The Fastest Draw in the West, the Shockingly Fast Draw of Bad Bob Munden.

A fascinating old video has recently resurfaced on the wobbly web, making the transition from grainy video to grainy compressed digital the clip features a man so fast at drawing and firing a gun that it will boggle your mind. Questioning our minds very understanding of physics ‘Bad Bob Munden’ really was the fastest draw in the west.

Quicker than the blink of an eye Bob Munden could draw, fire and return his pistol to its holster, all in an inconceivable time of 2 hundredths of a second.

Controversially titled the ‘Fastest Man with a Gun Who Ever Lived’ Bad Bob Munden (February 8, 1942 – December 10, 2012) was best known as an exhibition shooter with incredible speed and accuracy. Featured on the History Channels ‘Super Humans’ and Ripley’s Believe It or Not amongst others Bad Bob’s records were mired in controversy while he was alive. A controversy made possible by just how incredible the videos of his performances are.

Presented for your viewing pleasure is the video evidence that speaks for itself, Bob was fast, really fast. Sit back, relax and prepare for a flash back to the Wild West of today.

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Author: Athol Courtenay

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