In the case of Dueling with pistols.How did one increase the chances of not getting shoot.Like i understand shooting first but also what else went into it?
Nothing. The point is to stand still and take it to show your bravery.
It's a duel so you're supposed to go there with friends and have one shoot the guy first.
>>64726775>Like i understand shooting first but also what else went into it?Shooting accurately. If both people miss then that means there'll be another round.
The stupidity of standing there to be shot is the entire point
>>64727120I thought that meant they shook hands and called it a day
>>64727149In some countries at later periods, the dueling went on until there was "satisfaction" from both parties. Assuming you really pissed someone off, they might insist on continuing. Before then, duels to first blood were common, and duels to the death have always been somewhat rare in civilized society.
>>64726775Don't get into a duel? Have the other guy perish in an accident of your choosing on his way to the duel?
>>64726775Actual, non bullshit answer?>Practice and positioning. There were schools, and forms that reduced one's chances of getting hit. The classic pistol form of "one arm, standing sideways" is one holdover from pistol dueling, in that it reduces one's hittable area, and maximizes potential survival if hit.
>>64726783Limp wristing was like a fine art
Only a man with the tenacity to endure being hit and fire a fatal shot can become president.
>>64727214>The classic pistol form of "one arm, standing sideways" is one holdover from pistol duelingTrue.>it reduces one's hittable area, True. You are making yourself a slightly smaller target.>and maximizes potential survival if hit.Absolutely false. If you are facing your target and take a lung shot, for example, it only gets one lung, and there is a small chance for survival; if you're standing sideways, the shot might take both lungs at once (there's a reason hunters prefer hitting their game from the side rather than from the front), and it increases the risk of hitting other vitals. The risk of making yourself a smaller target will also line up your vitals for the guy shooting at you.
I'd go prone. Smallest frontal target and most stable shooting position and no one would ever forget it.
>>64728193Bunny hop + dolphin dive, works every time
>>64727236Protip: Stop using words you don't know the meaning of. You will come off as less of an imbecile that way.
>>64726775Be thin.Standing side-on was the common stance.>Wear a corset They were fashionable for men back then, it thins your fat gut hit-box, it may may deflect a slow musket ball - or it may make it worse with secondary damage. >Wrap your body in layers of silk.Same slimming, it might deflect a grazing shot, again it may make it easier to remove the ball if it is slowed on impact.>Run awayIf you move 100 miles away you can start your life over with nobody knowing you were a coward.
>>64727214Also believe it or not men wore corsets and blowsy frilly shirts. Try and corral-up the old vitals and make'em guess at the location,PS - fuck football = SHOOTING has always been and damn well better be AMERICA'SFAVORITE SPORT (after fukkn, that is)
>>64726775The pistols were as deadly as modern 32 ACP rounds. You could die if you get very unlucky but mostly it will just hurt a lot.
>>64726775Supposedly they wore layered silk vests that took some of the energy.
