You guys who are competent with a pistol - how many rounds have you shot in practice? How many hours have you spent shooting? How good are the sights on your guns? Very few REAL cowboys had the time or the money to shoot enough to get good. Many carried a gun with very little idea about how to use it. Their job was cattle, not gun fighting.

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.