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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7560883" data-attributes="member: 15700">Nope, the effective range for a 19th century popular revolver was much greater than 20m. His own citation he gave mentions a six inch shot group at 50 yards. It’s also a flaw to think those older revolvers were much less accurate than modern firearms once smokeless powder and metal cartridges were around. In some cases, they are more accurate because a huge factor to accuracy is barrel length, and a Colt Peacemaker is much more accurate than my issued Beretta 92F when I was in the military. Shotguns were extremely popular among regular homesteaders because they could only afford one gun in many cases, and the shotgun was versatile. But when you’re talking about combat (both the military and gun fights), pistols were used way more frequently. Historical fact. For many reasons. So that original claim that shotguns were used way more than pistols is simply not true. And quite frankly, I would much rather have a Navy Colt over a double barrel shotgun unless I was in a room when the fighting starts. You’ve got two shots with a shotgun, and won’t do any damage to a target past a couple dozen meters. You’ve got six shots with greater accuracy and more stopping power at range with a colt Navy revolver.  I’m here to tell you from experience, when fighting starts, you want as many shots as possible. Shotguns?  Great for interior fighting and trench warfare out to 25m  (once you get pump action and can load more than two rounds)Pistols?  Great for up to 50m, Fire more rounds, easy reload, easy to carryCarbines?  Great for 35-100mLong Rifles? great for 50+mEven if you ignore my rather extensive training and usage of firearms, historical records back this up.</blockquote>

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