CFM chuck123wapati Posted November 21, 2022 CFM Report Posted November 21, 2022 19 hours ago, 327fed said: Arbo Ajoala is the guy who James Arness guns down every night in the opening of Gunsmoke. And few things are harder on a single action than fanning. 15 hours ago, Dwight said: Whenever the subject of fanning comes up . . . I always remember the old Wyatt Erp (Hugh O'Brien) segment where Erp calls out a cowboy . . . and I disrecall exactly the details . . . But the guy was up on the boardwalk . . . Erp was in the street . . . carrying that Buntline of his . . . the dude whipped out his pistol and fanned it IIRC . . . 4 times before Erp got off a shot. Erp shot once . . . dropped the cowboy. And they were something like 12 ft apart in the scene. As small as O'Brien was . . . it was a bit illogical to think the dude could miss 4 times at that range . . . But then again . . . it was TV . . . not the History Channel. May God bless, Dwight One of my first and the most cherished firearms is a fanner, back in the day i could hit six silver dollars thrown simultaneously lol. That reminds me i need to make a new holster. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Gezzer Posted November 21, 2022 Members Report Posted November 21, 2022 2 hours ago, chuck123wapati said: One of my first and the most cherished firearms is a fanner, back in the day i could hit six silver dollars thrown simultaneously lol. That reminds me i need to make a new holster. Can ya still get ammo for that ? Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted November 21, 2022 CFM Report Posted November 21, 2022 18 minutes ago, Gezzer said: Can ya still get ammo for that ? yup you sure can lol i just realized and remembered my childhood shooting technique from my picture. i would thumb the first shot as i was drawing then follow up with the other hand fanning it. my old thumb is still ready 50+ years later. i guess muscle memory never forgets even if i do. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members MarlinDave Posted November 21, 2022 Members Report Posted November 21, 2022 I’ve got an old Italian Colt copy 22 long rifle single action. Swapped a welding job for it maybe. Used to fan it all the time. Ever so often a bunch of parts fall out in the driveway and I order more from Numrich Arms. It is fun. Quote
Members RVM45 Posted December 3, 2022 Author Members Report Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) Thanks everyone. I'm trying to recreate the "Chapman High-Ride." It was simply the best Outside-the-Pants holster for an automatic pistol ever designed. Why Bianchi quit making them…Apparently they didn't sell well enough—which reflects poorly on the intelligence of the holster-buying public. To be sure—it was mostly touted as an IPSC Holster—not for general cary. Anyway, Chapman asked Bianchi to design a steel insert because his holsters often got Squashed in his luggage when he travelled to shooting meets and exhibitions. Personally, I don't intend to pack mine away in my luggage—but the steel insert is an integral part of what the holster was and did. An insert less holster wouldn't truly be the same. Edited December 3, 2022 by RVM45 TYPO Quote .....Though I am forced to live in Exile in the Twenty-First Century; I am proud to retain my Citizenship in the Twentieth Century. .....RVM45
CFM chuck123wapati Posted December 3, 2022 CFM Report Posted December 3, 2022 lol you have been thinking about this for awhile. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members RVM45 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Members Report Posted December 9, 2022 Friend, IF I ever get far enough ahead to join the NRA once mire, I plan to take advantage of their question-answering service to see if anyone has ever taken one of these holsters apart and photographed the STEEL INSERT. I haven't a clue what shape the Insert has. I forget about this holster for a good long while—then See a Holster that is ALMOST a High-Ride, but falls short in some particular. I don't remember what guns they used to offer them in—BUT if I could make my own, I could even make one to fir my Walther PP or my Ruger Standard II…. I also wish I knew PRECISELY how the Milt Sparks "Six-Pack" magazine carriers. O. the things that I WISH that I had loaded up on, back when they were available! …..RVM45 Quote .....Though I am forced to live in Exile in the Twenty-First Century; I am proud to retain my Citizenship in the Twentieth Century. .....RVM45
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