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it, point it correctly, fire the shot, and hit<br />
the dropping half-dollar. Very simple in<br />
telling; not so easy in the doing!<br />
Personally, I am greatly interested in the<br />
TV demonstrations of Hugh O'Brian while<br />
impersonating Wyatt Earp. I am greatly<br />
interested in his timing methods and equipment;<br />
also in his announcement of the<br />
quarter-second draw. This is very close to<br />
being the ultimate speed if we allow a little<br />
latitude on the safety-margin side.<br />
Before I wrote my book, "Fast and Fancy<br />
Revolver Shooting," in 1938, I set the superspeed<br />
draw at approximately one-quarter<br />
second when all conditions were just right<br />
and favorable. Close observation since then<br />
of many very fast quick-draw performers has<br />
not changed my conclusion.<br />
Certainly it would be a very worthwhile<br />
undertaking - to get - all the television and<br />
moving picture stars, men and women, to-<br />
gether and have a thorough workout with<br />
accurate timing equipment under the super-<br />
vision of persons who know the game thor-<br />
oughly, to determine definitely each one's<br />
relative skill and ability. Such a get-to-<br />
gether session would give everybody a square<br />
deal and establish everyone's relative stand-<br />
ing.<br />
Because my hands, arms and shoulders<br />
are crippled with arthritis, I do not take<br />
part in such activities at the present time.<br />
But my co-workers and the electronics ex-<br />
pert who was most active in the construction<br />
of our electrically-controlled hundredth-of-<br />
a-second timing equipment would be happy<br />
to assist in such a competition. They would<br />
be willing to come to Hollywood with the<br />
equipment and conduct such a session. A<br />
pair of silver-plated Peacemaker Colts has<br />
been offered by the Colt firearms company<br />
as a prize to the winner. The ivory handles<br />
will be inscribed with the winner's name<br />
and an appropriate title, like "Top Gun of<br />
the West," or "The Fastest Man Alive." @<br />
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