Now THAT is Action Shooting

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Very impressive.

Via Chuck Petras @Chuck_Petras.

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4 thoughts on “Now THAT is Action Shooting”

  1. One must wonder what type of ammo is being used…..inside an arena actual bullets would NOT be safe. I suspect it’s some type of frangible shot round making aiming a lot simpler. Still…..nice to watch.

    • If I remember correctly, they are using juiced up blanks. The burning powder is what pops the balloons. The range is pretty short, that’s why they have to get so close.

    • https://www.fastdraw.org/fd_equip.html

      The Ammunition – There are two types of ammunition used in Fast Draw: blanks and wax bullets. The blanks are generally a mixture of black powders and pistol powders. Often (especially in competitions) the blanks will have a layer at the bottom of the shell that is made up of a combination of 4F black powder and bullseye smokeless powder. This is the kicker. The rest of the shell is often filled with a combination of grainier powders that will break the balloon. Usually this is 1F black powder and a grainy pistol powder like 4831.

      Wax Bullets When using wax bullets they are often loaded into the shell just prior to going onto the shooting line. The bullet is pressed into place, then a shotgun primer or .22 blank is placed into the specially counter-sunk hole at the base of the shell. With the .22 blank, the counter-sunk hole is drilled off to one side of the shell to allow the center-fire action of the gun to strike the rim of the .22 blank (.22’s are rim-fire ammunition). Because of the ease of loading the wax bullet as compared to the process involved with creating a blank, many fast draw shooters practice with nothing but wax bullets. This also increases the skill of the shooter because of the increased accuracy required when shooting wax.

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