Posted by Fall Guy from pool0068.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net (216.244.42.68) on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at 4:21pm :
In Reply to: I know plenty of things... posted by graml from user-2ivevma.dialup.mindspring.com (165.247.126.202) on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at 4:14pm :
Well, we wasn't so edjumficated back then. We was real greenhorns when it camed to proper words, and sometimes a hogleg's just a hogleg.
Humbly,
- Cactus Joe
: In the Old West, a gun was never called a gun. Gunslingers (the term was made up by Eastern dime novel writers) were normally called "pistoleers" in the Western press, and most called their pieces pistols.
: I'd go on about how the Texans perfected the paper-to-metal conversions in the early 1870s, but that might get tedious. Moreso. :P
: : You of all people should know that a pistol has a magazine, while a revolver has a rotating cylinder. ;)
: : Hey, maybe he converted his guns to take metal cartridges? How hard could it be?
: : FG
: : : Look out, baby! He's got the tools!
: : : Aaron Day seems to be packing some vintage pistols. I suppose the old ways are best, but do you think he has trouble finding paper cartridges in 1937? ;)
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