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Originally posted by CPTAUSRET
TR:
Sounds like he should have practiced getting his waepon into play, and making the first shot count.
I had never done any research on him, just presumed we had to be related at some point.
Terry
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Good advice, particularly the first shot business, since they used single shot flintlocks, and by the rules of the day, after each party fired, determined whether they wanted to continue or not.
TR
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