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Hey, appreciate that! As a writer my attitude is, it doesn’t have to be 100% realistic, but it should at least be plausible.

If it’s lethal at 120, doesn’t that mean it hits pretty hard?

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Thank you, that helps. Actually, in the story a character will get hit by the Colt and LIVE. So in that case, maybe the 100 yards works better for believability.

Well that helps, thank you. My character is a younger guy who was a Civil War sharpshooter. So I figured maybe 100 yards or a little more is plausible for him with a Colt Navy.

Thank you! That helps a lot.

I think I know who you are talking about and I think his YouTube channel is called “capandball.” I’ll check it out, thanks!

I’m writing a frontier novel set in 1870. One of my characters is an exceptionally gifted marksman, and has a Colt 1851 Navy revolver. In one scene, he is in a gunfight with an opponent at 100-120 yards. I read that this gun’s effective firing range is about 75 yards. In a work of fiction, is...

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I appreciate it, thanks Thank you! Among the guns featured in the book will be the Kentucky rifle, Leman Trade Rifle, Springfield 1861, a Ketland musket, Colt Dragoon, Colt 1851 Navy, and a few others. I’m researching all I can on these guns specifically.

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The book will be set in 1870. It will feature a variety of black powder weapons used in the Civil War, and before that. I’m sure I’ll have plenty of questions, because I want to describe them accurately!

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Thank you, I’ll watch this later today!

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Appreciate it! Would it be strange to join one if I don’t own any black powder guns yet? I’d love to find a club but can’t afford to buy one at the moment. At this point I’m just learning about them.