I've never seen anything like this little bit of business for a character. Is there an advantage to shooting dimes out of a gun barrel? Wouldn't you need a shotgun sheel behind them to propel them out? I don't get it.
There is no "off" position on the genius switch.
Have em horizontal, and you've got short range buzzsaws coming at you.
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perhaps there is nothing but a poetic reason for shooting dimes out of a double-barreled shotgun, but damn, what poetry!
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Believe it or not, a fascinating blog called The Box 'o' Truth actually put this to the test, to see what would happen:
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot35.htm
The conclusion is that it would bend the dimes, and if you were hit by them it'd hurt like hell and make a mess but probably not kill you, because they don't have the weight to penetrate and they slow right down after leaving the barrel.
That was the highlight of this stupidassed movie, why not?
shareRudy Wurlitzer used many of the local traditions in his script...among them that Bob Ollinger's coach gun was loaded with dimes (although in Lincoln, they insist it was $1.80, not $1.60). Some ballistics experts tested the legend out, and they found that dimes wouldn't have been effective at the range Ollinger had been shot. The coroner's report showed his body was ripped to shreds, and only buckshot (probably 00) would have done that.
Still makes for a great scene and good line. Oddly enough, although this movie is HEAVILY Hollywood-ized, it IS fairly accurate on most accounts (although the girl Billy was going to Fort Sumner to see was Pete Maxwell's younger sister, Paulita, and Pete was nowhere near as old as Paul Fix. Pete actually detested Billy and likely let Garrett know that The Kid was in Fort Sumner...or at least would be coming back. A legend is common in the Lincoln County area that Billy was the real father of Paulita's son. The one photo I've seen of the boy bears a strong resemblance to The Kid, so who knows?) and is WAY better than Young Guns or its sequel...and to me, Jim Coburn is the definitive Pat Garrett.
"It's a hard country, kid."
I actually though the best line In that scene was when he offered the guy whose horse he took "another buck-sixty in change if you can dig it outta ol' Bob".
shareI'd have used 16 penny nails
Shot my 12 gauge with those and 8 penny
16s went thru a pumpkin at 15 feet
The 8s stuck in the outside