Munden was on a level all to his own. He was also an accomplished gunsmith and had quite a waiting list for his action jobs. Single actions that he worked on are rare on the market and command high prices.
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I saw him get tired of shooting clays out of the air so he had someone throw aspirin tablets up so he could shoot something "a bit challenging". Pretty sure he wasn't antirely human.
He did a stage show at my school in the early 70s. He had a student come on stage, handed him a 45 revolver with a blank ready to go, had him cock it and told him to fire when the buzzer sounded. Bob drew and fired twice (sounded like one shot)before the student could squeeze one off. One of those things you never forget. He was amazing.
Even beyond his shooting prowess, Mr. Munden was quite the character and showman. I used to love listening to his commentary on Shooting USA.
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Originally posted by redleg2/9: Did he use ball or ball with shot behind the ball?
He said he was shooting blanks. The concussion and particulate discharge of a blank would probably do just fine on a balloon without too much accuracy. However it was great for showing how stupidly fast he was. He had other ways of showing accuracy.
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A little thread drift here but a while back I'd watched Glenn Ford in a couple of movies and got curious about the Hollywood gun slingers and ran across this article.
Some of the names might surprise you. How about Sammy Davis Jr. and Jerry Lewis?
The first fast draw competition took place at Knott’s Berry Farm in 1954.
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.
