Ed McGivern 1874-1957 'FAST AND FANCY REVOLVER SHOOTING'

Ed McGivern was "Something Else" ! The man is a Legend.

His shooting feats with a S & W Model 10 revolver are mostly- to this day - unequalled, - although Jerry Miculek has managed to break some of them. Wikipedia lists these McGivern records:

 (with either hand !)
He could break six simultaneously thrown clay pigeons in the air before they hit the ground.
He could hit a tin can thrown 20 foot in the air five times before it hit the ground.
He could drive a tack or a nail into wood by shooting it.
He could shoot the spots on a playing card at 18 feet, or even split a playing card edge-on.
He could shoot a dime on the fly.

The single thing that most impressed me from his book 'Fast And Fancy Revolver Shooting'  was the testified and recorded feat of papering-over the hole in a washer and shooting through the paper to make the hole again when that washer was thrown high in the air !

  So - Get practising lads.

McGivern was interested in police use of the revolver and instructed many police agencies and the FBI - as well as giving shooting demonstrations around America. His book was published in 1938 and I only have a Kindle version of it - the illustrations don't come-out very clear on my small grey-tone screen. Wikipedia says that Eds book may still be available from SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
I'll have to follow through on that and see if I can afford to buy a copy and have it shipped over.
- Update: - Possible as it's available in paperback - but they want US$40.0 postage on top of book cost - too much, I'm sorry !

Ed McGivern demonstrated that his favourite .357" cal could be used on man sized targets out to ranges up to 600 yards - using appropriate sights . McGivern experimented with different iron sights and his favourite was a small diameter aperture rear peep-sight with a gold bead for the front. - I've sometimes wondered how my Glocks might get-on with a rear 'ghost-ring' sight as can be bought in USA - but again, they're not cheap to buy and getting gun-stuff sent from USA can be problematic with NZ Police and Customs regulations. - Maybe I'll win the Lotto - but I'd have to start buying tickets I guess !!

           Ghost ring Sight Set (with Tritium inserts). Stocked in USA by Brownells

Ed McGivern - a contemporary and friend of Elmer Keith - was still breaking shooting records when he was 57 years old - but then had to give-up competitive shooting due to arthritis -  but he made fairly old bones at 83 when he passed.

Marty K