Originally Posted by
MT Chambers
I'll make a few assumptions.........in 1870s shooters were much better at estimating range then now (without a rangefinder), they shot more and were in better practise, their BP was better then ours today, they shot/practised more off-hand shooting or from sticks, whereas we tend to shoot from a bench more, they shot well because there were many more animals to shoot at and there were no licenses required......whether any of this makes any diff. on which generation was a better shot, I don't know. I like to think that shooters of yesterday were better then we are because it was more important to them, their lives may have depended on it.