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Blotan,
Once again, thanks for your opinions, and those of Mr. Earp.
If you are missing, slow down, if you are not missing, you are doing well at the speed you are at. His comment that "I do not wish to be misunderstood, for the time to be taken was only that split fraction of a second that means the difference between deadly accuracy with a sixgun and a miss." perfectly describes those that would spray and pray vs those who were not doing the same. No more or less, and is as valid today as it was back then.
"Whenever you see a picture of some two-gun man in action with both weapons held closely against his hips and both spitting smoke together, you can put it down that you are looking at the picture of a fool, or a fake."
Two gun is not preformed from the hip, and if it is, I'd tend to agree with Mr. Earp on the matter.
"I remeber quite a few of these so-called two-gun men who tried to operate everything at once, but like the fanners, they didn't last long in proficient company."
How true, few if that many, can operate two guns at once proficiently, and not knowing how to do so with speed and accuracy would be foolish to try, of course. Those that can and are proficent with using two guns ate once are a different matter altogether.
As I've stated in this thread a few times for yours and others edification, I carry one gun, we train advanced skils using one gun and only demo and allow those who would like to learn the skill of two gun at the end of the training.
Your posts seems to suggest you think I advocate shooting two guns simultaneoulsy, carrying two guns for that proposed purpose on the streets, and advocate that people should. That thought process is incorrect, nor have I alluded to such in my writings here or elsewhere.
The skill of being able to use two guns comes from learning the EPV skills, the skills that get you to be capable of such. EPV skills are ans important component, one not known or explored during Mr. Earps time above ground.
If you go read the histories of those others well known for their shooting skills during the same era, like Buffalo Bill Cody, Annie Oakley, her husband, Hickock, good old Doc Holiday and others, you'll see that they were considered deadly with longarms and pistols, and also shot two guns, ariels with rifles and pistols, etc. Not known for their "basic" skills, but for skills with arms that most, including Earp didn't have, nor practiced.
Hickock was deadly with a brace of pistols, considered the prince of the pistols in his day. Survived many a gunfight as well. Knew a few things men like the Earps didn't know and could not duplicate. History is rife with men who had skills with pistosl well beyond the considered norm then or now.
Brownie
Once again, thanks for your opinions, and those of Mr. Earp.
If you are missing, slow down, if you are not missing, you are doing well at the speed you are at. His comment that "I do not wish to be misunderstood, for the time to be taken was only that split fraction of a second that means the difference between deadly accuracy with a sixgun and a miss." perfectly describes those that would spray and pray vs those who were not doing the same. No more or less, and is as valid today as it was back then.
"Whenever you see a picture of some two-gun man in action with both weapons held closely against his hips and both spitting smoke together, you can put it down that you are looking at the picture of a fool, or a fake."
Two gun is not preformed from the hip, and if it is, I'd tend to agree with Mr. Earp on the matter.
"I remeber quite a few of these so-called two-gun men who tried to operate everything at once, but like the fanners, they didn't last long in proficient company."
How true, few if that many, can operate two guns at once proficiently, and not knowing how to do so with speed and accuracy would be foolish to try, of course. Those that can and are proficent with using two guns ate once are a different matter altogether.
As I've stated in this thread a few times for yours and others edification, I carry one gun, we train advanced skils using one gun and only demo and allow those who would like to learn the skill of two gun at the end of the training.
Your posts seems to suggest you think I advocate shooting two guns simultaneoulsy, carrying two guns for that proposed purpose on the streets, and advocate that people should. That thought process is incorrect, nor have I alluded to such in my writings here or elsewhere.
The skill of being able to use two guns comes from learning the EPV skills, the skills that get you to be capable of such. EPV skills are ans important component, one not known or explored during Mr. Earps time above ground.
If you go read the histories of those others well known for their shooting skills during the same era, like Buffalo Bill Cody, Annie Oakley, her husband, Hickock, good old Doc Holiday and others, you'll see that they were considered deadly with longarms and pistols, and also shot two guns, ariels with rifles and pistols, etc. Not known for their "basic" skills, but for skills with arms that most, including Earp didn't have, nor practiced.
Hickock was deadly with a brace of pistols, considered the prince of the pistols in his day. Survived many a gunfight as well. Knew a few things men like the Earps didn't know and could not duplicate. History is rife with men who had skills with pistosl well beyond the considered norm then or now.
Brownie
