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This reminds me of Gene Hackman in Clint Eastwood's The Unforgiven. Speed of draw is important, but is not the only factor.

"There is a great scene where Gene Hackman’s character, the Sheriff, is explaining to a biographer that the biographer’s belief about what makes a great gunfighter is wrong.

Hackman as Sheriff: Look son, being a good shot and quick with a pistol don’t do no harm but it don’t mean much next to being cool headed. A man who will keep his head, not get rattled under fire, like as not will kill you.

Biographer: But if the other person is quicker and fires first…

Hackman: Then, he’ll be hurrying and he will miss.

(Hackman draws his pistol not extremely fast but smoothly.) That’s as fast as I can draw and aim and hit anything more than 10 feet away, other than a barn door."

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