Dueling Pistol set...

[Greg Blackburn]

Speaking of "thread drift," I think we'd have a much more polite society if duels made a comeback.

 

[toot]

nothing like going out with a lot of bling! after that they come up for dale- shot once, dropped once. where have I heard that before?

 

[Tanglefoot]

Yes, duels were fought with swords too. The challenged party had his choice of weapons.

 

[dd832]

"The challenged party had his choice of weapons."
That's correct and if you think a duel is the way to settle a dispute, then read this short article about an 1808 French duel. Nothing like a duel in hot air balloons at an altitude of 1/2 mile above the ground using a blunderbuss!

https://www.geriwalton.com/a-french-balloon-due/
be careful what you wish for, Mike

 

[appalichian hunter]

how about shotguns at 15 paces, don't need no fancy pistols and no need to dance around like ballerinas swinging blades at each other, step apart and let it rip.

 

[Bad Karma]

"The challenged party had his choice of weapons."
That's correct and if you think a duel is the way to settle a dispute, then read this short article about an 1808 French duel. Nothing like a duel in hot air balloons at an altitude of 1/2 mile above the ground using a blunderbuss!

https://www.geriwalton.com/a-french-balloon-due/
be careful what you wish for, Mike

She must’ve been quite a nifty item!

 

[toot]

I agree in shotguns. let the man who fires first wins. if you some how miss with the first shot, don't how that it would be possible, but you still have a reserve barrel to use!!

 

[FishDFly]

It is okay to duel in Paraguay as long you're a reregistered blood donor.

 

[Bad Karma]

I agree in shotguns. let the man who fires first wins. if you some how miss with the first shot, don't how that it would be possible, but you still have a reserve barrel to use!!

It’s actually really possible to miss with a shot gun... come by the house sometime and I’ll show you.

 

[516tcw]

Ironically Alexander Hamilton son Phillip Hamilton was killed in a duel at the age of 19.
He was shot by

 

[516tcw]

Ironically Alexander Hamilton son Phillip Hamilton was killed in a duel at the age of 19.
He was shot by

Sorry hit the post button ....
He was shot by George Eacker , on the same dueling field, Weehawken, New Jersey. And what is more ironic with the
same set of pistols that killed his father Alexander Hamilton.....’

Bob

 

[toot]

It’s actually really possible to miss with a shot gun... come by the house sometime and I’ll show you.

NOW THAT IS a novel approach that I have never thought about, but have also been there done that!

 

[toot]

HAMILTON'S, son never learned what happened to his DAD ?. now at least it plays into DARWIN'S THEORY OF SELECTION, so it must be true?!