Bill Jordan and Ej Mcgiven amaze me.

A nice old video on the truck shooters of yesteryear.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOeEAY3nNKk&t=3208s

They were some great shooters. I have their books + was fortunate to have met Bill Jordan in the 70s + had him autograph mine. Herb Parsons was one fine shotgunner + it's a pity that we don't have those kinds of traveling shooting displays anymore. Another sign of the times.

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They were some great shooters. I have their books + was fortunate to have met Bill Jordan in the 70s + had him autograph mine. Herb Parsons was one fine shotgunner + it's a pity that we don't have those kinds of traveling shooting displays anymore. Another sign of the times.

AMEN!!

I remember as a child going with my father to a Remington shooting event promoting the Nylon 66 22 rifle. Whoever the guy was did an excellent job of hitting various targets.

Well, we don't have travelling shooting displays anymore, but we do have IPSC, IDPA matches where we have some pretty decent shooters competing. These competitors, or at least the top dogs, are the cutting edge of pistol shooting, just as Bill Jordan was many years ago. People like Bill Rogers have continued this tradition is their shooting schools.
Peter.
PS. I still have my Nylon 66 rifle!

"Fast and Fancy Shooting" that was the video formerly available through the NRA.

One of the best videos ever.

I remember the Remington 66 shooting demos too. They traveled around the country and were covered in the Big Three outdoor magazines of the day. They guys used to shoot wooden blocks, about 3" square thrown into the air, sometimes 3 at a time. I think I recall one guy shooting over a 1000 without missing.

Jordon was a great shooter in his day. But there is a little known dark spot in his past. He had an AD in his office once that killed a Border Patrol agent sitting in an adjoining room.

That's why we call them accidents. No one wants to. I recall when Jeff Cooper shot out his own TV screen w/ a 44 mag simply by the repetition of snapping at commercials. It only takes once.

Yes Bill Jordan quick drew when someone said draw real loud and Bill reacted and killed another agent in the El Paso, Tx office...I was a young deputy sheriff in El Paso..

Boy, I remember those two guys. They were amazing. Bill Jordan was a big tall handsome guy and Ed McGivern was short and round, as I remember. Ed McGivern could sure empty a S&W 38 in a hurry and shoot a good group in the process. He was quick.

Bill Jordan had many displays but one of the ones I liked best was him holding his hand over his holster with a ping pong ball on the web of his hand. He would draw + fire (accurately) + the ping pong ball would fall into the holster.

Correction: I was a deputy in El Paso and Bill was stationed there, but the incident took place in California a short time after I left El Paso as a US Custom Agent to McAllen Texas and Bill went to CAlifornia I guess..Bill was a fine person and a gentleman, it was a bad deal for sure..It shouldn't have happened, but it did and does..fate plays a big hand in our lives, but for the grace of God there be I..