[kayakone]

Saw this a while ago. Thought it was worth replaying.

In driving, Mr Joe Average takes about a second to react to a threat on the road. Thats why they tell you to follow at a minimum distance of two seconds behind the preceding car. So you've got a second to react, and a one second buffer to stop, without hitting him (providing he doesn't hit something and stop sooner ).

In the wide world of adventure sports, reaction times of less than .05 of a second are rare (say, Formula 1 drivers). This guy may be faster still...

http://www.wimp.com/fastestgunman/

He should be in the police force.

 

[badmotorfinger]

He should be in the police force.

Victorian?

 

[BIGKEV]

Wow, FIGJAM

 

[wilson191]

How is he shooting those ballons wen the camera man is standing there?

 

[CanuckChubbs]

How is he shooting those ballons wen the camera man is standing there?

That's what I was thinking. What about people in the background, or stray bullets? Guess in the 80's OHS did not exist.

 

[robsea]

Blanks. I believe that is what he said early in the clip.

An edit.

"Some forms of fast draw competitions use special blanks that are loaded with a layer of slow burning rifle powder on top of a thin layer of faster-burning pistol powder. The pistol powder ignites the slower burning rifle powder, and fires it out the barrel much like a shotgun shell. The burning powder only travels a few yards before it completely combusts, but that is far enough to burst the balloon used as a target for those competitions."

Wikidedia search on 'blanks'