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09-12-2021, 10:42 AM
Knotts Berry Farm Quick Draw Contest | California Revealed (https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A17477)
This is quite interesting. Also note that the fastest gun in Hollywood in the fifties was Sammy Davis, Jr. as far as Hollywood stars were concerned with Jerry Lewis not being far behind. Who Was the Fastest Gun in Hollywood? - True West Magazine (https://truewestmagazine.com/fastest-gun-hollywood/)
Hugh O’Brian claimed his 0.25 of a second was the fastest, but Davis Jr. and Lewis were reportedly faster. O’Brian challenged Audie Murphy to a contest, but when Murphy requested live ammunition, O’Brian wisely declined.
Others who were good at fast draw during the 1950s and 1960s, says Firearms Editor Phil Spangenberger, included Wally “Mr. Peepers” Cox, Hugh Downs (a host of the early Today show), dancer Donald O’Connor, singers Marty Robbins and Frankie Lane, and actors Glenn Ford, Clu Gulager, Ernest Borgnine, Jock Mahoney and Clint Eastwood.
These contests are still going on but not at Knott's Berry Farm as far as I can tell.
Mens Fast Draw Championship - 2020 #CFDA US National Championship - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZinH7JYItiw)
This is quite interesting. Also note that the fastest gun in Hollywood in the fifties was Sammy Davis, Jr. as far as Hollywood stars were concerned with Jerry Lewis not being far behind. Who Was the Fastest Gun in Hollywood? - True West Magazine (https://truewestmagazine.com/fastest-gun-hollywood/)
Hugh O’Brian claimed his 0.25 of a second was the fastest, but Davis Jr. and Lewis were reportedly faster. O’Brian challenged Audie Murphy to a contest, but when Murphy requested live ammunition, O’Brian wisely declined.
Others who were good at fast draw during the 1950s and 1960s, says Firearms Editor Phil Spangenberger, included Wally “Mr. Peepers” Cox, Hugh Downs (a host of the early Today show), dancer Donald O’Connor, singers Marty Robbins and Frankie Lane, and actors Glenn Ford, Clu Gulager, Ernest Borgnine, Jock Mahoney and Clint Eastwood.
These contests are still going on but not at Knott's Berry Farm as far as I can tell.
Mens Fast Draw Championship - 2020 #CFDA US National Championship - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZinH7JYItiw)