Every gunslingers has lists. Generally, there is the "I can handle him" list, the "I don't know if I can handle him" list, and the "I can't handle him" list. To be competitive, you have to move all the other shooters in the field to the first list. It is just a matter of attitude. You need to truly believe that you are the toughest gunfighter there. It does not matter whether you are shooting the World Champion or the most accurate shooter in the field, you are the toughest and will prevail.
There are some great lines in the movie Unforgiven:
Little Bill: "That is about as fast as I can draw and hit anything."
Biographer: "But what if the other shooter is quicker than you."
Little Bill: "Then he will miss. It is not easy to shoot a man."
Little Bill ruled Big Whiskey not because he was the quickest but because he was the toughest gunfighter there.
I took Dismal to his football training camp at the Wylie Pirates' facility. Every where was the slogan "AHMO" so I ask what it meant. I was told it was from a fiery talk the head coach gave in the 1970s which came from the comedy show "Laugh In." The full quote is "AHMO kick your butt." I may be nice to you before the match and I sure will be nice to you after the match, but at the set command AHMO and I don't care who you are, you are on my first list.
The photos from the Southern and National are great for evaluating form. Here are a couple Shady Mtn shooters:
Although John does not acknowledge the locked elbow draw he shoots it since he has gotten down into the threes. Powder Keg shoots it. Note the locked elbow, the stable anchor point and the level forearm and gun. Old West and Powder Keg will drill the center of the target. Powder Keg is shooting the fasting gun at the event, who shoots the flail. Note in the last photo, the flail is complete, wax long gone, high/low who knows when the locked elbow shooter fires. He will drill the center of the target with a level shot. Dismal is here just to show a good two handed locked elbow draw.
See you on the line. AHMO!
