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The Mossberg Shockwave ? Supposedly Doc Holliday had a sawed off under his duster with a lanyard around his shoulder. It was attached at a balance point on the gun so when he opened his duster it came up in the shooting position. I read one of the Buntline Specials disappeared on an Alaskan...

The derringer is an excellent example of what Charlie Askins called the "belly gun"-you press it against your opponents belly and pull the trigger. I had a Mare's Leg cap gun-never watched the program. But I thought it looked cool.

Wrong for the time period or just not recorded and later attributed to someone else ? Recall reading an article about the Pershing Expedition of 1916, someoe noted some of the soldiers were using a two handed pistol hold and getting good accuracy at long distances, names and details not...

It's TV and 1950s TV at that. Cf Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) carrying a Nock Volley Gun in The Alamo, Luke McCain carrying an 1892 Winchester in a series set in the 1870s and 80s, etc. I read none of the original recipients of the Buntline Special found them practical. Hugh O'Brian said of...

I went through Army BCT in the Summer of 1967, we got bayonet training with the M-14, learned all the buttstrokes, etc.

IIRC none of the recipients of the original Buntline Specials found them very practical.

Recall an article in one of the gun magazines years ago dealing with "real life" SD situations, one of which involved learning to shoot when you are knocked to the ground. Saw some thing similar in a martial art magazine. showing how practitioners of various styles would react. That article...

Yes, putting military personnel on duty with weapons but no ammuition...on another board I visit someone mentioned an incident at Fort Knoz in the 1970s. 2 Basic Trainees were put on a remote guard post with weapons and no ammuition. "The commander of the relief arrived with their replacements...

IIRC the Shooting Times article that announced his passing referred to "a series of strokes." He could poke fun at himself. In "The Mamma Mia Caper" he wrote "Mighty hunter in magazine articles-dripping dud in wet forest."

Equipment that is declared "obsolete" by major armies sees lots of service in minor ones. In the 1967 War the Israelis used M4 Shermans-admittedly upgunned-M3 half tracks. Recall seeing a picture of an Indian soldier from the 1962 border war with China-with his Lee-Enfield

After the Queen Mary blew up, Beatty said to his Flag Captain "There's something wrong with our bloody ships today, Chatfield !"

Had an Old Model Super Blackhawk 44, sold it like a clod. Found another nice one a few years later .

First real gun I handled was the M-1 Carbine my old man brought back from WWII. Never fired it, it disappeared in the divorce. Had various cap guns, some I "made" out of wood. Recall having a Hubley (?) Trooper cap gun, a semiautomatic, when I got my first revolver it was-a Colt Trooper. First...

I see vio9lations of one of The Iron Rules of Shooting-be sure of your target and its background.

5 rounds for one hand/Bullseye shooting, also SAs, 6 rounds for defensive practice