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Holliday shot several people, but succeeded in killing just one man in a gunfight that we know of, and that was with a shotgun. Holliday's pistolship might have been more fast than deadly. Of Ringo's gunmanship we know next to nothing, except that he was certainly willing to shoot men who couldn't shoot back, and once threatened to have a real gunfight with Holliday. This was prevented, however, so we'll never know how it would have ended. Personally, I wonder how ""serious"" a challenge to a gunfight in front of the city marshal was, in the case of both Ringo AND Holliday. Like ""suicide guesture,"" perhaps we need an Old West term for ""gunfight gesture."" Ike Clanton was prone to these...

And by the way (to another poster), Ringo's name was Ringo, not Ringold. Read the referenced bios and links before referencing Louis L'Amour on this. I do agree with L'Amour that it's very curious how Ringo ever got his rep.  "