Curiosities in Coins

[jeff of pa]

The Black Hills union. (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]), 30 Sept. 1898.



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[PaddyB]

The Black Hills union. (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]), 30 Sept. 1898.

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...One bullet is more than enough for most people!...

 

[jeff of pa]

depends on your surroundings I guess

 

[cudamark]

...One bullet is more than enough for most people!...

That also depends on how many targets you have, their size/strength, your bullets' stopping power, and how good your aim is!

 

[PaddyB]

That also depends on how many targets you have, their size/strength, your bullets' stopping power, and how good your aim is!

Sorry! At the risk of "explaining the joke": In the UK to "take a bullet" is to be hit by one, hence 48 seemed excessive as one will finish off most people.

 

[cudamark]

We use that expression here too! As for one and you're done.......too many variables to make a generalization, but, caliber size, where a person was hit, and the amount of drugs in their system will all play a big part in how many bullets you may need to drop someone. I'd rather have a dozen rounds still in the magazine that I didn't need, than to hear my gun go "click" and have someone (or their unseen accomplice) still coming at me.