gun accuracy
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Was watching Kevin Costners Wyatt Earp film today ,and the famous OK corral scene has the 2 opposing families
probably 10 to 12 feet apart , then the shooting starts ,now as you know im no gun expert
but the accuracy of those
cowboy guns seemed very poor to say the least , the words barn door and hit sprang to mind ,where those guns that bad ?
probably 10 to 12 feet apart , then the shooting starts ,now as you know im no gun expert
but the accuracy of thosecowboy guns seemed very poor to say the least , the words barn door and hit sprang to mind ,where those guns that bad ?
By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
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If you are ever allowed the privilege to shoot a firearm, you will quickly find it's not as easy as it looks!
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
http://m.neatorama.com/2012/06/07/the-truth-about-gunfights-in-the-old-west/
This really is a bad topic for me...so I'll leave...but comments such as these.... 8-)
Of arriving home switching on a light to be met by a guy in a balaclava sitting
behind our kitchen table point a gun at me. ( didn't have the were with all to take
in make and model ).
The view from down here is appalling...
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
I have since found a use for the nails.
For some folks being able to use a firearm is indeed a "privilege", since as "subjects" all their legal rights are handed down by the "state". In the U.S.A. firearms ownership is a recognized "right".
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
Oh right....so I'm a "troll" now ?
If I considered it such a "bad topic" then I'd close it...but I'm allowing you the "privilege" of it....
And just because the USA consider it a "right" doesn't make it "right"....
8-)
Yes I know....I'm sorry for being a troll...I hope someone does answer your original query without hijacking the thread further....
Dillinger had a special glove with a cartridge built in so when he
Punched someone it would shoot them, very nasty.
Gun battles in the street occurred rarely and the standard showdowns show in the media even less. More often than not the gunfighters would just blaze away at each other, fill the street with so much smoke it was hard to see and sometimes hit bystanders instead of their opponent.
Farmers and hunters at the time were usually more skilled at hitting their target (out of necessity) - but that was with a rifle not a pistol. OK Corral shootout was very unusual for it's time. It would be the equivalent of the mass shootings we see in the news all too often in the U.S.. In most instances, outlaws would ambush and shoot their victims in the back if they wanted to kill them, so accuracy wasn't really needed - nor was being fast on the draw. The OK Corral battle casualties came not from firearm inaccuracy due to the weapons, but from what men did then and still do today who get into such firefights - they blaze away and hope they'll eventually hit their target before they get hit. It's why though police train often on the firing range, yet can't take out a criminal with one shot when they're getting returning fire. It's also why they'll often spew out a gazallion rounds at a suspect even though he's outnumbered (and sometimes, discovered after the fact, was weaponless). It's pure fear and adrenaline, and no matter how many times they train for it, every firefight is different and the outcome will always be a bit different than one expects it will. It's why I enjoyed the Cosner's film version as well as Tombstone - they showed the battle closer to how it actually happened.
blasting away at each other ,they probably would have done better throwing the bloody guns at each other , yes I do realise that under fire the old addrenalin kicks in ,so accuracy would I suppose would go out of the window ,but im sure some of our members will say otherwise
Gene Hackman sums it up pretty well in Unforgiven:
"Look son, being a good shot, being quick with a pistol, that don't do no harm, but it don't mean much next to being cool-headed. A man who will keep his head and not get rattled under fire, like as not, he'll kill ya. It ain't so easy to shoot a man anyhow, especially if the son-of-a-bitch is shootin' back at you."