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"Shooting well with the rifle is the highest kind of skill,for the rifle is the queen of weapons; and it is a difficult art to learn."
He had a good bit of insight in that quote, but I still think it takes twice as much skill to shoot well with a pistol, then a rifle. First you have the whole balance thing, holding the gun out in front of you, while standing still. Pistols are usually alot less accurate than rifles due to the shorter barrels, and the sights are alot harder to get lined up and still, because they're so close together. A guy can easily put 5 rounds inside of 6 inches at 100 yards with a good iron-sighted rifle, but a pistol....it can be done...but not as common.
Maybe he meant rifle as in the rifle caliber???
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