Novel 1959 - The First Fast Draw (v5.0) - Plot & Excerpts
The habit of carrying pistols on the hip had not developed to any extent, and hand guns were only becoming common now. The Dragoon and Walker Colts were too heavy for comfort. Usually, until now a pistol had been carried on the saddle, yet for a man who needed a weapon that could be brought swiftly into action, the pistol was the best. Long ago at Fort Belknap I’d traded several surplus rifles for a pistol. The rifles were of the muzzle-loading variety then being sold to Indians, and which I’d won gambling. That was the time a soldier taught me the Army method of loading the Dragoon Colt, when afoot or riding horseback, and he had drilled me until I’d become far more proficient than the average cavalryman ever became. Doing things with my hands had always been easy for me—I had the knack. Maybe that was because I’d worked with my hands since a boy, braiding rawhide ropes, splicing rope we used on the farm, doing what needs to be done. So more than most, I was handy with a pistol, and felt right at home with it.
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