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Help Paula Get "Back in the Saddle Again!" Fundraiser at the Bison Museum, Saturday April 19th, 2008 Paula Saletnik, aka “Pistol Packin’ Paula”, was recently involved in an automobile accident, from which she sustained very serious bodily injury. Come and help her recovery! Click Here for more info

	Buy Paula's Teaching Video NOW ON DVD! Click Here Check out Paula with David Carradine in "Wild West Tech (Shootout)" on the History Channel. Check your local listings. Check out Paula's New Demo! demo.mov (10MB) Click on the link above to view the movie. This movie requires the QuickTime player and is a rather large file. Use of a broadband connection is advised. Click here to get Quicktime.
Pistol Packin' Paula is not just the girl next door. When Pistol Packin' Paula gets ready for work, she grabs her nickel plated .45 Cimarrons and her bull whips - not a briefcase. She twirls and shoots her gun like Annie Oakley. She cracks her bull whips like Calamity Jane. Growing up in Connecticut, Paula didn't give much thought to cowgirlin', guns or horses, but that would soon change...
Being the type of person who sets her sights on something and goes for it, she first decided to become a stuntwoman. She went to stunt school to learn high falls, roof rolls, car hits, and saddle falls. She even learned to be set on fire! It was here that Paula showed interest in the skill that would change her life. She saw the guys twirling guns and asked them to show her how to do it. They all told her that it was no use for her to try because her hands were simply too small to twirl real guns. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Paula set out to prove them wrong so she taught herself. And boy, did she ever! After graduating from stunt school, with $50 in her pocket, Paula headed west to follow her dream. In 1990, she landed a job as a stuntwoman at Rawhide Western Town in Scottsdale, Arizona.
This is where she began twirling guns professionally and became Pistol Packin' Paula, western performer. Paula is the only woman in the U.S. who twirls real guns professionally. She twirls two .45 Cimarron revolvers and twirls them into her fancy custom-made holster by Alfonso of Hollywood. Her one-woman show includes gun twirling, cracking bullwhips and then she caps it off with a foot-stomping wild west dance that puts a showgirl to shame. She has now expanded her skills to include her horses Jake and Tonto. Her performances, both live and on television, have been enjoyed around the world. Paula also performs around the country portraying Annie Oakley in special events and Wild West Shows. In 2005, Paula packed up her guns, loaded her horses in the trailer and decided to mosey on down the trail. She left Arizona and settled in the great state of Texas. In the same year, Paula decided to start her own company Triple P Entertainment LLC. Along with doing her shows throughout the country, she landed another job entertaining at Alamo Village & Ranch which is a western movie set that John Wayne built in the 50's in Brackettville, TX. Besides all of her talents, Paula is now trying to produce her own television show "Paula & Friends" with an animation "The Adventures of Pistol Packin Paula and her horse Jake" so look for it in the future. Paula has received several awards in her talents. In 1994 and 2003, the Wild West Arts Club in Las Vegas, NV presented her with awards in the International World Championship for gun twirling. In 1999 she received another award in the World Championship for Gun Spinning at Wild Bill Hickok Days in Deadwood, South Dakota. In March of 2006, the Wild West Arts Club presented her with the award for World Champion in the International World Championship for Gun Spinning in Claremore, Oklahoma. For many years, Paula has been asked to share tips about her gun handling. So she decided to make her own video teaching people how to gun twirl which can be ordered on this website, "Gun Twirling for Beginners" for $14.95 plus shipping and handling. Check it out!
	Some show credits include: Rawhide Western Town - Scottsdale, AZ Buffalo Bill's Casino & Resort, Las Vegas The Hacienda Hotel, Las Vegas Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas Star Dust Hotel, Las Vegas AVI Casino & Resort, Laughlin NV Sydney, Australia Ponderosa Ranch, Nevada The S.A.S.S. End of the Trail, CA, and Winter Range, AZ Louise Mandrell's Celebrity Shoot Nashville, TN ETV on E Channel The Western Channel Has made appearances on "Good Morning Arizona" "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". "Wild West Tech" on the History Channel Western Film Festival & Little House on the Prairie Reunion, Tombstone, AZ San Antonio Living on NBC
No wonder Pistol Packin' Paula is "The Best Lady Gun Spinner" in the U.S. Pistol Packin' Paula is available for commercials, video, TV and movie work. Also, her award winning twenty five minute show using her .45 nickel-plated Cimarrons and two 7' bullwhips which move and crack in excess of 750 miles per hour is available for conventions, western theme parties and special events. The audience will sense the danger and excitement in her fast paced and exhilarating show. So you can now see the true flavor of the Wild West performed not only by a woman, but a world class entertainer as well.