So I was thumbing thru the current edition of GUNS MAGAZINE......
There was an interesting article on notches on guns, and whether or not they were really proof of killings. The author mentioned that some were legit, some not and some were for animal killings. However, there was a paragraph about Jack Hinson that really caught my attention. I'm going to have to order the book to read about this fella....
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sounds like they used some of this history in The Patriot
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Mike Venturino is one of my favorite authors. However I think John Taffin stretches the truth a tad on all the shooting he does at his age. It seems to me that notching your open carry hand gun would be inviting trouble back in the 'ol West. Someone would always want to test you. And, If Matt Dillon noticed it, he would be sure to check all his wanted posters. and yer donkey would be grass and he the lawn mower.
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Mike Venturino is one of my favorite authors. However I think John Taffin stretches the truth a tad on all the shooting he does at his age. It seems to me that notching your open carry hand gun would be inviting trouble back in the 'ol West. Someone would always want to test you. And, If Matt Dillon noticed it, he would be sure to check all his wanted posters. and yer donkey would be grass and he the lawn mower.
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That country where Hinson lived was part of my ranger area back in the 70"s - lots of interesting historical stories (including Golden Pond whiskey back during Prohibition). Many of those people born and living between the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers had never been out of there when Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley were constructed and they had to move. One thing I learned quickly, they said what they meant and meant what they said, unlike some others I encountered who would promise me anything just to get me off their back. Clannish, but once you made it in, you had friends for life.
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@tnranger, I've lived all the US and spent 6 years early on in Europe.
(Dad was a 32 yr Amy ABN CSM. WWII, Korea, Vietnam.) Mom's family was/is from the Extreme NE tip of TN. Spent most of my Summers (no matter where we lived) on the various Farms and property my Family owned. Always considered it Home. Where I moved back to. (See my Sig line.)
Lived up in the NY/NJ area for 26ish years, after getting married to a Northern Girl I met in College (ETSU) after getting out of the Military.
(Long Story leading up to -) One thing I learned/observed. Up North, people tend to run their mouth. Especially before/around getting in to it. (A lot of it is bluff.) Doing that very same thing down South, will get you in a World of trouble. People don't run their mouth that much, but things can get very serious, very quick, as people don't "Play" too much.
Me personally? I tend to get Very, Very, Quiet, as I have already formulated a plan of action. Put your hands on/touch me in an aggressive manner your gonna see the Bad Side of me. I guess that stems from my Southern Heritage and being an Army Brat.
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