Originally Posted by
hobbler
Well gee golly I wish I had the photograph of me (1977) holding up the field mouse shot at Gunsight, Texas with a Navy Arms 1861.
The running one shot kill of such dangerous game is testimony enough for me of Col. Colt's designs.
No doubt the heavy conicals being used assured penetration on that shoulder shot, dropping the beast in mid stride.
You do realize we all know YOU are the only one that knows where the sights were pointing when the shot dropped that beast.
Some people I know call it "As long as there is lead in the air, you've got a chance."
Bob Anderson
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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