Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Butte, Montana, USA

Bob Munden Has Died

Bob Munden, known perhaps equally as a fierce Fast-Draw competitor who was recognized by Guinness World Records as The Fastest Man with a Gun Who Ever Lived, as an exhibition shooter of the highest order with handguns, rifles and shotguns; an entertainer as well as a master gun smith who developed groundbreaking methods of customizing to perfection the beloved .45 caliber single action revolver and other guns, died Monday of heart failure.

Munden’s wife and performance partner Becky said Tuesday she was driving home with Bob after treatment at a Missoula hospital for what doctors described as a mild heart attack. At some point between Missoula and their home of Butte, Bob mentioned he was experiencing chest pains, told Becky to keep on driving, and died.

The 70-year-old shooting sports superstar was pronounced dead upon arrival at St. James Heathcare in Butte.

Born February 8, 1942 in Kansas City, Mo, Bob began his professional shooting career at age 11 in Big Bear Lake, Calif. While still in high school, Bob placed 2nd in a competition known as the Leatherslap. After years of competing in Fast Draw, Bob and Becky performed together beginning in 1968, emphasizing the importance of gun safety when they went on tour in 1969 for the National School Assembly Program. Depending on the venue, Bob and Becky continued to perform together shooting blanks or with live ammunition across the United States, in New Zealand and London, England. As recently as 2011 the Mundens put on their live-ammunition exhibition at locations in California and Kansas.

Over the years Bob, often with Becky who is also a champion shooter, appeared on many television shows, most famously American Shooter, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Shooting USA, and Shooting USA’s Impossible Shots. Munden can be found all over YouTube and appears in entertaining and instructional DVDs including Bob Munden: Outrageous Shooting and Bob Munden: The Collector’s Edition.

At age 68 Munden appeared on Stan Lee’s Superhumans on the History Channel. The episode shows a scientist reporting that Munden’s hand withstands 10 Gs of force when he draws and fires his gun from the holster. Viewers learn that as a comparison, jet pilots are trained to withstand 9 Gs, and that Bob is “faster than a rattlesnake.” In a demo during the same show, Munden draws and shoots two balloons six feet apart with two shots that sound virtually like one.

Just eight weeks ago today, at the Butte Gun Club range for Midland Radio Corporation, Munden did exhibition shooting with a .45 caliber single action and Colt 1911 semi-automatic pistol. Bob Munden & Midland XTC High Definition Action Camera – YouTube

Registered as members #118 and #119 respectively, Bob and Becky entertained at the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) End of Trail World Championships of Cowboy Action Shooting 30 times with what Becky proudly said was the most complex presentation ever offered at an exhibition shooting show. She added that Bob was Cowboy Action Shooting’s first gunsmith.

Becky said, “We had an incredible, memorable life together.”

She also said that of all the in-arguably amazing shots Bob achieved during his lifetime of speed shooting, precision shooting and showmanship with handguns, rifles and shotguns; his opening a safety pin, hitting a target 600 yards away, throwing a knife with a bullet and others all accomplished with handguns and practiced mostly in his imagination rather than at the range, Bob was definite that splitting a playing card in he threw into the air was most difficult.

Bob is survived by his wife Becky, his daughters Natalie and Mitzi; grandson Levi, granddaughter Kaycee, his mother; three brothers and a sister; nieces, nephews, friends and millions of fans.

According to Bob’s wishes his remains will be cremated. A memorial and celebration of life is to be scheduled during warmer weather in 2013. A small event for local neighbors and friends will take place in Butte in the near future. Information about both events will be posted here and at the official Facebook Fan Page.

Photo of the Late Bob Munden by Colin Dangaard

Bob appreciated all his fans. He worked for you!

A great gift, Copies of Bob Munden: Outrageous Shooting on DVD are available our online store.  If you experience any problems with placing an order, please contact Munden Enterprises.

Extended: FREE SHIPPING WORLD WIDE on purchases of DVDs including Bob Munden: The Collector’s Edition, Munden T-Shirts (now available in BROWN at your request,) or Gift Package Selections from the shop!!

Firearms Bob and Becky Munden Use in Outrageous Shooting:

Browning (Customized) Lever Action Rifle .45LC
Marlin Lever Action Rifle .357
Colt Single Action Revolvers .357
Colt Single Action Revolvers .45
Kimber 1911 Semi Auto Pistols .45ACP
Garcia Double Barrel Shotgun 12ga
Dakota Arms Derringer .45LC
Colt (Customized) 1911 Semi Auto Pistol .45ACP
Freedom Arms Casull Single Action Revolver .454
Smith & Wesson Double Action Revolver .38
Winchester ’97 Pump Riot Shotgun 12ga
Benelli Semi Auto Super 90 Shotgun 12ga

What’s on the DVD Bob Munden: Outrageous Shooting:

1.   Opening
2.   I Can Shoot
3.   Montage
4.   Instinctive Shooting
5.   Thumbing
6.   Fanning
7.   Vintage Fast Draw 1960s & 70s
8.   Live Ammo Exhibition at EOT
9.   Becky Munden Interview
10. The Mover
11. 1911 x 2
12. Pop Bottles
13. Long Distance
14. Aerial
15. Single Action Action
16. Aspirin
17. Bob and Becky Team Shooting
18. Cigarettes
19. Credits over Bonus Scene

Extra Feature
Bob Munden’s Six-Gun Magic Basic Option #1 from start to finish on a single-action revolver

Get more information and order your  copies at the online store!!

Running Time: 122 minutes

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The Knowledge Passed On…

L-R, Midland's Stuart Barber, Jeff Ault and Bob Munden

Munden’s Six-Gun Magic gun display at SASS End of Trail, 2008. Next to Bob sitting left to right are Stuart Barber of Midland and Jeff Ault, Bob’s long-time friend, excellent shot and big-time single-action fan who was already a respected 1911 smith in Butte when Bob “learned him” on how to do Bob’s Six-Gun Magic after it occurred to Bob that it was possible he might not live forever after all.

Jeff with Bob Munden in shop, Rockwell testing a hammer.

Bob never taught is methods to anyone in person until he chose Jeff.

Jeff Ault working on single-action revolver

After Bob’s passing in December, Jeff and Becky have been focused on the work left behind, but Jeff is now doing and shipping Option #1 work orders on Rugers (Colts to come when the rest of Bob’s unfinished work is cleared) and does the work to absolute perfection. From Jeff, Bob expected nothing less.

Go to the News & Events page for information about Bob and Becky’s Custom Trike built on a Heritage Softail.

Photos at the Official Bob Munden Fan Page on Facebook!

Fundraising Campaign at Indiegogo.com

Bob Munden loved entertaining and teaching you, thinking up new ways to blow your minds and make you laugh in live exhibitions or for television — and he would love that you helped make his memorial possible.

Memorial plaques made of other materials might be damaged fairly easily; however, one made of bronze could better stand the test of time, likely as long as Bob’s professional shooting career, which began in the 1950s in Big Bear, California when he was 11 years old. The goal is to raise funds for an etched bronze, memorial plaque featuring Bob’s image, his bullet-in-flight signature, along with a brief history of his amazing shooting career.

The historic Butte Gun Club (est. 1895) has offered to install it in their Schützenhaus (shooting house) where students from all over attended Bob Munden’s School of the Fast Gun. It is an honor. Next to the building is the spot where Bob did some of his most of his most talked-about exhibition shots for television, including the 200-yard shot with a S&W .38 snubby.

Since Bob passed away December 10th at age 70, many friends and fans have asked what they can do to support Bob’s best friend Becky Munden, who was his shooting partner in performances from 1968 – 2011.

Becky has lost her one true love but Bob always said she was stronger than she looked and so far she has not let him down. Though well-made bronze plaques don’t come cheap, Becky would very much like to see this Bob Munden memorial come to be, and it can happen with your support at crowdfunding site Indiegogo.com.

• The goal is to raise $3,500 to include freight for the memorial plaque from Tennessee to Montana, where it would be installed at the historic Butte Gun Club (est. 1895) just West of Butte, Montana. An honor.

• See the list of contribution thank-you gifts, or “perks”, including newly completed items. Becky will be happy to send them to contributors.

• Finally, please kindly spread the word to other Bob Munden fans about this effort to commission a bronze memorial. You can do that on your own of course, or use the Indiegogo share tools!

Link to Bob Munden Memorial Fundraising Campaign

Many Thanks for your Help!
&

“May Your Life Be Full of Bull’s-Eyes”

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BRAND NEW at our online store

Bob Munden Mega Design T-Shirt
And
Bob Munden 18″ x 24″ poster and 5″ x 7″ off-set, quality card stock print available now with free shipping!
Only available here!

Visit News & Events Page for information about available guns by Munden’s Six-Gun Magic by Jeff Ault, including one ready to go that Bob Munden worked on.

Here you will find all kinds of history, photos, videos, articles and news about shooting legend Bob Munden (02/08/42 – 12/10/2012) and about his wife and long-time shooting partner Becky. Together Bob and Becky began entertaining audiences back in 1968 at a fair in Bishop, California.

This is also a place to learn about Munden’s Six-Gun Magic by Jeff Ault. Bob trained Jeff, who was already a 1911 smith, to work on single-action revolvers using the same custom gunwork techniques Bob engineered, perfected and used to make single actions tough and as smooth as silk.

Enjoy visiting our nice little spread here on the Web. While you’re at it, stop in to the online store where you can find Bob Munden merchandise. We’re updating the site and the store as often as we can and welcome your comments on the guestbook page!

Bob Munden’s Unfired Matched Pair .45 Colt SAAs Beautifully Engraved

JackTheDog is selling this fine, fine pair of unfired, consecutively numbered Colt SAAs

in .45 caliber. Beautifully engraved by master engraver Bill Johns of Cody, Wyoming. Munden recoil-control grips made of stag. Letter of authenticity from Becky Munden.

Visit the no-reserve AUCTION for more information. Fourteen-day auction launched March 09, 2014. Auction ends on Sunday, March 23, 2014.

Greetings! We are uploading video clips of stories told June 15, 2013, in Butte, Montana, during the Celebration of the Life and Times of Bob Munden.

Bob passed away Dec. 10, 2012, some weeks shy of his 71st birthday. The family is working to complete two more films to follow “Bob Munden: Outrageous Shooting.” And Becky is still shooting!

www.bobmunden.com
www.facebook.com/bobmundenfanpage
www.facebook.com/sixgunmagic

Technical glitches at bobmunden.com/shop have been resolved finally. We invite you to the shop, where you will find three pages of MUNDEN gifts including DVDs, posters, photo keepsakes and t-shirts. Because of the tech issues we had with the shop, Becky Munden is extending holiday season sale prices through the end of December, 2015 — with free shipping!

Bob Munden Obituary

Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Butte, Montana, USA

Bob Munden, known perhaps equally as a fierce Fast-Draw competitor who was recognized by Guinness World Records as The Fastest Man with a Gun Who Ever Lived, as an exhibition shooter of the highest order with handguns, rifles and shotguns and, as an entertainer as well as a master gunsmith who developed groundbreaking methods of customizing to perfection the beloved .45 caliber single-action revolver and other guns, died Monday of a heart attack.

Munden’s wife and performance partner Becky said today she was driving home from Missoula with Bob last night after his treatment at a Missoula hospital for what doctors described as a mild heart attack. At some point between Missoula and their home in Butte, Bob mentioned he was experiencing chest pains, told Becky to keep on driving, and died.

The 70-year-old shooting sports superstar was pronounced dead upon arrival at St. James Heathcare in Butte.

Born February 8, 1942 in Kansas City, Mo, Bob began his professional shooting career at age 11 in the mountain community of Big Bear Lake, Calif. While still in high school, Bob placed 2nd in a competition known as the Leatherslap. After years of competing in Fast Draw, Bob and Becky performed together beginning in 1968, emphasizing the importance of gun safety when they went on tour in 1969 for the National School Assembly Program. Depending on the venue, Bob and Becky continued to perform together shooting blanks or with live ammunition across the United States, in New Zealand and London, England. As recently as 2011 the Mundens put on their live-ammunition exhibition at locations in California and Kansas.

Over the years Bob, often with Becky who is also a champion shooter, appeared on many television shows, most famously American Shooter, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Shooting USA, and Shooting USA’s Impossible Shots. Bob Munden can be found all over YouTube and appears in entertaining and instructional DVDs including Bob Munden: Outrageous Shooting and Bob Munden: The Collector’s Edition.

At age 68 Munden appeared on Stan Lee’s Superhumans on the History Channel. The repeating episode includes a scientist reporting that Munden’s hand withstands 10 Gs of force when he draws and fires his gun from the holster. Viewers learn that as a comparison, jet pilots are trained to withstand 9 Gs, and that Bob is “faster than a rattlesnake.” In a demo during the same show, Munden draws and shoots two balloons six feet apart with two shots that sound virtually like one.

Just eight weeks ago today, at the Butte Gun Club range for Midland Radio Corporation, Munden did exhibition shooting with a .45 caliber single action and a Colt 1911 semi-automatic pistol. Bob Munden & Midland XTC High Definition Action Camera – YouTube

Registered as members #118 and #119 respectively, Bob and Becky entertained at the annual Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) End of Trail World Championships of Cowboy Action Shooting 30 times. Becky proudly said Bob designed the performances, and that using many types of hand guns and long guns, she and Bob put on the most complex presentation ever offered at an exhibition shooting show. She added that Bob was the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting’s first gunsmith.

Becky said, “We had an incredible, memorable life together.”

She also said that of all the in-arguably amazing shots Bob achieved during his lifetime of speed shooting, precision shooting and showmanship with handguns, rifles and shotguns, his opening a safety pin with a bullet without damaging the pin; hitting a target 600 yards away using a handgun without a scope, throwing a knife with a bullet — and others all accomplished with handguns and practiced mostly in his imagination rather than at the range, Bob was definite that splitting a playing card in he threw into the air was most difficult.

Bob is survived by his wife Becky, his daughters Natalie and Mitzi; grandson Levi, granddaughter Kaycee, his mother; three brothers and a sister; nieces, nephews, friends and millions of fans.

According to Bob’s wishes his remains will be cremated. A memorial and celebration of his life is to be scheduled during warmer weather in 2013. A small event for local neighbors and friends will take place in Butte in the near future. Information about both events will be posted here and at the official Facebook Bob Munden Fan Page.

Photo of the Late Bob Munden by Colin Dangaard

Bob appreciated all his fans.

He worked for you!

On the video gallery and on YouTube you’ll find a number of video clips of some of Bob and Becky’s exhibition shooting with various types of firearms.

We continue to upload video clips of stories told June 15, 2013, in Butte, Montana, during the Celebration of the Life and Times of Bob Munden.

The family is close to completing two more films the crew was working on with Bob. The films follow Bob Munden: Outrageous Shooting. Finally, if you are wondering,  Becky is still shooting!

Long-time Munden family friend Jeff Ault is an excellent shot and big-time single-action fan who was already a respected 1911 smith in Butte when Bob “learned him” on how to do Bob’s Six-Gun Magic once it occurred to Bob it was actually possible that he might, lower-case might, not live forever after all.

Jeff Ault with Bob Munden in shop, Rockwell testing a hammer.

Bob never taught his methods to anyone until he chose Jeff to learn Six-Gun Magic and eventually take over work in the shop for Munden Enterprises, Inc.

Jeff Ault working on a single-action revolver

Available at our online store:

Munden DVDs, posters, photos and t-shirts!
Check them out!

On the video gallery and on YouTube you’ll find a number of video clips of some of Bob and Becky’s exhibition shooting with various types of firearms.

We continue to upload video clips of stories told June 15, 2013, in Butte, Montana, during the Celebration of the Life and Times of Bob Munden.

The family is close to completing two more films the crew was working on with Bob. The films follow Bob Munden: Outrageous Shooting. Finally, if you are wondering,  Becky is still shooting!

Long-time Munden family friend Jeff Ault is an excellent shot and big-time single-action fan who was already a respected 1911 smith in Butte when Bob “learned him” on how to do Bob’s Six-Gun Magic once it occurred to Bob it was actually possible that he might, lower-case might, not live forever after all.

Bob never taught his methods to anyone until he chose Jeff to learn Six-Gun Magic and eventually take over work in the shop for Munden Enterprises, Inc.

Available at our online store:

Munden DVDs, posters, photos and t-shirts!
Check them out!

Bob Munden Obituary

Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Butte, Montana, USA

Bob Munden, known perhaps equally as a fierce Fast-Draw competitor who was recognized by Guinness World Records as The Fastest Man with a Gun Who Ever Lived, as an exhibition shooter of the highest order with handguns, rifles and shotguns and, as an entertainer and master gunsmith who developed groundbreaking methods of customizing to perfection the beloved .45 caliber single-action revolver and other guns, died Monday of a heart attack.

Munden’s wife and performance partner Becky said today she was driving home from Missoula with Bob last night after his treatment at a Missoula hospital for what doctors described as a mild heart attack. At some point between Missoula and their home in Butte, Bob mentioned he was experiencing chest pains, told Becky to keep on driving, and died.

The 70-year-old shooting sports superstar was pronounced dead upon arrival at St. James Heathcare in Butte.

Born February 8, 1942 in Kansas City, Mo, Bob began his professional shooting career at age 11 in the mountain community of Big Bear Lake, Calif. While still in high school, Bob placed 2nd in a competition known as the Leatherslap. After years of competing in Fast Draw, Bob and Becky performed together beginning in 1968, emphasizing the importance of gun safety when they went on tour in 1969 for the National School Assembly Program. Depending on the venue, Bob and Becky continued to perform together shooting blanks or with live ammunition across the United States, in New Zealand and London, England. As recently as 2011 the Mundens put on their live-ammunition exhibition at locations in California and Kansas.

Over the years Bob, often with Becky who is also a champion shooter, appeared on many television shows, most famously American Shooter, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Shooting USA, and Shooting USA’s Impossible Shots. Bob Munden can be found all over YouTube and appears in entertaining and instructional DVDs including Bob Munden: Outrageous Shooting and Bob Munden: The Collector’s Edition.

At age 68 Munden appeared on Stan Lee’s Superhumans on the History Channel. The repeating episode includes a scientist reporting that Munden’s hand withstands 10 Gs of force when he draws and fires his gun from the holster. Viewers learn that as a comparison, jet pilots are trained to withstand 9 Gs, and that Bob is “faster than a rattlesnake.” In a demo during the same show, Munden draws and shoots two balloons six feet apart with two shots that sound virtually like one.

Just eight weeks ago today, at the Butte Gun Club range for Midland Radio Corporation, Munden did exhibition shooting with a .45 caliber single action and a Colt 1911 semi-automatic pistol. Bob Munden & Midland XTC High Definition Action Camera – YouTube

sRegistered as members #118 and #119 respectively, Bob and Becky entertained at the annual Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) End of Trail World Championships of Cowboy Action Shooting 30 times. Becky proudly said Bob designed the performances, and that using many types of hand guns and long guns, she and Bob put on the most complex presentation ever offered at an exhibition shooting show. She added that Bob was the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting’s first gunsmith.

Becky said, “We had an incredible, memorable life together.”

She also said that of all the in-arguably amazing shots Bob achieved during his lifetime of speed shooting, precision shooting and showmanship with handguns, rifles and shotguns, his opening a safety pin with a bullet without damaging the pin; hitting a target 600 yards away using a handgun without a scope, throwing a knife with a bullet — and others all accomplished with handguns and practiced mostly in his imagination rather than at the range, Bob was definite that splitting a playing card in he threw into the air was most difficult.

Bob is survived by his wife Becky, his daughters Natalie and Mitzi; grandson Levi, granddaughter Kaycee, his mother; three brothers and a sister; nieces, nephews, friends and millions of fans.

According to Bob’s wishes his remains will be cremated. A memorial and celebration of his life is to be scheduled during warmer weather in 2013. A small event for local neighbors and friends will take place in Butte in the near future. Information about both events will be posted here and at the Official Bob Munden Fan Page on Facebook.

Bob appreciated all his fans.
He worked for you!