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Made one deadly slip

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨PugJesus@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨greentext@sh.itjust.works⁩

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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “Fire early”

    Uhhh, “cowboy duals” were on “draw,” not “make ready, aim, fire.” They had rifled barrels and six shooters by then not smoothbore muzzle loaded flintlocks with one ball that’s likely to miss.

    “There was 40ft between them when they stopped to make their play, and the swiftness of the Ranger is still talked about today. Texas red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped”

    This line means Texas Red was slower on the draw than the Arizona Ranger with the big iron on his hip, that’s all. Texas Red reached for it (they stopped to make their play), but the Arizona Ranger was so much faster (the swiftness of the Ranger) that Red’s gun never even fully made it out of the holster (Texas Red had not cleared leather) before the Ranger’s shot connected ('fore a bullet fairly ripped).

    BTW: These duals are almost entirely an invention of hollywood. They did happen but very very rarely and not exactly like the movies portray. I fucking love Marty’s music but the music he made isn’t based on historical fact, but rather hollywood fantasy. It’s basically The Outlaw Josey Wales in song form, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

    hi-luxoptics.com/…/wild-west-quick-draw-duels-how…

    That said, by the hollywood rules, the dual was fair as all hell.

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    • vodka@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Reading dual instead of duel messes so much with my head.

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      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Lmao well alright I never claimed to be a spelling bee champ, there’s no squiggles on homophones!

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  • Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    For your convenience:

    To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn’t have too much to say No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip

    It was early in the morning when he rode into the town He came riding from the south side slowly lookin’ all around He’s an outlaw loose and running, came the whisper from each lip And he’s here to do some business with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip

    In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead He was vicious and a killer though a youth of 24 And the notches on his pistol numbered one and 19 more One and 19 more

    Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn’t be too long in town He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead And he said it didn’t matter he was after Texas Red After Texas Red

    Wasn’t long before the story was relayed to Texas Red But the outlaw didn’t worry men that tried before were dead 20 men had tried to take him, 20 men had made a slip 21 would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip

    The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet It was 20 past 11 when they walked out in the street Folks were watching from the windows, everybody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death About to meet his death

    There was 40 feet between them when they stopped to make their play And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped And the ranger’s aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip

    It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground Oh, he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip Big iron, big iron When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Audio.

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    • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Is this purely fictional or does it have some basis in reality?

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      • Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The song is purely fictional.

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fire quicker than your opponent is the essence of the duel. There’s no way to “fire early” because they are watching for you to reach for your gun.

    Although I always found the genre contrived. If they were an actual threat, you’d shoot them in their sleep.

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    • PugJesus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There’s no way to “fire early” because they are watching for you to reach for your gun.

      The ‘conventional’ wisdom is to wait for the other duelist to reach for their gun because reflex is faster than conscious action.

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      • Frozengyro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        No it’s not. Not even close

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    • OrteilGenou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Honor is dead

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      • feannag@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        But I’ll see what I can do.

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    • Khanzarate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Maybe the poster thought there was a countdown. Not this one though, so you’re absolutely right.

      It works better when both gunners care about innocents. Imagine the ranger couldn’t find hits hideout, a big enough place it wasn’t easy, and Texas red didn’t wanna shoot up the place he was living.

      The ranger might get a message saying a time and place, so they can meet without causing a bunch of damage or risking innocents.

      Of course, the moustache-twirling sort of villains wouldn’t work with that at all. Just can’t trust them. But there’s plenty of room for this to make sense sometimes.

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    • tburkhol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      These were the “good old days” when fighting had rules. National armies would literally line up facing each other in uniforms with literal X-marks-the-spot targets.

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      • PugJesus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        National armies would literally line up facing each other in uniforms with literal X-marks-the-spot targets.

        The reason for armies meeting up like that, and in bright colors, is to avoid friendly fire, not because of honor or anything like that. When you have a bunch of peasants dragged from their homes and shove a musket in their hands, anything more complex than “Holy shit, holy fucking shit, do NOT shoot or stab the guys in BRIGHT RED, only those in BRIGHT BLUE” tends to get lost in the chaos of battle.

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  • red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    For those that don’t know the song Big Iron from Marty Robbins:

    youtu.be/-NuX79Ud8zI

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    • Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Umm… No? The song is from Fallout: New Vegas, duh.

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      • bollybing@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        And then Fallout: New Vegas went on to do a bunch of similar songs for Breaking Bad.

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    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I know the song but I was thinking it was a Shane reference

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    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      My favorite cover

      youtu.be/WfrUwLjSsAU

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  • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Guess it’s back to patrolling the Mojave again.

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    • 4_degrees@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Really makes you wish for nuclear winter

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      • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Given the current global situation? Fuckin’ A. It’d be a step up, for sure.

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  • Thcdenton@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s not the first shot counts, it’s the first that hits. Take your time kid.

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  • Renacles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Big iron on his hiiiiiiiip

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  • BDalt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The town of Agua Fria is safe once more.

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