I know I should be horsewhipped but I have a 1 1/2 x 5 scope on my 95 CB 45-70 Marlin also on my450Marlin. Problem
is 65 year eyes not focusing on sights.Peep sights are also giving focusing problems so hunting rifles get scoped.
I can't fathom how anyone could have been horse-whipped back in the day.
I mean these are 1000 pound animals on average, and offer very little to get a firm grasp on them.
And, I can't conceive of anyone but Hercules or Superman who could actually lift a horse and then swing it to whip someone.
Also, the results would likely be fatal to both human and equine alike.
Not to mention the blood everywhere. Messy.
Finally, the practice seems barbaric and would even have been deemed an animal cruelty criminal offense in the 18th or 19th centuries, I'm sure.
Perhaps a sternly worded letter to the London Times would have been enough.
