Great pics of great revolvers. Most people don't realize the pre-war gunfighters killed far more people than those of the 19th century west. They came from hard as nails upbringing in an era when dead was as good as captured.
Great pics of great revolvers. Most people don't realize the pre-war gunfighters killed far more people than those of the 19th century west. They came from hard as nails upbringing in an era when dead was as good as captured.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
Yep, and it wasn't just bad guys...many of the cops were corrupt as well. I would imagine it was like Mexico is today,where being a good guy is a target rich environment, but dangerous on all sides.Originally Posted by Hambo
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard. Snarky and easily butt hurt. Favorite animal is the Cape Buffalo....likely indicative of a personality disorder.
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
That era of Oklahoma lawmen is PRIME untapped movie material.
I had an ER nurse in a class. I noticed she kept taking all head shots. Her response when asked why, "'I've seen too many people who have been shot in the chest putting up a fight in the ER." Point taken.
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Glenn Reynolds
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The Coens would do an awfully good job.
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You can read Charles Askins, Jr's biography for a taste of what went on.
The first indication a bad guy should have that I'm dangerous is when his
disembodied soul is looking down at his own corpse wondering what happened.
A more appropriately-titled book has never been written.
There are several books on the 1900-1940's Texas Rangers that give a great accounting of that era.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
Sounds like Stephen hunter needs to write another book. I am rereading Hot Springs right now.
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