Watching an episode of Hawai Five O, Steve uses a short barrel revolver, and never misses, at any distance!

Hi Saeed,
You can, if you are a big time TV star. You don't even need to train, just shoot.

Years ago, as a kid, I watched a lot of westerns on TV. I always assumed Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, The Cisco Kid, Hopalong Cassidy, Tex Ritter, Lash Larue, The Lone Ranger, etc. all fired "six-shooters"; except they never reloaded that revolver. The shots never resulted in any visible recoil either.

The other case of suspended reality was when the bad guys would be galloping off at full speed while the "white hats" chasing them at full speed would be knocking the "black hats" off their horses consistently. I'm relatively sure I would have a difficult time hitting the side of a stationary house from the back of a galloping horse.

More power to them. I think when I started noticing these inconsistencies, I also stopped believing in the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.

RIGHT! as I have posted here before,I am/was that guy sitting next to you in the movie giving commentary,I.E. that was'nt invented yet,etc. ad nauseum.I don't do that anymore because no one cares + it is just a nusiense to others.Also I just love the new gangsta method of holding a semi @ 90 deg. from port.They look SOOOOOOO cool!!! Thank God they can't hit a frigging thing.

The new Hollyweird thing is one gets into a building, with gun in hand, expecting fireworks at any second.

But, loads his gun just before he fires!

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RIGHT! as I have posted here before,I am/was that guy sitting next to you in the movie giving commentary

Back in my collage days I got yelled at more than once for ruining the movie.

I always get a kick out of how the hero of the day on the big screen cycles the action on his pump action shotgun numerous times as an intimidation effect prior to firing it or even more obvious, after the shotgun has been fired numerous times and a break in the action is followed by cycling the action again once the next round of action begins!

My wife and I often watch early episodes of Gunsmoke. The thing that gets us is how they say if is just a shoulder shot. People sure must have been tougher back then!

Tom

Saeed- you haven't really seen anything until you've watched re-runs of "Cannon."

In one episode, Cannon (William Conrad) picks off a guy at 100yds with a .38spc snubnose in a seemingly point-and-shoot manner.

Hilarious!

What drives me nuts is some episodes of tv shows using a rifle without any scope or sites and hitting what the idiot is pointing at. (I can't say he was aiming at anyone because he didn't have anything to aim with) I have seen this on "Walker Texas Ranger" and some others. My wife tells me I am just being too critical, and I should write the producers and get a job as firearms consultant.LOL

Yep.that's another reason that I quit commenting. BTW,remember in our youth "Davy Crockett,King Of The Wild Frontier"?Remember him at the turkey shoot when he wins because the judge says "Why I've never seen such shooting;2 bullets through the same hole."Right!,well I still hold that as a high ideal of my childhood.

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Watching an episode of Hawai Five O, Steve uses a short barrel revolver, and never misses, at any distance!

It isn't the gun, it's the hair!

I once saw a trick shot hit a steel ram at 200 yds 5/5 with a .38 snubbie.

Munden and the S&W shooter whose name I can not spell do some fair to midlin shooting with snubbies in some youtube vids.

I remember reading the story about Ad Tupperwine being asked to field test the new BAR in 1917. The army guys threw up a washer + he hit it (right through the hole in the center).They did'nt believe him of course so they put a piece of tape over the hole + did it again. Now there was proof.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Watching an episode of Hawai Five O, Steve uses a short barrel revolver, and never misses, at any distance!

Of course, you do, just ask anyone who shot against you in trap.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Watching an episode of Hawai Five O, Steve uses a short barrel revolver, and never misses, at any distance!

If you think he is a good shot, check out Dano (Scott Caan). He holds his pistol above his head many times with the gun tilted down at at strange angle, he also practices the lateral ghetto hold at times.

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Originally posted by Dulltool17:
Saeed- you haven't really seen anything until you've watched re-runs of "Cannon."

In one episode, Cannon (William Conrad) picks off a guy at 100yds with a .38spc snubnose in a seemingly point-and-shoot manner.

Hilarious!

Well you know he was Matt Dillon on the radio...…………………..