Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 In this famous scene from "A Fist Full of Dollars", I've tried to analyze it from a Cowboy Action Shooting standpoint. As such, this stage calls only for one revolver with five bullets. I call this sweep, the "Four Coffins" sweep with the first four shots taken in the order shown. The fifth shot, if necessary, can be used on any target left standing. With those stage directions... .... watch the short video sequence below and let me know what score Clint would get on this stage. I know he is fast, so I have provided the longer video version below. I suggest that you move the video to the 2:05 mark and change the settings, using the YouTube settings button (in yellow), click and change the speed from normal to .25 to slow it down. Even at that speed, Clint is one fast shooter. HAVE FUN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 think I would call this stage a Fist Full of Procedurals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 the gif looks strange. In the clip he shoots 1 twice, then 2, 3, 4. In that gif it looks like he never actually shoots at 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 30 minutes ago, Ramblin Gambler said: the gif looks strange. In the clip he shoots 1 twice, then 2, 3, 4. In that gif it looks like he never actually shoots at 4. Hollywood bullets. Remember Shane in the saloon fight when Joey yells, "Shane lookout." Shane turns to fire at the bad guy on the balcony, but he fires the gun into the floor and the bad guy up in the balcony is supposedly hit. Must have been a ricochet off the wooden floor. The same thing in Red River when the Duke turns to shoot Cherry Valance, his gun goes off before it is pointed at Valance but yet, Valance is hit....another ricochet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 First we have TWO miss penalties: First one for the 2nd round on target 2 - goes way high Second for an unfired round left in the pistol as he only fires FOUR rounds. And a Procedural for not engaging target 4. So we have a raw time of 2.48 seconds plus 10 seconds in misses plus 10 seconds of procedural 22.48 seconds for a single pistol run - not all that impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverboat Red, SASS #71733 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Looks like a SDQ for unsafe gun handling (fanning). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 ok, since I had nothing better to do... I slowed down the video. Actual sequence fired was 1-1-2-1-3... but them reactive targets were set too light and when he fired a #1 the third time (missed, target was already down), #3 fell and when he fired at #3, #4 fell. He did fail to engage 4, but it fell, so...? Miss and a P?? I don't know how this stage was written, maybe 5 on 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 It looks to me like he engaged it 3, 1, 2, 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 8 hours ago, Redwood Kid said: It looks to me like he engaged it 3, 1, 2, 4. I had to go to the video, slow it down all the way, then watch the shooting portion frame by frame... (don't ask me why I waste my time like that, I don't have an intelligent answer ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 ITS CLINT EASTWOOD! only the Duke outranks him. Clean and a new record time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Willie Nelson Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Is it considered a hit if bullet travels through 3 changes course and hits 4? Reminiscent of JFK's mystery bullet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 I saw it as four (4) shots fired, hitting the targets 1-2-2-3. Target 1 drew his firearm first (2:12 mark), therefore, shot first. Target 2 was shot once... ...then again, possibly high? (Procedural) Target 3 was then shot. Target 4 was never engaged, although round 5 could have been used. (A miss) My score: Procedural and a miss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Kit, he definitely fired 5 times. The first 2 were at target 1. The first shot happened before they switched to that first person view. As for not engaging #4, I think that's just the angle of the camera and that he winged him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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