Biography

I started competing at the age of 14 years old. I began using the ram

fanning method because it was the easiest and safest way to shoot.

However, I quickly switched to slap cocking as my method of choice.

My entire family started shooting, including my mom and both younger

sisters, and we were all being trained by dad on two holsters and one

gun. In 1970, at age 16, I won my first major title: "The Nevada State

Championships." The prize was a solid silver buckle with a twenty

dollar uncirculated gold piece in the center and $150.00 cash. That

was the beginning of the family's domination of the sport of fastdraw.

Our family has won

more shoots than any other family in the history of the sport.

I've won the World's Championship title (5) times and have had the

honor of co-holding the title with both of my sisters at different

times. I won the Nationals in 1996 with my mother and came in 2nd in

the "Canadian Open" only to have my father come in first place. My

wife Jennifer competed for a couple of years winning the "Western

States Championships" and also holding the fastest single shot world's

record of .30 hundredths of a second. While my mother, both sisters

and wife have retired, my father won a world's title in 2001, and we

both still compete successfully.

I still hold the "Fastest Gun Alive" title that I won at Virginia

City, Nevada. I averaged 28.7 hundredths of a second per shot of the

37 shots it took me to win the match. Also, I've been competing in

cowboy action shooting for 6 years, staying in the top 5% of finalists

in the last (6) cowboy World's Championships.

"None of my fast draw guns have any sites."

- Cisko