The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-09
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Best WITH GUN
Soeopss .. mILIgR. HEAD ~ 1ot
.,aASsess psclAaGs THGy ARE
Usg oUeekGsT AND MOST &C.
cuRA1a.

~ Guict, deadly. o6hand shoot
~, - Weg(ern 'gunman' and his
1G0Ny Colt'e Tovolver have never been
Oon01o1~ J0oopA @. Miller, president
q - ~ 1aacA q Oklahoma. and
GneaG - last q the picturesque
eoee1G klnGD. declares. when two
gun0oo D0l (anl ~ gunman ] do not
0oeoooog1ly indicate . bad man. but
yneh0g nGy 0aa whose reputation
M - weapon was his pr0tection)
o. Oneountoe. The Only question was
V11eh VouJd shoot nrsG That decid.
- - Victory. And yet this should
- 1oeo9rod With reservation. Al
th0uGA ~ awnings gunman would
- . fnDadly anA % surely that he
WUu11 ~ two bullets IN the heart
- VG1101gh b. the same hole. like
= ~ ~ victim. before reaching
~ 49,. Woul1 - apt to 3ire back
~ = l1otlnct stronger than death.
- poAaQo III
s9ko $500 q ne frontier Of the
49, - Mt nay b styled IN in
AonoeGnGUuo shoG 70 draw the wea
- - - Ghoot was practically one
ocG H ma - the front sight Of
(. ~ SUVo1vog - that Il would not
600 = AeoDtss q clothing. He did
80 noo1 ~ s1ght. He never used
. go. - Nd back the trigger
W,eS 8 N g buchsIin and 'thumbed'
~ -; that n, his thumb on the
oamDGg, a11s1 b. the weight Of the
1GgyUo g cash time Il dropped into
rGuoc1o0. Wao "a that w1s required.
~ 01GDog w. not needed.
II - the 0a1ner the gum could be
- l5oo ~ hip % RAPIDLY that the
~ Geoee Soun1e4 - one staccato.
~ sldllful gunMan evsr waited to
jsysl ~ veaDea besors him e e I.
sooo & pocexTe0. The nDment that 1t
49, solssss = rsshsr rsssins-place
% 4 1ol5cofe marssisan the west.
- GnnMnn ~ @oeu somewhat over
su4o6 - nosfafivo. He used q six
OAooeoe. - . RUE, ct close quarters;
o Woske1 6 wonderfully quick. and
g . bo11oe lSo0 . ~ Or Is Colts has
epo06aAOW checking power. II he
lo11o1 - missile In the body he
eoun1o1, a. Whist be was after was
g - II exponent out Of action,
'00r en- lnllons were poorer shots
O1oh ~ ~. They never arrived u
~ Do1nt at4ained ~ The English
- tSoneA ooWnGo. The Indian was
= 0nGgt4aago orc6or. He wasted
49, G1aSls. .yoe oas thing. IN shoot.
81 q = enemy = tAo ohsu. he was
03UG1b ofBn11 tha4 - might be hit
yn1B Oo6o h1msA hurried.
GGt1oog 0aSokGDan. Ard ~ haa beou
- oG11og V1eA IL r1Ae.
~yho Wuoo-bow. whlch WAS success
~ . ~ loao.b0w. and was inter.
0o1lnto boeWoe0 u an4 firearms, was
@oo1ne moaoogO1, and accuracy with
q - Dogo readily. obtained. Aiming
~ 0oeo . physical and less . men
~ q, intnitivo process. At short dis
onooo tie 0G0osso croe0-bowman was
- noo0 shOt - the English long.
bOWnan. Dut over long distances the
Oe1.lool otawo maintained supremacy
Ne aOcusacy Wos attempted with
~ Oagly nuslees and pistols and
- elumsy and rU1gh were the arms
~ accuracy wae impossible.
"uomogkAblo shooting was done By
~ ~ VoodRmen and pioneers with
~ - xoatue1y .rifle. Despite thu
coaAD q l1alhes Stocking In Cooper
Let - ~ Mohlcans' and that series
No. VOgo Not Overdyawn. In DAME
ooGon lny0, % bark . squirrel a
dry yas6o With the smooth-bore
oG16G01.boll muS1le loader, was mo-
:ono11oCo0 extraordinary. This mean
% se0A NE little pellet juyt under
oooth ~ sQiuSfol, between him and
~ Mmb, barely raising the bark. and
u tho cuocusoion Of the passage
kjl4ng Mn q severely stunning him
ulo hl1o must not - touched"
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