Originally Posted by 7mmbuster
I love Westerns, but I’ll admit that the only horses I’m familiar with come from an engine or a motor. grin
But an awful lot of the Westerns I love feature gunfire from a saddle at a dead gallop on horseback or maybe a wagon or coach with the team at a dead run.
I know nothing about horses, but guns and shooting, OTHO, I’ve spent a lifetime around.
I wouldn’t say impossible, but very damn difficult to have any kind of accuracy in that situation.
Ever done it or seen it done for real? Comments?
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That's more of a Hollyweird fantasy than reality. It can be done, but hitting something is another matter. It would have taken quite a bit of practice to come close to what you are shooting at. Cavalry had pistols and short barreled carbines, but dismounted before doing any shooting from a distance. I'm sure they shot from the saddle in "charges" and raids, ala Quantrill's Raiders, but it would have been a close up affair.

Last edited by reivertom; 05/11/20.