From Long Ago and Far Away

Bustin' boards thrown up into the air. I was using an Uberti .45 Colt and the Keith 260 gr. SWC with 18.5 gr. 2400. It's been over 30 years since I lived where I could do aerial shooting and would not even try it anymore.

Using my 7 1/2" Ruger .45 I tossed the wagon wheel with my gun hand, then drew and fired and hit wheel. Paco snapped the picture just as I fired. In the photo the wheel has been hit. I always used full power .45 Colt loads doing this stuff.

This little Vaquero was built by Gary for 20 guys on the old Sixgunner.Com website. We ran a special for the first 20 to sign up. Here I am shooting some 300 gr. heavy loads from it. I later killed a nice Javelina with it during the Season.

I used to practice shooting left-handed, upside down. My Dad taught me that trick when I was young. He would use it to intimidate other shooters before a match. When I moved to Oracle, AZ and pastored a church there, I was invited to a members home for supper. Before we ate my wife was visiting with his wife and he asked if I ever shot a gun. I said I had shot a few times. So we went out back of the house and set up some beer bottles and backed off about 50 feet. He asked if I thought I could hit any and I said I would try. I put the gun in my left hand, upside down and broke 3 in row. He didn't say anything, just went back in the house and wasn't very talkative the rest of the evening.