MythBusters last night

[gregr]

Last night I saw an episode of mythbusters where they were testing out old western myths.

They were all busted, just wanted all your opinions.

1. Drawing and getting off five rounds before a silver dollar hit the ground.
2. Shooting a perfect hole in a silver dollar.
3. Cutting the rope of a lynch in one shot.

They had a shooter named 'Lighting Larry' and he got three shots off before the silver dollar hit the ground.
They managed to shoot a hole in a silver dollar with a modern gun, not a gun from the time period.
And finally, they were able to shoot the rope down, but in five shots, not one.

Lets here what you think.

[St. George]

They're not 'Old West Myths' so much as they're 'Movie Myths'.

Artistic license plied by dime novelists, western writers and the Silver Screen has muddied the waters a long, long time ago, but it did what it was designed to do - draw and hold attention and move the shallow plotline along.

Remember - these guys are the same bunch who said that the red paint on Tracer rounds was the 'incendiary' part of the affair, when they tried to figure out if it'd set something alight.

It's merely the marking on the bullet tip that identifies it when needed.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[gregr]

I understand that they are doing the show for entertainment and they are typically "movie myths", but the first one was actually taken from an outlaw that claimed he could fire five times before a silver dollar hit the ground. It actually wasn't a movie myth.

[Delmonico]

Oh, yes, those guys who have worked for the movies most of their lives.  The one that had me rolling on the floor laughing was when the put hamburger in a bullet mould and froze it to make a magic bullet that diassapeared.  They pulled the bullet out of a 6.5 Carcono round and put their meat bullet over the original charge for the 156 gr bullet.  Any knowledgeable handloader would at least tried maybe 5 grs of Bullseye and had a chance of making the bullet work.

[Doc Shapiro]

I actually know a few shooters that could empty 5 rounds before a silver dollar hit the ground.  They likely wouldn't hit their target, but the gun would be empty.  It's one of those things you might see done at a shooting show.

[gregr]

They were using blanks, so I don't think hitting a target was what they had in mind

[gregr]

Anyways, they did go out and get a colt peacemaker and another period gun (can't remember).

[litl rooster]

Anyways, they did go out and get a colt peacemaker and another period gun (can't remember).

51 Navy used caps only on that one