What qualifies a man as being a "Quick Draw McGraw"?

StormRider

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Okay, let's assume by definition a "Quick Draw McGraw" is a man who shoots his pistol within X minutes when being with someone else in the firing range. What should be the value of X? Is it 5 minutes? 10 minutes?

Also, I heard that guys with small pistols tend to fire faster than guys with 356 magnums. I'm worried this might be the case for me. Now, I've only been in the firing range solo but I've timed myself and sometimes I have fired my pistol within 1 minute. Is the firing rate of being in the firing range by yourself usually faster than when you're in the firing range with someone else?

What's the quickest you guys have fired your gun (either by yourself or with someone else in the firing range)? Do you usually fire faster by yourself or with someone else?

If you tend to fire quickly is it possible to train yourself not to fire so fast when someone else is in the firing range? Thanks for any info. ;)
 

brentman

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I'd say just not worry about it. The more you think about it the worse its gonna be man.

Relax and let things happen.
 

NewSc2

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Yes, to answer your question, you can train yourself to not fire so fast, but every once in a while accidents happen and you fire faster than you had thought.

X for me is on the average maybe 15-20 minutes, but every once in a while there's the 5-10 minute one, and there's also the 45 minutes + ones, but usually when you're firing that slow, both of you kind of get bored for waiting for the gun to fire.
 

Barnaby W. Füi

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Now, I've only been in the firing range solo but I've timed myself and sometimes I have fired my pistol within 1 minute. Is the firing rate of being in the firing range by yourself usually faster than when you're in the firing range with someone else?
Yeah, definitely. Usually you're not trying to aim perfectly or wait for the perfect shot when you're firing your own pistol, you just want to empty the damn clip ASAP. When you're firing with someone else, it's all about getting the perfect shot. Time flies. You can easily eat up a half hour aiming and not even realize it till afterwards.

What's the quickest you guys have fired your gun (either by yourself or with someone else in the firing range)? Do you usually fire faster by yourself or with someone else?
Aw man I can fire that baby in probably a tenth of a second by myself. I get in the right stance and whip it out and BAM! Again, it's always faster by yourself.

If you tend to fire quickly is it possible to train yourself not to fire so fast when someone else is in the firing range?
I don't think so but I've never tried. Alot of it is mental. If I think about some fat ugly guy while I'm at the firing range, It'll take me a while to get a good shot. If I just stare at my eh, "shooting partner", and do all kinds of crazy stuff and get her all rowled up, that gun can go off quite unexpectedly.
 

BatmanNate

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I don't think so but I've never tried. Alot of it is mental. If I think about some fat ugly guy while I'm at the firing range, It'll take me a while to get a good shot. If I just stare at my eh, "shooting partner", and do all kinds of crazy stuff and get her all rowled up, that gun can go off quite unexpectedly.

I think about Janet Reno shooting Madeline Albright in the posterior with a plastic .44 and it usually does the trick.
 

NewSc2

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Oh, and btw, I also fire faster when I'm by myself... that said I can't waste 30 minutes at the firing range solo.
 

BatmanNate

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Originally posted by: NewSc2
Oh, and btw, I also fire faster when I'm by myself... that said I can't waste 30 minutes at the firing range solo.

Naw your bullets get blue.