Trying to fan the 1858

[1KPerDay]

@damoc pretty cool. Goon has said several times that his 'tuned and gooned' guns (you owe me a quarter if you use that, goon) can be fanned without damage due to their action stops or whatever. @Jackrabbit1957 does action stops if you want also. Fanning is fun. All you curmudgeons should try it. Betcha never do wheelies or burnouts either.

 

[Paul R Zartman]

better yet, forget hollywood BS techniques like fanning, and run the gun normally

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Two hands....anyone can do that...

 

[Paul R Zartman]

Well if you would only leave the revolvers in the box, oiled and stashed away they would never wear out and you wouldn't be at risk of crushing your pearls from all the clutching.

I was told that if you don't break a tool every now and then, your not using them...

 

[hawg]

I had a single action Rohm I bought new in 77. I fanned it a lot and got pretty good at it. The firing part not the hitting much of anything part. I could keep all six shots on a car door including the window from about 15 feet. Funny thing is I didn't know it could damage it and it didn't. Maybe if I'd known it would have fallen to pieces. My first wife still has it and still uses it 45 years later.

 

[ClemBert]

This is an old vid where I attempted to fan an 1858 like Clint Eastwood would. I found it while going through old hard drives.

I like it....nice first try. Bolts, springs, hands be damned....that's what parts stores are for. Besides, MidwayUSA, et al. need business and it's always a good time to buy more BP revolvers. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Blackpowderwarrior]

Well if you would only leave the revolvers in the box, oiled and stashed away they would never wear out and you wouldn't be at risk of crushing your pearls from all the clutching.

I love your style my friend. I feel we're brothers from other mothers! Of kindred spirits indeed sir!

 

[45 Dragoon]

@damoc pretty cool. Goon has said several times that his 'tuned and gooned' guns (you owe me a quarter if you use that, goon)

Thanks 1KPerDay! I like it . . . Lol!!

And for all y'all wondering . . . yes, you can set up a S.A. for fanning (I know you know that!) . A dedicated fanner will have different timing and there are "parts massaging" that keeps hands from getting pounded, bolts from breaking and locking notches from getting beaten to death. The caveat for knowing all that stuff is . . . it doesn't HAVE to be a fanner to still do all that stuff anyway (except for the timing part) !!! I do it to all mine and customers revolvers ( including other tricks!!) . . . just because . . . ya nevah know !! Lol!!

Mike

 

[44 Dave]

Thanks 1KPerDay! I like it . . . Lol!!

And for all y'all wondering . . . yes, you can set up a S.A. for fanning (I know you know that!) . A dedicated fanner will have different timing and there are "parts massaging" that keeps hands from getting pounded, bolts from breaking and locking notches from getting beaten to death. The caveat for knowing all that stuff is . . . it doesn't HAVE to be a fanner to still do all that stuff anyway (except for the timing part) !!! I do it to all mine and customers revolvers ( including other tricks!!) . . . just because . . . ya nevah know !! Lol!!

Mike

Mike, where is that video of Brush hippy fanning a navy you tuned?

 

[45 Dragoon]

Mike, where is that video of Brush hippy fanning a navy you tuned?

Lol!!! Hey 44 Dave!!! Well, YouTube didn't like them and some other videos he did ( they had "guns" in um !!! Yikes!!! ) so it's in video Heaven . . . along with the Dragoon he fanned!!!
Those were the days . . .

Mike

 

[hawg]

He has some videos posted elsewhere but I don't remember the site.

 

[dickydalton]

Will I be able to fan my 1860?

 

[Sour Kraut]

Thank you, Ephraim!

I had A Fanner 50 and rig!

One thing it taught me was Fanning made a lot more noise and allowed you to miss faster.

loved those little plastic slugs and spring loaded cases. Loading those grey plastic slugs in the cases and sticking a greenie stick’em cap on the base was sort of like hand loading.

only toy lever action I Had (other than actual BB guns) was the Wanted: Dead or Alive “Mare’s Leg”

I painted the grey bullets with my Mom’s red nail polish to make them easier to find after shooting.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Loved the chickens just waiting and wandering around disinterested.

What he didn't tell us about was the six dead chickens.

 

[45 Dragoon]

Will I be able to fan my 1860?

Hey buddy!!! Absolutely!!
( I'll call ya tonight).

Mike

 

[45 Dragoon]

What he didn't tell us about was the six dead chickens.

And . . . were they fried, BBQ'd, baked . . . ?
Dangit!! Now I'm hungry . . .

Mike

 

[Ugly Sauce]

And . . . were they fried, BBQ'd, baked . . . ?
Dangit!! Now I'm hungry . . .

Mike

Judging from the terrain, I think they were already fried. The black powder burn added a bit of BBQ.

 

[gtrgy888]

I haven’t really practiced fanning, but with JR57’s action stop installed, I’ll eventually work up to it. Looks like the kind of thing to learn with careful slow practice, so it hits the right rhythm and doesn’t kill anyone.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

But...wasn't the purpose of fanning to kill someone???

 

[hawg]

Never mind

 

[ShotgunDave]

Every once in a while, it's fun to just have fun! So every once in a while, I do burnouts in my Challenger, and fan my revolver!

 

[Choctaw]

AND:

Oh sure, blame the Indians.

 

[Choctaw]

He can do as he dang well pleases with his guns. How about that? These replicas we shoot aren't exactly family heirlooms. They are for fun...something some people seem to forget.

 

[Paul R Zartman]

GOD would not have made the Hammer Spur as pronounced as he did if you weren't expected to fan it... "YIKES" just looking at the SA spurs screams "FAN ME"
I tried fanning my Webley MK VI to no avail... proof that only old cowboys can fan.... and were meant to...

 

[Rustmangler]

I have read that some old time gun fighters had the trigger removed for quicker/easier fanning in a gun fight. Is their any truth in that?

 

[Ephraim Kibbey]

I have read that some old time gun fighters had the trigger removed for quicker/easier fanning in a gun fight. Is their any truth in that?

I have heard of the trigger being tied back so that cocking the hammer and releasing it fired the revolver!