Bob Munden- The Fastest Man With a Gun Who Ever Lived

 

1964 World Fast Draw Association tourn in Hollister Calif Bob won 1st Place Overall Fastest Time
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A Saloon in one of the cities in the rough west. A stranger entered the saloon with strong footsteps, pushing the door of the batwing. All the noise stopped as soon as everyone's eyes fell on the stranger. There was something in the stranger that forced everyone to stop all the noises. The man has a Colt .45 hanging on a holster tied to his right thigh, and the shiny butt shows that the pistol is widely used. Yet, there are no scratches on the butt, but it looks smooth and shiny, regular care is taken. There is the eagle's sharp gaze on the man's deep black eyes. Looking at the eyes, it seems that he is looking deep into the heart. Stiff nose, wide forehead, well-developed muscles are tingling all over the body. The stranger might be aged 28 to 29 years. Though he doesn't look like a gunman, yet even the most infamous gunman in the West will think a hundred times before standing in front of him with a pistol.

 

In general, we are accustomed to hearing the story of a heroic gunman in the Wild West in this way, while reading about them. A picture of them is also created in our minds. He is fast in drawing a pistol and very efficient in operating this. He can hit any target in easy, and his pistol drawing speed can beat the blink of an eye. In our minds sometimes the latent desire awakens to be like him, we feel thrilled. Uncountable stories and novels have been written about such a character. Uncountable films have been made. The names of the legends like Wesley Hardin, Tom Horn, John Wayne, Wild Bill Hicock, Billy the Kid, Wet Earp, Clay Ellison, King Fisher come to our mind first, when we pronounced the name those who were as quick to operate the gun, as skilled. Though not everyone was a good guy, many were also outlaws (criminals in the eyes of the law). They all existed before the American Civil War until the early twentieth century. But today we are going to talk about such a fast gun, if he was in that time, he would have matched everything like the hero we have described. And his name would be pronounced before the names of all the legends.

 

The name of our hero is going to be discussed today is Bob Munden. He was born on February 8, 1942, in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He began his shooting career at the age of 11. He has been named in the Guinness Book of World Records as "The Fastest Man With a Gun Who Ever Lived". His shooting was deadly kind of perfect. He could have taken the Colt .45 single-action revolver out of the holster in 0.0175 seconds, fired it at the target, and put it back on the holster. He could have shot a card from a distance and cut it in two. From six feet away, he could have fired two shots in .02 seconds and exploded two balloons effortlessly. Hearing the sound of gunfire, it seemed that he had fired only one shot. It was said jokingly, that he was not as fast as the French cartoon character Lucky Luke who could draw before his own shadow but was as fast that the video of his shooting had to be shown to the viewers in slow motion to prove that he was not doing any tricks. He has taken such shots not once or twice, but many times. He holds 3,500 trophies, 600 championship titles, and 18 world records for fast shooting.

 

Let's hear about an incident that has no relation with Bob. On October 28, 1881, a gunfight took place at OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, USA, which lasted only 30 seconds. This gunfight is known as the most famous gunfight in the history of the American Wild West. That day, a group of lawmakers and a group of outlaws were standing face to face. The Lawman team was led by U.S. Deputy Marshal Vergil Earp. He was accompanied on that day by his two siblings, one is the legendary Wet Earp and the other was, Morgan Earp, along with another Lawman Doc Holiday. Opposing were six members from the infamous Cowboy Outlaw team. They were Billy Claburn, two siblings Isaac Clinton and Billy Clinton, and two more siblings Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury, and Wes Fuller. Billy Clinton and McLaughlin were killed in that 30-second gunfight. The rest of the outlaws fled away. Although three members of the Lawman team were injured, the legendary Wet Earp was completely unharmed. There is a reason for mentioning this incident. An analyst of the incident, who is a journalist of London Telegraph newspaper told that if Bob Munden had been in the Lawman team that day, the duration of that 30-second gunfight would have been only 5 to 10 seconds. Bob was a such deadly, quick and skilled gunman.

 

 

Bob Munden married his wife Becky in 1963, who was also a women's first draw champion and gunner. Until his death, Bob Munden worked as a professional shooter and fast-draw artist. The legendary fast gun died in 2012.