Bibbs, an amiable slow-witted handyman in town, has secret dreams of becoming a famous gunfighter. While practicing with a borrowed gun he stumbles and falls, the gun fires and kills a famous gunslinger. In the resulting confusion and kidding from two town bullies, Clarence actually begins to believe he is faster with a gun than the man he accidentally killed. His bragging gets him into real trouble when the dead man's partner arrives in town bent on revenge, and Lucas is saddled with the responsibility of protecting Bibbs from his own exaggeration.