Indeed, I am 😂. I just haven’t made a shooting related video in quite some time.

Having your last move be toward the target, lets you point far more accurately at greater distance. The “dump draw”, or “pinch and roll” as I called it, doesn’t work (for me) beyond 10 feet.

The rig in the video is an Alphonso #1 (iHollywood, CA), made for me in the early 90’s. It’s lined with steel from the boot, through the shank, into the oval hip plate. With its double stitching and other details, it is the finest example I’ve seen of what might be called an “old school” fast draw rig. The tie down is really just cosmetic, and in fact, is uncomfortable if you are walking, because the holster is absolutely rigid and does not move. There have been many great rigs from Ernie Hill, Ted Blocker, and others, but I think the maker whose work is most common today might be Bob Mernickle, with the FD-7 (for WFD competition), and several models he makes for CFD specs as well. I have a two gun “Hollywood type” twin buscardero with a forward rake (Model HW-9), and can certainly attest to the quality. Those are the only two makers with whom I have personal experience, but I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Sam Andrew’s (in Florida) Adams leather ( in Texas, I think) and maybe a few others. Choice of gun leather is too personal to cover it all, because of my somewhat limited experience with the work of many great makers.

Wow, thank you!

Rumors of my demise are somewhat exaggerated. LOL!

@@ChrisGordan Glad you're still around! Just found your channel, amazing work

If that makes any sense LOL I know it kind of sounds stupid I'm only 26 years old and I've been fooling around with black powder revolvers because I happen to think they're a smart choice for a bug out situation because I can make my own black powder and cast my own bullets and make my own caps and whatnot but whatever I've always been fascinated with cowboy things and the whole thought of dueling and outdrawing your opponent just did something for me it breaks my heart to know that they never really did that in the old west but it's still fun to dream LOL If I could find other people that were into it I would go and do it competitively but for now I kind of just enjoy fooling around with it in the privacy of my bedroom knowing that if a time ever did come where this country turned into anything like the old west that I can outdraw any opponent in the street at high noon LOL

I don't think that he "Pinch and Roll" as I call it, can be used in CFD. I seem to remember a rule that prohibits "dump draws", where the gun is fired with the muzzle behind the front edge of the holster, but you'd have to check on that. Frankly, I was never able to hit consistently with that method beyond 10' , so the 21' target in CFD (although large), seems to require a deliberate move toward the target. The traditional draw works better.

You’re right! So with some ‘on the fly’ adjustments I used that technique making sure the muzzle was past the holster. The way you explained it just worked well for me ,shooting some .5s the first time out . More importantly just had a helluva good time.