Re: [DL] Re: [Savage_Worlds] Anyone watching Deadwood on HBO

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

> Now, if you are seated at a poker table, and have your guns in a cross 
> draw holster, you have to take the time to reach across your body to the 
> other side to reach your gun, then bring your arm back around so the gun 
> is now pointed at your enemy. Not only does it take more time, but you 
> can't be sneaky about it. So, it is not really that practical. However, if 
> you ride a horse often, and have trained yourself on how to do a quickdraw 
> from a cross draw holster, switching to a normal holster when you are not 
> on a horse would not work. Your training would make you reach across your 
> body for your gun, even if the gun isn't there.

The best option is to have one pistol in a normal rig, and another in a 
cross-draw.  :-)

Got to see some Cowboy Action Shooting this weekend.  .  .

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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com

"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."
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