around “revolving pistols,”

Shawn
Another man in that category was my late friend, Eldon Carl. He did many demonstrations in supermarket parking lots with his 1911. But on duty with the El Cajon Police Department he carried a 4" Model 29 in his duty holster (long before the Dirty Harry movies came out). Eldon was a mentor to my late brother Barney, and a friend to us both. Jeff Cooper once called Eldon "the best practical pistol shot in America."

I've posted this picture before. Eldon is second from the left.

 

[ZGrand]

Both Ken and Bill are well respected in the firearms sport, and both probably own more guns than I've probably ever even seen. And all different platforms as well.

I too was wondering if Hackathorn really kept the handguns he showed in the video in their holsters. I assumed he put them in holsters just for the video. They both have forgotten more about firearms than I'll ever know.

 

[shawn mccarver]

Shawn
Another man in that category was my late friend, Eldon Carl. He did many demonstrations in supermarket parking lots with his 1911. But on duty with the El Cajon Police Department he carried a 4" Model 29 in his duty holster (long before the Dirty Harry movies came out). Eldon was a mentor to my late brother Barney, and a friend to us both. Jeff Cooper once called Eldon "the best practical pistol shot in America."

I've posted this picture before. Eldon is second from the left.

Jack:

I know you know this, but for those who might not, your picture shows, left to right, Ray Chapman, Elden Carl, Thell Reed, Jeff Cooper, and Jack Weaver, five of the six original Combat Masters. The sixth, of course, was John Plahn, who for some reason did not make that photo. I know Jeff disliked that photo due to his prejudice against pointing even an unloaded firearm at anyone, in this case the photographer. Unknown to most because of his teaching on the use of the sights (as he taught, you “use the sights even when you can’t see them” such as in the dark), Jeff was remarkably good at hip shooting, probably right up there with Bill Jordan. He found it fun, but not practical. That said, note that all of those pistols are pointed like lasers at the camera and it is possible, when that photo is blown up, to see the breech face on several of them. Of those five, I guess only Thell Reed is still with us.

Shawn

 

[JP@AK]

Shawn
I'm sure it is a typo, but that is Ray Chapman.

Yes, I believe Thell is the only one left. I had a wonderful opportunity to sit down with Jeff Cooper a short time before he passed away. We had a great talk for about 45 minutes. He was tiring easily at that point but his mind was still sharp. An incredible guy.

 

[shawn mccarver]

Shawn
I'm sure it is a typo, but that is Ray Chapman.

Yes, I believe Thell is the only one left. I had a wonderful opportunity to sit down with Jeff Cooper a short time before he passed away. We had a great talk for about 45 minutes. He was tiring easily at that point but his mind was still sharp. An incredible guy.

Jack:

Apparently, senility has set in. Yes, Ray Chapman. Oh dear. Ray Cooper is a very famous percussionist, and I obviously had music on my mind.

Shawn

 

[JP@AK]

I obviously had music on my mind.

Shawn:
Is that sorta like having Georgia on your mind?

 

[JohnRippert]

Shawn:
Is that sorta like having Georgia on your mind?

If you had met the Georgia I met, you'd have Georgia on your mind as well.