Arabian Gun Twirler [1899]

A bearded man performs a rifle twirling act on a stage with a painted backdrop of a city street corner. He wears a white turban and a dark two-piece costume of tunic and baggy pants that narrow at the knees; perhaps the costume of an Arab infantryman. The tricks he performs include throwing the spinning rifle in the air and catching it; twirling the gun in front of him, above his head, behind his back, to the side of his torso, and under his leg; and twirling the rifle as he switches hands.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• firearms
• Arabian
• Gun
• Twirler
• vaudeville
• silent
• films

[zChopstickx]

I guess this is how drill started, O_O

[IndianRiverAFJROTC]

evolution of drill!

[Tylermccoy123]

damn! he's better than most of todays drillers. lol

[bigmike1107]

I'm using one of his moves at ISIS... Bet you can't guess which one.

[rifledrill]

bro lol...this guy needs to work on his military bearing...or he did...haha

[jkmarshall001]

100% original and creative in his time. How can one go wrong?

DrillMaster