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We are pleased to announce creation of the “Cowboy Six Shooter Historical Foundation”. Bob Graham, Steve Letsinger and others have been working on this venture for several months. While our plan was to officially announce before the end of the year, recent Hall of Fame creation interest at the Gunfighter Zone prompts this timely broadcast. [...]
Texas Open Carry Petition Conceal and carry aprroved in Texas in 1995. Texas Homicide rate in ’95=”9.0″ (Disaster Centre stats) Texas Homicide rate ‘NOW’ (2005)=”6.2″ (Therefore Open Carry would/should make things even better.) The antigunners at the time had continually screamed, when they heard that there were plans to adopt ‘CCW’; “The streets will run [...]
Gunfighter Bob Crisman: I personally don’t think that Shane had a lot to do with the beginning with the excitement of Fast Draw. I didn’t see it really happen until ’55 when Gun Smoke came out. Shane was an interesting movie just like High Noon prior to what I would consider the beginning of Fast [...]
Alamo Fast Draw: All right then, I’ll start out with Blackbird. You got little tidbits and stuff for us tonight? Gunfighter Blackbird: I guess so. Do you want to hear them on the first few seconds of the program? Alamo Fast Draw: Well let’s just go ahead and start with that and let some people [...]
‘Post Turtle’ I’VE HEARD THIS EXPRESSION BEFORE,, BUT I WASN’T SURE JUST WHAT IT MENT !! While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who’s hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to [...]
Gunfighter update: Yesterday Bob and I went out and practised together with the newest Showdown system. This was the first time we really used the times to help us with our shooting styles and help to prepare for the Texas Showdown Championship next weekend 10-18-08. We also have some openings still available for the event. [...]
Fast Draw gunfight maybe not, but Alamo Fast Draw is not just about Fast Draw but Gunfighters and Gunfights. On April 14, 1881 a posse of about 75 armed Mexicans road into El Paso looking for their 2 missing vaqueros named Juarique and Sanchez, who had been looking for 30 head of stolen cattle. Ben [...]
Fast Draw Contest Results for Beretta’s Fastest Gun Alive Beretta’s 2008 Fastest Gun Alive – World Championship of Cowboy Fast Draw results are in and Ken Gentry a.k.a. Short Keg, age 64, of Carson City, NV is the Men’s Champion. Winning the Women’s Title is Dinah Eilrich a.k.a. Alotta Lead, age 54, of Fernley, NV. [...]
Fast Draw Guns by Bob Graham This article is one that Bob Graham wrote some time ago. Bob has given me his permission to post it here on the Alamo Fast Draw Blog. Thanks Bob Back in the fifties, when Fast Draw as we know it today, started, most of us thought the “Colt .45″ [...]
