tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1767735705150272859..comments2024-03-29T09:07:03.373-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Saturday Snippet: Two renowned gunfighters on the keys to their craftPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88254285574016891252021-05-03T08:22:55.840-05:002021-05-03T08:22:55.840-05:00BRM, as true in swordcraft as it is in Gunfighting...BRM, as true in swordcraft as it is in Gunfighting.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80270654631158789412021-05-02T08:32:33.632-05:002021-05-02T08:32:33.632-05:00The lesson of the stories above can be summed up i...The lesson of the stories above can be summed up in a something I read once: "Speed is fine. Accuracy is final."Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16315985596383975403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10584998138198105762021-05-01T23:31:42.394-05:002021-05-01T23:31:42.394-05:00Mr Grant, I enjoyed this post, especially since it...Mr Grant, I enjoyed this post, especially since it referenced something I once posted about. <br /><br />https://newiberian.blogspot.com/2018/09/gunfighting.html?m=1Chip Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660750410710654043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-50442019323573474732021-05-01T20:56:37.369-05:002021-05-01T20:56:37.369-05:00Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452530649659364201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6028141904588248722021-05-01T14:27:40.901-05:002021-05-01T14:27:40.901-05:00It is interesting how often the same concepts come...It is interesting how often the same concepts come up. This is from the Tobler translation and interpretation of the 1452 Rome manuscript of the fencing manual of Johannes Liechtenauer in the "general teaching of the long sword":<br /><br />If you are easily intimidated,<br /> No fencing should you learn.<br /><br />Alberta Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982353344401903392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80467076104014494172021-05-01T12:04:00.508-05:002021-05-01T12:04:00.508-05:00Dear 1chota: "Triggernometry" is sitting...Dear 1chota: "Triggernometry" is sitting on my bookcase. The chapter on John Wesley Hardin is my favorite. He was the fastest, flashiest and most homicidal of all the pistoleers. He claimed 100 kills, but probably the real count is around 40. But still...<br /><br />He came to a bad end, as did most of these men who lived by the gun.Mike Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873698994545509565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36617044279238619852021-05-01T11:53:10.735-05:002021-05-01T11:53:10.735-05:00Peter, you've got the wrong "Kalamazoo&qu...Peter, you've got the wrong "Kalamazoo" poem. The one you linked to is by Vachel Lindsay and couldn't possibly have been the one Eddie Foy was declaiming; it wouldn't have been written yet.<br /><br />I went to the Internet Archive, found Foy's autobiography, and, sure enough, it was quoted there, at least in part, as it was one of his signature pieces. It's a parody of the then-famous poem, "Bingen on the Rhine", and the part that was quoted in the book is:<br /><br />A bum in front of a theatre door stood waiting for a check; <br />The police tried to drive him off, but he firmly stood on deck. <br />His stomach yearned for lunch, so he turned and entered a saloon, <br />But the barkeep hit him in the eye with an Etruscan brown spittoon. <br /><br />The weary bummer faltered as he sadly murmured, "Sure <br />You wouldn't treat me thusly, only you know I’m poor. <br />Why, I've been mistaken for Vanderbilt, but you can see I’m not the man;<br />For I was born in Kalamazoo., Kalamazoo in Michigan.” <br />Meredith Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938011371115371426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22266804907101887812021-05-01T11:52:14.344-05:002021-05-01T11:52:14.344-05:00Yep, kind blows up ALL those TV/movie 'gunfigh...Yep, kind blows up ALL those TV/movie 'gunfights'...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25171795804519141352021-05-01T09:28:25.226-05:002021-05-01T09:28:25.226-05:00I can't find the book right now as we have mov...I can't find the book right now as we have moved everything for new carpet. "triggernometry" written in 1924 has quite the history of old west gunmen. He actually interviewed some of them; of course many were not around to be interviewed.<br />1chotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447809553993449672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-28434583686026572672021-05-01T08:37:47.682-05:002021-05-01T08:37:47.682-05:00I highly recommend a memoir of WWI called "A ...I highly recommend a memoir of WWI called "A Rifleman Went To War" by Capt. Herbert McBride. In that book, toward the end after recounting his time serving in first the Canadian forces and then later the American force, he talks of gunmen and lawmen when he was growing up. He too spoke of how critical the experienced gunman would take aim and fire one deadly shot while the less experienced gunman (usually a bad actor) would fire wildly and often.<br /><br />The book is noteworthy for its excellent writing and descriptions of life at the front in WWI, and seen from two different military forces. But it is also a look at American life of his formative years. Highly recommended.Amahl_Shukuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522256911675376141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18490927444630364592021-05-01T07:17:07.221-05:002021-05-01T07:17:07.221-05:00Read Jim Cirillo's books. He often carried se...Read Jim Cirillo's books. He often carried several handguns and used shotguns and sometimes M1 Carbines. A modern gunfighter for sure.1chotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447809553993449672noreply@blogger.com