I don't feel like digging up the old thread about things I learned from watching movies, so this is just an attachment to the long gone thread
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The Wild, Wild West
The fast draw did not exist
Revolvers were not worn low slung
Revolvers were never fired from the hip
Fanning a revolver was unheard of and made up for movies
The low-slung pistol holster wasn't designed until the 1920s
Gunslinger and gunfighter are movie terms
Calling out for a showdown in the street only happened a couple times
More men in the old west were killed with knives in barrooms than by firearms
Most cowboys on the range did not carry revolvers, most carried rifles in saddle boots
Indians preferred to fight at night, in spite of movies showing them attacking during daytime
Cavalry troopers did not wear yellow bandanas
There was no such military command as "Forward Ho"!
Most women wore dresses, not jeans
Chaps were only worn when herding cattle
Indians did not attack a wagon train circle by riding in circles around it
Most western forts did not have walls
Army chevrons were not worn on shirts
Mexican Bandidos did not wear bandoleers
String bow ties ("bolo ties") are a 20th century invention
Panel front shirts were not worn with one top corner unbuttoned and hanging down
Stage coaches rarely carried gold on a run, most holdups were made to rob the passengers
Most men did not carry revolvers all day, every day
Hats worn by cowboys looked much different than what is shown in movies and a good cowboy hat cost as much or more than a pistol
The Winchester lever action rifle was "The gun that won the west" not the Colt revolver
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Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on March 08, 2024, 01:08:11 PMI don't feel like digging up the old thread about things I learned from watching movies, so this is just an attachment to the long gone thread
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The Wild, Wild West
The fast draw did not exist
Revolvers were not worn low slung
Revolvers were never fired from the hip
Fanning a revolver was unheard of and made up for movies
The low-slung pistol holster wasn't designed until the 1920s
Gunslinger and gunfighter are movie terms
Calling out for a showdown in the street only happened a couple times
More men in the old west were killed with knives in barrooms than by firearms
Most cowboys on the range did not carry revolvers, most carried rifles in saddle boots
Indians preferred to fight at night, in spite of movies showing them attacking during daytime
Cavalry troopers did not wear yellow bandanas
There was no such military command as "Forward Ho"!
Most women wore dresses, not jeans
Chaps were only worn when herding cattle
Indians did not attack a wagon train circle by riding in circles around it
Most western forts did not have walls
Army chevrons were not worn on shirts
Mexican Bandidos did not wear bandoleers
String bow ties ("bolo ties") are a 20th century invention
Panel front shirts were not worn with one top corner unbuttoned and hanging down
Stage coaches rarely carried gold on a run, most holdups were made to rob the passengers
Most men did not carry revolvers all day, every day
Hats worn by cowboys looked much different than what is shown in movies and a good cowboy hat cost as much or more than a pistol
The Winchester lever action rifle was "The gun that won the west" not the Colt revolver
(https://i.postimg.cc/sxC0fQN5/0e4d7af342ba70ea7a4a0cf2371709d5.png) (https://postimg.cc/Q9Sq0tsM)
Awww Rick!! Now why did you have to and ruin it for me?!? :'( ;)