![]() So to fan a single-action revolver, the shooter squeezed the trigger against the back of the trigger guard and held it there in firing position while repeatedly fanning back the hammer into full-cock position with the heel of his other hand. Unlike the later double-action revolvers, single-action revolvers (the most-often used six-shooters on the frontier) could not be fired just by squeezing the trigger the hammer had to be manually cocked first. ![]() And a half-century later, many Western history buffs are still not aware that fanning a six-gun did not happen much in the real Old West. Old West gunfighters hardly ever practiced the technique.ĭuring 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.
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