Western Movies Created The Myth of ‘Fanning’

Old West gunfighters hardly ever practiced the technique. During the 1950s Hollywood Western movie craze, fast drawing and rapid firing of several shots by “fanning” a six-shooter became a skill used in almost every celluloid gunfight. And a half-century later, many Western history buffs are still not aware that fanning a six-gun did not happen …

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