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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 617447, member: 19065"]<span style="color: DarkRed"><b>Mythbusters:</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><b>An Old West gunslinger could shoot a hole through a silver dollar.</b></p><p> <b><a href="http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65" rel="nofollow"></a></b></p><p><b><a href="http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></b></p><p> <b><span style="color: Blue">"The MythBusters used actual period silver dollars for the test.</span></b> A professional gunslinger proved that hitting the coin was possible (with many tries) by piercing a lead coin. Both the Peacemaker and Navy revolver were only able to dent the silver dollar. While a .357 Magnum could easily pierce the coin, the myth was busted because the .357 was not introduced until the 1930’s – gunslingers didn’t have access to it." <b><span style="color: Red"></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: Red"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: Red"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: Red"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: Red">Busted Myth</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65" rel="nofollow">http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65</a></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 617447, member: 19065"][COLOR=DarkRed][B]Mythbusters:[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue][/COLOR] [B]An Old West gunslinger could shoot a hole through a silver dollar.[/B] [B][URL="http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65"] [/URL][/B] [B][COLOR=Blue]"The MythBusters used actual period silver dollars for the test.[/COLOR][/B] A professional gunslinger proved that hitting the coin was possible (with many tries) by piercing a lead coin. Both the Peacemaker and Navy revolver were only able to dent the silver dollar. While a .357 Magnum could easily pierce the coin, the myth was busted because the .357 was not introduced until the 1930’s – gunslingers didn’t have access to it." [B][COLOR=Red] [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Red] [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Red]Busted Myth[/COLOR][/B] [B][URL]http://mythbustersresults.com/episode65[/URL][/B][/QUOTE]
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