Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Auricle (A) on March 01, 2004 at 08:27:55

In Reply to: Rented "Open Range" last night....thought I would hate it because I can't usually stomach Costner.... posted by dennzio on February 28, 2004 at 13:19:20:

a la the true OK corral. However in the scant 10 or 15 years there were really gunfights in the typical way they were usually no more than 5 or 6 feet apart. If you have ever shot a Colt 45 peacemaker with a full load you will know why. After the first shot one's arm is straight up in the air (the powder charge was huge). However, the projectile was so heavy and so slow that is stuck in the body. A hit in an arm could easily knock an opponent down which made killing him a lot easier. The whole scenario is dramatically different from most modern pistols (except for Magnums.) As for movies, they are based on the cheap romances of the time.

Bluntly, one drew first and lived. On a rare occasion one drew with the sound of a dropped coin by a third party (not none of me, by God!). Mr. Bonney (Billy the Kid) shot many (most?) of his victims in the back with a rifle.

Romantic, ain't it?