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   Message 161 of 1,275   
   Gerald Clough to Russell Watson   
   Re: Gunfight in "Open Range" best since    
   21 Aug 03 19:19:05   
   
   From: clough@texas.net   
      
   Russell Watson wrote:   
      
   > About the only complaint about the gunfight is the fact that there are   
   > a couple of scenes of people getting knocked through the air by   
   > gunshots, which doesn't ring true. I've never seen a man shot, but   
   > I've seen deer, hogs, large dogs and other creatures dispatched,   
   > including some of the above killed by yours truly, and I've never seen   
   > one bowled over by a bullet or shotgun blast, even from fairly close   
   > up. I guess they had to throw a little Hollywood in there...   
      
   Right. It would violate some basic physics. If it was enough to throw   
   the man-mass target back, it would have thrown the shooter back as well.   
      
   --   
                          Gerald Clough   
                         clough@texas.net   
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