tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post112411479991230499..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: CorrectionJonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1124129669472055112005-08-15T13:14:00.000-05:002005-08-15T13:14:00.000-05:00Ok, poked around a little on the Internet. It was...Ok, poked around a little on the Internet. It was "Curley Bill" Brocious whom Earp ventilated with his shotgun. R.I.P., shootists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1124128832236609762005-08-15T13:00:00.000-05:002005-08-15T13:00:00.000-05:00Additionally, "double-barreled" is not an adjectiv...Additionally, "double-barreled" is not an adjective that applies to shot, neither the bird nor buck variety. It's a perfectly good adjective to apply to a shotgun, however, double-barreled shotguns are pretty much only used for birds and bird-simulations like clay targets (John Kerry received much heckling after courting the hunting vote with tales of stalking deer by crawling through the mud with his trusty double-barrelled shotgun.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783201977051834830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1124126548860289262005-08-15T12:22:00.000-05:002005-08-15T12:22:00.000-05:00So here's some good shotgun trivia. Did you know ...So here's some good shotgun trivia. Did you know that in the Old West, people frequently carried <I>ten</I>-gauge shotguns? (With double- and triple-ought shot!) Which is essentially like having ten .32 or .38 bullets in a barrel with a charge behind them.<BR/><BR/>Famously, Wyatt Earp stumbled into a shotgun duel with the leader of the Cowboys, who got off the first shot. Amazingly, he tore up Earp's coat, but missed him. Earp gave him both barrels and essentially tore him in half.<BR/><BR/>Lesson: Don't stand in front of a shotgun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1124122762043850062005-08-15T11:19:00.000-05:002005-08-15T11:19:00.000-05:00More important New Yorker question: When is your ...More important New Yorker question: When is your beloved New Yorker going to stop publishing the insufferable John Updike?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1124117023856031712005-08-15T09:43:00.000-05:002005-08-15T09:43:00.000-05:00correcting the correction:the writer implies that ...correcting the correction:<BR/><BR/>the writer implies that buckshot is a single projectile. Buckshot loads have anywhere from 9 to 30 projectiles. They are like birshot, just bigger pellets.<BR/><BR/>The main point still stands-- you don't hunt ducks with buck shot.craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.com