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Hickock my have been using conical bullets as they were common with the revolvers.
George said:Let me see if I have this straight”¦ when a howling Shawnee comes charging and screeching at me, I stand erect, turn my body almost 90° from the line to him, move my off foot back a bit and get well balanced, hold the pistol in my strong arm extended toward him, hold my breath, squeeze the trigger smoothly and slowly until the shot breaks”¦ or else my epitaph will say, "head split in half by a tomahawk because he shot like a woman"?
Is that about right? Boy, the cool stuff you can learn on this site never ceases to amaze me.
Spence :wink:
George said:Let me see if I have this straight”¦ when a howling Shawnee comes charging and screeching at me, I stand erect, turn my body almost 90° from the line to him, move my off foot back a bit and get well balanced, hold the pistol in my strong arm extended toward him, hold my breath, squeeze the trigger smoothly and slowly until the shot breaks”¦ or else my epitaph will say, "head split in half by a tomahawk because he shot like a woman"?
Is that about right? Boy, the cool stuff you can learn on this site never ceases to amaze me.
Spence :wink:
Zonie said:It would be interesting to read something that was written during the 1847-1860 time period about how to hold and shoot a Walker.
At over 4 1/2 pounds (4 pounds, 9 ounces) unloaded, it is not what I consider as a single hand sixgun. :hmm:
Even the slightly lighter Dragoon's (4 pounds, 1 ounce) is a handful.
Zonie said:It would be interesting to read something that was written during the 1847-1860 time period about how to hold and shoot a Walker.
At over 4 1/2 pounds (4 pounds, 9 ounces) unloaded, it is not what I consider as a single hand sixgun. :hmm:
Even the slightly lighter Dragoon's (4 pounds, 1 ounce) is a handful.
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