Have always like the addage "beware the man with only one gun, he likely knows how to use it", and read a fascinating book on Doc Carver, aka "the Spirit Gun"...
In Aus, a trick shooter couldn't earn a living trick shooting, but Oz had Lionel Bibby. His practice, with a Lithgow .22 semi meant that he could "see" where the bullet was going to be, rather than strictly aiming as you or I would (nature of "spirit gun", becoming cojoined with it ?...aka muscle memory ?)
His "real job" was with Slazenger, who made a range of rifles here in my town at the SMLE factory...alas, the tool of his trade, the little slazenger .22 semi auto is an assault weapon down here, and illegal...most were crushed.
Our local museum has a display to him with his rifle and pistol, and a copy of one of his most famous tricks, which was shooting a profile of a rabbit on a sheet of paper at around 10 yards.
http://www.lithgowsafmuseum.org.au/history.html
A couple of newspaper articles from the era...
Drawing faster than the camera exposure
Newspaper article on stage performance
In Aus, a trick shooter couldn't earn a living trick shooting, but Oz had Lionel Bibby. His practice, with a Lithgow .22 semi meant that he could "see" where the bullet was going to be, rather than strictly aiming as you or I would (nature of "spirit gun", becoming cojoined with it ?...aka muscle memory ?)
His "real job" was with Slazenger, who made a range of rifles here in my town at the SMLE factory...alas, the tool of his trade, the little slazenger .22 semi auto is an assault weapon down here, and illegal...most were crushed.
Our local museum has a display to him with his rifle and pistol, and a copy of one of his most famous tricks, which was shooting a profile of a rabbit on a sheet of paper at around 10 yards.
http://www.lithgowsafmuseum.org.au/history.html
A couple of newspaper articles from the era...
Drawing faster than the camera exposure
Newspaper article on stage performance
