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The Code Of Honor—A Duel in the Bois De Boulogne, Near Paris, wood-engraving after Godefroy Durand, Harper's Weekly (January 1875) A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the rapier and later the ...
The World Fast Draw Association (WFDA) is the international sanctioning body of the sport of fast draw. Unlike cowboy action shooting, fast draw is shot with special blanks or wax bullets. While some competitions are strictly against the clock, with the fastest time winning, many are set up as head-to-head single- or double-elimination matches.
The standard pace is 60 paces per minute (88 for the FFL). Australian Army Slow Time is 70 paces per minute with a 75cm pace. British armed services Slow March is 65 paces per minute. Half Step March or Cut the pace: This is a US march pace. It is at the same tempo as Quick Time, but instead of 30 inches, the step is 15 inches.
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. A duelling pistol is a type of pistol that was manufactured in matching pairs to be used in a duel, when duels were customary. Duelling pistols are often single-shot flintlock or percussion black-powder pistols which fire a lead ball. Not all fine, antique pairs of pistols are duelling pistols, though they may be ...
Trial by combat. A 1540s depiction of a judicial combat in Augsburg in 1409, between Marshal Wilhelm von Dornsberg and Theodor Haschenacker. Dornsberg's sword broke early in the duel, but he proceeded to kill Haschenacker with his own sword. Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to ...
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Holmgang (Old Norse: holmganga, Icelandic: hólmganga, Danish and Norwegian: holmgang, Swedish: holmgång) is a duel practiced by early medieval Scandinavians. It was a legally recognized way to settle disputes. The name holmgang (literally "holm-going") may derive from the combatants' dueling on a small island, or holm, as they do in the saga ...
Snuffie or Snuffy – Junior Marine, lance corporal and below. SOC or (SOC) – Special Operations Capable used in conjunction with MEU written as MEU (SOC). SOG Sgt. of the Guard – The acting Sgt (or near rank) Commanding the 'COG' Corporal of the Guard and all other marines for watch, radio watch, or post.