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Posted: 1/9/2018 6:56:24 PM EST

[#1]

Jelly Bryce

Posted: 1/9/2018 6:57:47 PM EST

[#2]

Baron Von Richthofen

Not a classic gun fighter, but a gunfighter none the less.

But I'll wager the best gunfighter, isn't recorded in the books anywhere.

Posted: 1/9/2018 6:58:11 PM EST

[#3]

Rather than special forces, how about someone like David Bellavia going into a house containing 6 insurgents and killing 5 of them by himself? He went into the house alone. When he went in, he had few fully loaded mags, some partially loaded, and one grenade. His night vision went out while it was going down.

Posted: 1/9/2018 6:59:03 PM EST

[#4]

Frank Hamer

In his life he was wounded 17 times and left for dead four times. He is credited with having killed between 53[9] and almost 70[44] people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hamer

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:01:06 PM EST

[#5]

By death toll? Paul Tibbets.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:02:45 PM EST

[#6]

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Frank Hamer

In his life he was wounded 17 times and left for dead four times. He is credited with having killed between 53[9] and almost 70[44] people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hamer

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Frank Hamer

In his life he was wounded 17 times and left for dead four times. He is credited with having killed between 53[9] and almost 70[44] people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hamer

Sounds like he kinda sucked at it

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By death toll? Paul Tibbets.

I met his navigator

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:03:25 PM EST

[#7]

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Earp?
Allison?
Hardin?
Hickok?
Bryce?
Jeager?

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I'm pretty fond of Bryce myself.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:03:30 PM EST

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Jim Cirillo

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Posted: 1/9/2018 7:04:51 PM EST

[#9]

Marcus Luttrell

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:06:52 PM EST

[#10]

I’m sure I read a story in here years ago about a downed helicopter in Vietnam

One of the passengers was a pistol competitor of some sort hadhis 1911 with him and loads of ammo one other survivor loaded mags for him and he killed around 60 VC iirc from around 100yards.

Never been able to find That story again.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:08:07 PM EST

[#11]

I believe the moniker "gunfighter" refers specifically to gunslingers of the old west.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:08:33 PM EST

[#12]

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We've probably never heard the guy's name because the gun fights are still classified.

With the GWOT heading toward 20 years some guys could have been doing DA for nearly their whole careers. That's a shit load of gun fights.

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I'm going with this.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:10:10 PM EST

[#13]

Somebody we haven’t heard of because everyone that crossed him is dead and he didn’t give a shit about ego or romanticism.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:11:05 PM EST

[#14]

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I'm only going to disagree because "Sniping" is the smartest way to gunfight.

Absolutely demoralizing on the battlefield.

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Simo Hayha?

Simo was a killer....not sure you can call a sniper a "gunfighter".

I'm only going to disagree because "Sniping" is the smartest way to gunfight.

Absolutely demoralizing on the battlefield.

A sniper and a gunfighter are two different things. Gunfighter typically refers to someone who is fighting close in and usually with weapons like pistols, shotguns or carbines (hell, the Spanish for a gunfighter is pistolero). As such I'm not sure a lot of soldiers in war would necessarily count as "gunfighters" either.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:11:27 PM EST

[#15]

The Waco Kid

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:12:05 PM EST

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That actually seems fairly unlikely to me. Those dudes undoubtedly train a lot, but they have much more to do than endlessly perfect their marksmanship.

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Perfect marksmanship =/ gunfighter.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:12:53 PM EST

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I believe the moniker "gunfighter" refers specifically to gunslingers of the old west.

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HMLA-369 disagrees with you.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:12:59 PM EST

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Frank Hamer

In his life he was wounded 17 times and left for dead four times. He is credited with having killed between 53[9] and almost 70[44] people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hamer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Bamashooter/Texas%20Ranger%20Museum%202017/20170420_131522_zpsbuty0ku8.jpg

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Hamer was most likely the best gunfighter in the USA.

Many SOF have been in more gunfights in a single deployment.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:16:09 PM EST

[#19]

Dat gangsta dat murdat mo kids than dat otha gangsta in a driveby. Yo.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:16:49 PM EST

[#20]

Me

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:48:43 PM EST

[#21]

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Earp?
Allison?
Hardin?
Hickok?
Bryce?
Jeager?

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My opinion to your question would be Earp. He survived all his gunfights and never got shot from what I have heard.

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:51:19 PM EST

[#22]

Chuck Mawhinney. 16 head shots with 16 rounds in 30 seconds, in the dark.

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TV series

link

Posted: 1/9/2018 7:58:15 PM EST

[#23]

Jim Cirrillo of NYPD.

Posted: 1/9/2018 8:12:58 PM EST

[#24]

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My opinion to your question would be Earp. He survived all his gunfights and never got shot from what I have heard.

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He came out of at least one gunfight with a bunch of holes in his coat though.

Posted: 1/9/2018 8:18:02 PM EST

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Perfect marksmanship =/ gunfighter.

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+1

Posted: 1/9/2018 8:22:29 PM EST

[#26]

Jelly Bryce. Won nineteen gunfights, using everything from a .38 Special revolver to a Thompson submachine gun. One of the consistently fastest draws ever recorded.

American Rifleman profile on Jelly Bryce
PoliceOne bio on Jelly Bryce

Posted: 1/9/2018 8:28:33 PM EST

[#27]

You aren't a gunfighter if you ain't never been in a gunfight .

He's right you know .

gd

Posted: 1/9/2018 8:29:45 PM EST

[#28]

I was thinking Hammer and Bryce. Maybe add Melvin Purvis un there.

Posted: 1/9/2018 8:36:50 PM EST

[#29]

Tony Stein

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Posted: 1/9/2018 8:40:05 PM EST

[#30]

Lucas Botkin AKA @lucastrexarms

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:19:12 PM EST

[#31]

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Frank Hamer, Texas Ranger

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This guy.

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:27:02 PM EST

[#32]

Steven Seagal

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:32:48 PM EST

[#33]

John Basilone and the browning .30 cal. One of the most perfect pairings of man and machine of all time.

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:33:52 PM EST

[#34]

This guy.

Real Gunfighter Lance Thomas on Justic Files

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkWgp2abM2w

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:40:12 PM EST

[#35]

Dan Bilzerian.

(Dakota Meyer, if you’re reading this, I’m kidding. Please don’t kill me.)

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:43:16 PM EST

[#36]

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Being on a two way range is not the same as staged performance.

Jim Cirillo should also be nominated along with many more.

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I've always wondered how those legendary 19th century figures would compare to Jerry Miculek.

Being on a two way range is not the same as staged performance.

Jim Cirillo should also be nominated along with many more.

It's only one way if you're fast enough.

JM would smoke fools.

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:50:29 PM EST

[#37]

Gene Pitney - (The Man Who Shot) Liiberty Valance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDN4L7cAQf0

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:52:42 PM EST

[#38]

Modern era; Frank Hamer or Jelly Bryce

Western era; Bill Hickok

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:53:37 PM EST

[#39]

Gotta be some modern day, high speed door kicker. Training, tools n years n years of war will create some super killers.

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:55:42 PM EST

[#40]

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Chuck Mawhinney. 16 head shots with 16 rounds in 30 seconds, in the dark.

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TV series

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Jesus.

I need to watch your linky. Thx

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:57:11 PM EST

[#41]

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Alvin York

Raylin Givens.

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Hard to argue with this one.

Posted: 1/9/2018 9:59:28 PM EST

[#42]

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Jim Cirillo

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Came here to post this.

Posted: 1/9/2018 10:00:13 PM EST

[#43]

Leonard Funk.

Posted: 1/9/2018 10:02:33 PM EST

[#44]

And don't forget Lewis Wetzel.

Posted: 1/9/2018 10:04:08 PM EST

[#45]

Thomas Ferebee, hands down.

Posted: 1/9/2018 10:06:44 PM EST

[#46]

I'd bet one of the early Texas Rangers. No shortage of justice to mete out in those days.

Posted: 1/9/2018 10:10:12 PM EST

[#47]

Some guy nobody has heard of.

Posted: 1/9/2018 10:11:08 PM EST

[#48]

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Came here to post this.

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And Askins, that guy was a cold blooded SOB.

Posted: 1/9/2018 10:11:55 PM EST

[#49]

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I’m sure I read a story in here years ago about a downed helicopter in Vietnam

One of the passengers was a pistol competitor of some sort hadhis 1911 with him and loads of ammo one other survivor loaded mags for him and he killed around 60 VC iirc from around 100yards.

Never been able to find That story again.

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Are you thinking of this?