Shootout!

[LazyK Pejay]

Hey all,

On the History Channel last night was a great show called Shootout. Here is a description:

Savage...sadistic...often justified--America's western frontier triggered many a shootout. The motivation? Money...women...religion--sometimes a dirty look triggered a melee. Western shootouts were messy, drunken, and deadly affairs. The vision of two gunslingers meeting in the street at high noon is pure myth. Shootouts were typically up-close and personal. They involved lawmen against outlaws, outlaws against outlaws, and sometimes lawmen against lawmen. We take a look at the Northfield Raid (James/Younger Gang vs. the Town of Northfield), the shootout at Hanska Slough (James/Younger Gang vs. the Medelia Posse), and Ingalls Raid (Doolin/Dalton Gang vs. US Marshals). And as we provide the motivation, strategy, and tactics, and examine the firearms involved on both sides of the gun battles, we detail each phase of the combat and its aftermath.   

I especially enjoyed seeing all the different firearms used in the filming. You can buy this on video...

LazyK Pejay

[The Arapaho Kid]

Another myth along these same lines is this one.  You've seen this in a lot of movies.  Several men playing cards at a table.  One of them is losing big time.  This one finally jumps up and accuses one of the others of cheating.  Guns come out.....bullets fly and someone is headed for boot hill.  This didn't happen in real life.  Usually a card cheat was found in an alley the next morning with a knife in his back.

[Trinity]

Another myth along these same lines is this one.  You've seen this in a lot of movies.  Several men playing cards at a table.  One of them is losing big time.  This one finally jumps up and accuses one of the others of cheating.  Guns come out.....bullets fly and someone is headed for boot hill.  This didn't happen in real life.  Usually a card cheat was found in an alley the next morning with a knife in his back.

Perhaps, but that wouldn't make for an interesting move, would it?