Anne Oakley - Sharpshot Baby

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Still from the movie "Ann Oakley" (1935)

"Four things above all: women, horses, power and war"
(Rudyard Kipling)

Land beyond the ocean. As you know, different people are needed, different talents are important. Someone masterfully composes music, someone sings, another forges iron and bakes pies, and such that they are simply delicious. We know thousands of famous poets, musicians, a little less great artists and scientists, inventors, engineers, and besides them, also doctors, and, finally, even travelers. But among people with truly unique abilities, there are those who were engaged in hunting and shooting, having managed to become famous in this, let's say, not quite ordinary field. Among them there are heroes, their own legends. But today we are going to tell you about ... the most famous female shooter in America, whose name even the most peaceful Americans know. Although, most likely, not by her real name, but by the pseudonym under which she became famous - it is better not to think of a pseudonym: Baby Sharp Shot!

Anne Oakley - Sharpshot Baby
The man of her destiny is Frank Butler! Handsome, isn't he?

At baptism - and she was born in 1860 in Dark County - the girl was named Phoebe Ann Moses, but her name was all Annie Oakley. Already at the age of 10, she learned to shoot accurately from a gun and a revolver, she was not at all afraid of the sounds of shots or fire. However, then in America all the wives and daughters of farmers knew how to shoot, because that's how life was there at that time. It's just that someone knew how to shoot better, and someone worse. Phoebe's father died when she was only 8 years old, and it was young Annie who began to feed the family by hunting. Life in childhood did not spoil her at all, which she later wrote about in her memoirs, but the hardships and hardships did not embitter or corrupt her.



Until 1875, she continued to hunt and feed the whole family, selling shot game. And then fate sent her a chance, which she did not fail to take advantage of.


Young hunter

Then in America they loved shooting competitions. And so, at the age of 15, she took part in one such competition, which was staged at the opera house in the city of Cincinnati. Local celebrity Frank Butler became her opponent, the bet was $ 100 (a lot of money at that time!), And the girl managed to defeat him decisively. Frank was simply amazed at her skill. I decided to get to know her better ... and fell in love, and when she became a little older, he offered her his hand and heart. And the young girl immediately agreed and married Butler. And they started performing with marksmanship numbers in a traveling circus. In America, marksmanship was then held in high esteem, life depended on it, but even the most well-aimed shooters applauded the girl when she shot the ash off her husband's cigar with a shot. It was then that Phoebe Annie Moses became Annie Oakley, got under this name in history.


A popular postcard from those years: Annie Oakley with a double-barreled gun and in her stage costume

Annie's stage outfit was a cowboy hat, suede leggings, leather seals with leggings, and a pleated skirt. In this outfit, she jumped on a horse and dashed through the arena, shooting at multi-colored balls that were thrown into the air by the circus attendants. The artist also shot at playing cards, which were then taken away by the audience as souvenirs. And she did a lot of other things, including shooting at dimes thrown into the air ...


One of her stage costumes (photo 1891)

And then what happened: Annie and Frank met with the famous William Cody - Buffalo Bill, and he, appreciating their potential, offered the couple to participate in his show "Wild West". Here I must say that Bill came up with and managed to stage well, just an exceptional show in its enchanting quality, the people on which were simply piling up. It made a special impression on immigrants from Europe who had recently arrived in the United States and were not yet familiar with the local exoticism from their own experience. What and how it happened was very well described by the German writer Liselotta Welskopf Heinrich in the book "Harka - the son of the leader", the first part of the trilogy "Sons of the Big Dipper". A carriage with travelers, followed by the Indians, drove onto the stage. The beauty from the carriage was tied to a board, and the Indians stuffed her outline with knives and tomahawks, which made the too sensitive ladies among the spectators faint. Then cowboys appeared and shot at the target at a gallop, after which the numbers followed by the author's marks of shooting - and it was all so cool that people were not even stopped by the high entrance fee!


Annie and Frank

Annie and Frank began working on the show in 1885. And Annie's performance was always the first. Everyone noted that the young artist not only shoots well, but also takes her numbers very seriously. She always started "from simple to complex" and acted with great artistry, knew how to intrigue the audience and "pull intrigue", and most importantly, she did everything so as not to scare children and especially impressionable adult spectators. Therefore, to begin with, she took a .22 caliber revolver and behaved in such a way as to gain the trust of the "little viewers". Then she moved on to a more powerful arms, the shots from which were louder, but they no longer caused panic and fear.


Annie Oakley Promotional Poster

And of course, Annie simply did not have any problems with the weapon. As soon as the Colt and Winchester firms learned about her success and performances, their representatives began to vying with each other to provide her with piece samples of their weapons. As a result, she gathered a whole arsenal, and even the most famous weapons manufacturers took into account her authoritative opinion.


Annie shoots through the mirror

Annie and her husband worked in the troupe of Bufallo Bill for 17 years and gained phenomenal fame among the American public. At the same time she met the Sioux leader Sitting Bull - Sitting Bull, a person just as outstanding and very famous. After all, it was under his command that the Indians managed to completely destroy the detachment of General Custer in the battle at the Little Big Horn River in 1876. He was simply fascinated by Annie's skill and ... made her an "honorary Indian" of the Sioux tribe, giving her the name Baby Sharp Shot.


Even a TV show with Annie appeared in America, although in it she does not look like herself at all!

Well, in 1887, "Wild West" first went on tour outside the United States. Truly sensational was her performance in England, where at Buckingham Palace she demonstrated her marksmanship skills in front of Queen Victoria herself. And at first, the British public did not like her provincial manners at all, but then she forgave her everything, so prim British ladies were struck by her talent.


Annie in 1907 in Arkansas City

Having got acquainted with the "Wild West", the population of Foggy Albion fell into the utmost delight. In aristocratic circles, and even among the ladies, it has become fashionable to learn to shoot a gun. And then Annie again rose to the occasion: she organized "master classes" for representatives of the high society and charmed them with her courtesy. And the British ladies liked the innocence of this girl so much that they recognized her as almost perfect and even began to imitate her in some way. Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich, who was at that time in England, had the fame of a first-class shooter and, of course, decided to prove to Enya that he was no worse than her. But she won a decisive victory over him, from which he came to complete admiration.


Annie Oakley advertising poster

The longest was Annie Oakley's third European tour. It began in 1902 and lasted four years. Countries changed, capitals changed, there was always only one thing - an amazing success! The President of France and the King of Italy applauded Annie, then the future German emperor, Crown Prince Wilhelm, who also wanted to take part in her performance, was added to them and ... the girl in cold blood shot off the tip of his smoking cigar. By this, he publicly showed his courage, well, and Baby Sharp Shot once again proved her ability to wield weapons, which admired everyone - both commoners and crowned heads. Later, however, when the First World War had already begun, Annie would say about this case: "I'd better have missed then!"


Barbara Stanwick and Preston S. Foster are the main actors in this film

And I must say that the image of Little Sharp Shot influenced the Americans so strongly that in her part in the USA a musical was even staged, named after her: "Annie, grab your gun!", And which soon gained popularity, comparable only to popularity Annie herself. And then there were performances about her and her life, and 11 films were shot.


Annie's portrait on a card from a cigarette pack

The fate of Annie Oakley for many Americans, since they were no stranger to weapons, became just a model of a successful career, a career of a person who made himself from beginning to end with his own hands. Well, about the popularity of those samples of guns, from which it was she who shot, you can not even talk. As a result, we can say that Phoebe Annie Moses or Baby Sharp Shot was able to live a long (by that time!), Happy and cheerful life of a famous artist and a loving and beloved wife, she had a chance to soak up the glory and delight from her fans throughout the world.


Annie at 62. 1922 ...

She died in her sleep in November 1926 at the age of 66. Her husband, Frank Butler, survived her by only 18 days. He missed her terribly and ... died! It seems incredible, but although she was among men almost all the time, and even "with a weapon in her hands," this did not make Annie either rude or masculine. On the contrary, everyone who knew her noted her modest and even shy nature. For example, she even blushed when her admirers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean threw bouquets of flowers at her and loudly shouted her name. And it is very significant that one of Annie's guns from Parker Brothers Hammer was auctioned in 2013 for a staggering $ 293.000. What better recognition in America, right?


The couple are buried in Greenville, Ohio ...
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  1. +29
    20 December 2020 04: 53
    Thanks to the Author, it was curious to read. There are, it turns out, women not only in Russian villages)))
    I liked both - the article and Ann Oakley - Sharp Shot Baby!
    Good, devil!

    "Good devil, good"
    The passing men whispered in the trail
    Girl, adorable, spring
    I walked along the old street
    1. -18
      20 December 2020 05: 09
      Ann Oakley - Awesome Shot Baby!
      Good, devil!
      strange taste ... I couldn't. laughing
      1. +30
        20 December 2020 05: 28
        In this picture, she is already retired))) And if so
        1. +20
          20 December 2020 05: 40
          Something, but this lady will always have the right to vote.
          1. +8
            20 December 2020 07: 30
            The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was introduced in 1920.
            1. +8
              20 December 2020 07: 38
              So the right to vote has little to do with ballots.
              1. +9
                20 December 2020 07: 46
                But it was the suffragists who sought access to the ballots.
                1. +7
                  20 December 2020 07: 48
                  Have achieved. Then they began to take the next peaks.
                  1. +9
                    20 December 2020 07: 54
                    By the way, no. The next round of feminism happened in the 60s
                    1. +7
                      20 December 2020 08: 00
                      Just different periods of the cycles. Which are also being reduced.
                      Perhaps the world war could slow down.
                      1. +9
                        20 December 2020 08: 09
                        The war, in my opinion, only accelerates such tendencies. Remember Lysistrata.
                      2. +7
                        20 December 2020 08: 11
                        The 80s and Olga Kabo do not let me forget.
                      3. +5
                        20 December 2020 08: 34
                        Aristophanes impressed me more.
                      4. +7
                        20 December 2020 08: 38
                        In general, a lot passed by me.

                        I got to know Anabasis relatively recently. And then I only knew from Schweik.
                      5. +6
                        20 December 2020 08: 47
                        It doesn't matter, you can always try.
                      6. +5
                        20 December 2020 08: 54
                        It's right. The bookshelves in my head fill up.
                      7. +6
                        20 December 2020 09: 01
                        Yes, and there is also a desire to read with a pencil in hand.
                      8. +6
                        20 December 2020 09: 05
                        When I actively went to libraries, I liked other people's marks.
                        And to this day, a hand is rarely raised on a book.

                        But I still love notebooks. And extracts in them.
                      9. +6
                        20 December 2020 09: 11
                        This is a new sensation for me. I used to read mostly hudlit and voraciously. And the lack of systemic education did not instill the skill of making extracts and notes.
                      10. +5
                        20 December 2020 09: 36
                        “Oh, how sweet it is to read voraciously,
                        Peace for this and giving sleep "(c).
                      11. +1
                        20 December 2020 15: 32
                        Lysistrata, something I don't remember
                      12. +5
                        20 December 2020 15: 41
                        I don’t remember this
                        She died 2400 years ago.
                    2. +5
                      20 December 2020 21: 34
                      Hello Anton. hi
                      You, by chance, do not mean it?

                      The Nazis burned books - feminist bras.
                      "History repeats itself twice, the second time as a farce." (C) laughing
                      1. +5
                        20 December 2020 23: 13
                        Hi Uncle Kostya!
                        Any idea can be reduced to absurdity, regardless of gender. For there is no limit to the victories of the human mind over common sense!
                      2. +4
                        20 December 2020 23: 38
                        After all, the aunts are undoubtedly in the lead here. There are much more nightmarish photos, I just did not expose.
                      3. +4
                        20 December 2020 23: 47
                        We ourselves provide them with such opportunities.
                      4. +5
                        20 December 2020 23: 52
                        I doubt that there are no "silicone beauties" among my acquaintances of women.
                      5. +4
                        20 December 2020 23: 55
                        I'm not talking about you, myself and silicone, I'm summarizing the question.
                      6. +4
                        20 December 2020 23: 57
                        Women should not be generalized, women should be socialized! laughing
                      7. +4
                        21 December 2020 00: 11
                        Just like that, you won't immediately understand what you've read. Either early Soviet newspapers, or late Heinlein ... recourse
                      8. +6
                        21 December 2020 00: 22
                        My parent read Soviet newspapers, but I preferred military literature, that before Heinlein, I only remember "Stepsons of the Universe", and now there is really nothing to read, I mostly reread.
                      9. +1
                        21 December 2020 19: 18
                        I don't understand why they need a cow's udder instead of a woman's breast?
                      10. +2
                        21 December 2020 20: 05
                        And they themselves do not understand this, because in order to understand, you need to have a brain, and what kind of brain can a woman have when she pumps a cow's udder instead of a tender breast. request
                      11. +3
                        21 December 2020 13: 04
                        The Nazis burned books - feminist bras.

                        If they are burning bras, why are they wearing bras themselves? wassat
                      12. +2
                        21 December 2020 13: 09
                        Because there are policemen standing around the corner, and you can't really get into trouble with them, they stick a truncheon and then complain to the lawyer, but that later, and they will beat them now. These are the grimaces of capitalism.
                2. +5
                  20 December 2020 16: 30
                  Good evening. "Suffragettes were seeking", once the suffragettes were engaged in business, and now they are fooling around
                  1. +6
                    20 December 2020 16: 52
                    My regards! Even then they were foolish.
          2. +6
            20 December 2020 09: 17
            Quote from Korsar4
            Something, but this lady will always have the right to vote.

            As practice has shown, any dead person in the United States has the right to vote.
            1. Alf
              +3
              20 December 2020 21: 10
              Quote: figvam
              Quote from Korsar4
              Something, but this lady will always have the right to vote.

              As practice has shown, any dead person in the United States has the right to vote.

              In the political sphere of the United States, there is a saying-Nobody ever dies forever.
          3. +3
            20 December 2020 14: 54
            Quote from Korsar4
            Something, but this lady will always have the right to vote.

            Try to deny her the right to vote.
            1. +4
              20 December 2020 16: 18
              Not even going to.

              From a domestic film: “When women ask, you have to give. Otherwise they will take it themselves. "
              1. +2
                20 December 2020 17: 12
                It's true. If we need something, then we show miracles of resourcefulness
                1. +5
                  20 December 2020 17: 53
                  And then you think what to do with what you got.
                2. Alf
                  +6
                  20 December 2020 21: 12
                  Quote: Astra wild2
                  If we need something, then we show miracles of resourcefulness

                  Physically inferior to a man, a woman has perfectly mastered the art of psychological violence.
        2. +20
          20 December 2020 05: 59
          Cool girl!
          I wonder if the couple had children?
          And so, at the age of 15, she took part in one such competition, which was staged at the opera house in the city of Cincinnati.

          I would like to see the reaction of the director of the local (Yekaterinburg) Opera, if he was voiced - "You do not mind, we will shoot at you" !!! lol
          1. +14
            20 December 2020 07: 33
            No! And they were very upset and spoiled their nephews. And there was also a dog that was for a child.
            1. +16
              20 December 2020 13: 42
              We in Russia (USSR) have our own well-aimed arrows, here's an example
              Petrova Nina Pavlova sniper
              Petrova Nina Pavlovna - 122 killed enemies, 512 trained snipers at the front (before the Second World War, an instructor of a sniper school). Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, Medal for Military Merit, For the Defense of Leningrad. She went to the front at the age of 48 ... died on May 1, 1945.
              1. +7
                20 December 2020 13: 43
                There were many of these wonderful women. But it is difficult to write about them.
              2. +5
                20 December 2020 15: 36
                I remember Kovshova, she died in 1942, she confirmed: 167. Larisa Pavlichenko killed 300 fascists
                1. +8
                  20 December 2020 21: 04
                  Her name was Lyudmila, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943)

              3. Alf
                +5
                20 December 2020 21: 13
                Quote: cat Rusich
                died on May 1, 1945

                Only a few days did not live ... sad
                1. +5
                  20 December 2020 21: 27
                  Quote: Alf

                  Only a few days did not live ... sad
                  It's a shame that she was buried in a "mass grave" - ​​and the name of the Knight of the Three Orders of Glory is not even indicated on the monument.
                  She was buried on the land of modern Poland - and in today's Poland there is a "war with the Red Army monuments" - for good reason, all that burial should be transferred to the Russian Land - for example, to the Leningrad region in which Nina Pavlovna started the war.
          2. +1
            21 December 2020 10: 23
            Most likely, there was a theater without a roof, or maybe they just installed bullet traps.
      2. +1
        20 December 2020 14: 50
        You are not forced
        1. 0
          20 December 2020 15: 36
          Quote: Astra wild2
          You are not forced

          This is me in advance, so that they would not ask!
          1. +2
            20 December 2020 15: 49
            Vyacheslav Olegovich, in fact, I addressed the comment to the Aerodrome
            1. +5
              20 December 2020 16: 08
              My Precocious Stranger, the role of a militant feminist woman does not suit you! Don't disappoint the poor jester! crying
              1. +4
                20 December 2020 17: 36
                My poet, don't worry. I am not a radical feminist, but a modern woman: I didn’t take a vow of chastity and puritanism, but I’m not a libertine either, but for piquancy.
                P
                S
                From you the same: "the jester in the house of the noble Cedric" as from Maria Medici "mother Teresa"
                1. +5
                  20 December 2020 17: 45
                  From you the same: "the jester in the house of the noble Cedric" as from Maria Medici "mother Teresa"
                  You know a lot about me! ... Maybe I'm getting ready for the "haircut"? And I treat you like Abelard to Eloise?
                  1. +6
                    20 December 2020 17: 54
                    Abelard's life was so-so.
                    1. +6
                      20 December 2020 18: 42
                      Quote from Korsar4
                      Abelard's life was so-so.

                      But his son has a beautiful name - Astrolabe. laughing

                      And what about the emasculation of Abelard, right?
                      1. +5
                        20 December 2020 18: 51
                        Yes. As far as I understand. This blocked his way to the higher church hierarchy.
                      2. +6
                        20 December 2020 18: 58
                        Quote from Korsar4
                        This blocked his way to the higher church hierarchy.

                        Perhaps this is not so important ... after such a loss. recourse
                      3. +5
                        20 December 2020 19: 14
                        “Here I am, my brother-in-law, Nikolai Ivanovich, whatever he is, and was a bootie and a babelar, and I respect him” (c).
                      4. +5
                        20 December 2020 19: 23
                        Quote from Korsar4
                        babelard

                        Babelar? Has Leskov been mischievous? wink
                      5. +5
                        20 December 2020 19: 25
                        Is he. His language cannot be confused with anything. I like it very much.
                      6. +3
                        21 December 2020 15: 38
                        Is he. His language cannot be confused with anything. I like it very much.

                        And you can also paraphrase Bonaparte with his "From the great to the ridiculous ...": "From Babelard to Abelard - one movement." fellow I just glanced through Wikipedia - was he emasculated in revenge for the spoiled Eloise? belay
                      7. +3
                        21 December 2020 17: 33
                        Yes. And Anton started trying on these masks.
                      8. +3
                        22 December 2020 09: 21
                        Yes. And Anton started trying on these masks.

                        Let then it is better to try on a Babelard mask, with poetry and mandolin on a languid night, than the role of Abelard. More useful for health and soul! laughing drinks
                      9. +2
                        22 December 2020 11: 46
                        And he knows how to perform serenades no worse than Aramis?

                        Although, Spain does not pass without a trace.
                      10. +2
                        22 December 2020 12: 15
                        And he knows how to perform serenades no worse than Aramis?

                        Much better, and in greater detail. good This is our minstrel-abbot - talented. drinks
                        It would be better if I remembered Petrarch!

                        I only read "Taras Bulba". stop
                      11. +2
                        22 December 2020 12: 28
                        I only read "Taras Bulba".
                        And then in Tatar!
                      12. +2
                        22 December 2020 12: 29
                        And then in Tatar!

                        Why? Not at all in Gogol! wassat
                      13. +2
                        22 December 2020 12: 04
                        Ugh on both of you! It would be better if I remembered Petrarch!
                      14. +2
                        22 December 2020 12: 22
                        Ugh on both of you!

                        Abelar Babelar is different, but echpochmak echpochmak echpochmak! (this is a Tatar pie) tongue drinks
                      15. +2
                        22 December 2020 12: 26
                        "A plague on both of your plagues!" (FROM)
                      16. +2
                        22 December 2020 12: 31
                        "A plague on both of your plagues!"

                        Friend Mercutio, fix the castanets - they are slipping. laughing No, well, I can only remember this musical instrument from the true Spanish! recourse
                      17. +2
                        22 December 2020 13: 44
                        By the way, how's the hand?
                      18. +1
                        22 December 2020 15: 15
                        Two more weeks in a cast.
                      19. +2
                        22 December 2020 13: 43
                        “When I brought it up, deciding to betray
                        The head of Pompey to Rome Ptolemy "(c).

                        As you say.
                      20. +4
                        21 December 2020 12: 47
                        Yes. As far as I understand. This blocked his way to the higher church hierarchy.

                        It turns out, paraphrasing the epigram of Lermontov - Martynov, we can say: "Our friend Anton is not Abelard". stop Anton, a broken arm does not count as Abelarism! laughing But I hope it all works out and you can play the seductive serenades on the guitar again. drinks
                        Maybe I'm getting ready for the "haircut"?

                        I did manage last week. Before that, the hippie portrayed with his three hairs. wassat
                      21. +5
                        21 December 2020 13: 03
                        You, be careful! I got my hair cut on the same day and was injured. I'm afraid to imagine the consequences of my own shaving - the whole world to dust! wassat
                      22. +2
                        21 December 2020 13: 06
                        You, be careful! I got my hair cut on the same day and was injured. I'm afraid to imagine the consequences of my own shaving - the whole world to dust!

                        No, no, no, stay a perky bearded man! wink And then the year was already crazy, and if you also shave - it's a pipe! drinks
                      23. +3
                        21 December 2020 13: 09
                        Previous shaved after divorce
                      24. +3
                        21 December 2020 14: 37
                        Quote: 3x3zsave
                        shaved

                        Greetings Anton! A month ago I looked into * Magnet-cosmetics *, the reason is respectable, the gel is over for shaving. I bought it, I use it in the morning, and, OOPS!
                        * And the king is not real! * A balloon with a complete lack of pressure! A thin stream goes and that's it. So I shave every other day to finish him off quickly. The first time such an ambush. laughing
                      25. +4
                        21 December 2020 14: 44
                        So I shave every other day to finish him off quickly.

                        And I, as I got a beard four years ago, am still walking. I shaved it off only a couple of times, then, horrified by my reflection, let it go again. Anton, when he compared my ryahu with my own passport photo, laughed for a long time ... laughing
                      26. +3
                        21 December 2020 14: 47
                        Buy an electric razor and don't bother!
                      27. +3
                        21 December 2020 16: 06
                        Quote: 3x3zsave
                        electric shaver

                        Oh, her. I don’t love. And the dangerous one is just ... I'm afraid! sad
                      28. +3
                        21 December 2020 17: 47
                        I understand ... Father had a pile of donated electric razors. When, at the age of 15, starting to grow little by little, he asked him: why so, he replied that he liked the process itself.
                      29. +4
                        21 December 2020 14: 29
                        Quote: Pane Kohanku
                        And that year was already crazy,

                        Hi Nikolay!
                        Ha! It's not over yet, and about next year, you know ... the prospects are not very good. belay
                      30. +4
                        21 December 2020 14: 42
                        Ha! It's not over yet, and about next year, you know ... the prospects are not very good.

                        Hello Sergey! God knows. There is no mood at all - not for any New Year, or for any holidays there ... sad sadly somehow in my soul ... It's me, I'm depressed! drinks
                      31. +3
                        21 December 2020 15: 19
                        "Or read" The Marriage of Figaro "" (c).
                      32. +3
                        21 December 2020 16: 10
                        Quote: Pane Kohanku
                        I'm so depressed!

                        I conducted a survey among all my acquaintances. The result is the most disappointing. No one expects anything good. The light at the end of the tunnel is simply not visible. But okay, it’s probably a gloomy sky, dirt underfoot and Monday. No.
                      33. +4
                        21 December 2020 15: 18
                        Two events at once: Jupiter and Saturn side by side, and the universe may not stand the shave of Anton.
                      34. +4
                        21 December 2020 17: 25
                        the universe may not stand up to Anton's shave.
                        "Entropy increases,
                        Alcohol rises in price "(C)
                      35. +4
                        21 December 2020 17: 34
                        "And he confuses Van Gogh with Van Damme" (c).
                      36. +4
                        21 December 2020 17: 51
                        And both with Van Helsing
                      37. +4
                        21 December 2020 19: 46
                        Didn't read Dracula. I haven't even been to Transylvania. True, the funniest thing is that an article in a magazine came out from Brasov.
                      38. +4
                        21 December 2020 15: 17
                        And good. There are other glorious examples.
    2. +1
      21 December 2020 12: 18
      Quote: Crowe
      It turns out that there are women not only in Russian villages)))

      The video shows our days. Such a horse will carry it out of a burning hut in her arms.

  2. +16
    20 December 2020 05: 02
    "And don't forget: 10 drops before shooting!" (c).
    1. +15
      20 December 2020 05: 53
      Hello everyone, Vyacheslav Olegovich plus!
      Inspired by “Vanya, put the grenade in place, throw it to anyone. Come on. Not into me, but through the window " laughing
      Good Sunday!
      1. +12
        20 December 2020 05: 56
        Hello Vladislav!
        Craftsmanship is always impressive.
        1. +11
          20 December 2020 06: 46
          Quote from Korsar4
          Hello Vladislav!
          Craftsmanship is always impressive.

          Good morning Sergey!
          Moreover, this even causes a little envy !!!
          1. +9
            20 December 2020 06: 57
            If the idea becomes competitive, the mind may shut down.

            But the presence of testosterone has not been canceled.
      2. +6
        20 December 2020 07: 00
        But fat Carmen took out her "Colt" first
        And the lights were turned on over the tables in the morgue.
      3. +7
        20 December 2020 08: 38
        "The older guys sent me to see how the mine was in the fire. The mine was lying well." (FROM)
        1. +8
          20 December 2020 10: 11
          Passed in childhood.
          They poured everything from 12-gauge hunting cartridges to 5,6 Morugunov into the fire. And having poured out a handful they sorted out about fifty meters and lay down.
          They were fools.
          1. +5
            20 December 2020 12: 25
            I did this: I poured water into an automatic cartridge case and flattened the edges tightly. Then into a fire or a matchbox with saltpeter and sugar. You set it on fire and throw it ... It was torn in a terrible way!
            1. +5
              20 December 2020 14: 08
              We similarly flattened and bent an iron pipe at one end. Poured a third with water. Then a log with a rag was driven into the pipe. Well, with a blind end to the fire. Sweats flew away fifty meters.
              1. +5
                20 December 2020 14: 39
                In general, the "gray days of the Cold War" (C) laughing
            2. +1
              20 December 2020 19: 11
              Vyacheslav Olegovich, you had no one to kick your ears! As a child, I had a neighbor: Aunt Zhenya: she loved children, and promised to all the hooligans: "I'll cut it off." We loved her and did not take offense if she slapped her on the head, it happened that I poured slops on her if she got very angry. In our yard she took the samopals from the boys.
              She would not let you indulge in this
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              2. +3
                20 December 2020 20: 13
                Each family had its own house and yard, fenced off with a high fence. There was an iron principle: do not dispose of in your yard! I could even detonate a shell there. Nobody cared! Incidentally, I was even surprised that no one was paying attention to the shooting in my yard. But ... it was so!
            3. +6
              20 December 2020 20: 28
              Quote: kalibr
              It was torn in a terrible way!

              Carbide. And magnesium.
              Carbide in a glass bottle, on top of the herb as a moderator, water and seal tightly.
              Or.
              Mix magnesium shavings with aluminum (filed) and potassium permanganate powder. Wrap a wick in a piece of paper smeared with office glue ...
              And further. Exclusive from the Leningrad region - an echo of the war. Cartridges - in kilograms. Mortar shells. Into the fire. One kid a couple of years older than me died like that. Another, a year older, had an eye gouged out the following year and survived. There were rumors that in another village, about thirty kilometers away, six people, boys and adults, died at once. Apparently, they made a fire in the wrong place, there were no details ...
              So we had fun ...
          2. Fat
            +5
            20 December 2020 22: 18
            Quote: Kote pane Kohanka
            5,6 morugunov.

            Maybe Margolina?
            1. +3
              21 December 2020 04: 13
              Margolin, of course.
  3. +10
    20 December 2020 05: 52
    She died in her sleep in November 1929 at the age of 66.

    Your math is strange
    she was born in 1860
    1860 + 66 = 1926. By the way, the date on the gravestones is 1926 ... And it would be necessary to celebrate. The inscription on the gravestones is unlikely to work, but the numbers in the article are desirable
    1. +12
      20 December 2020 07: 30
      Alexander! Why are there so many words? Would write simply: error. Have you never been wrong when you wrote the text? Or is it a joy to you? "Akela missed, Akela missed!" Well, this is bad joy.
      1. +8
        20 December 2020 09: 35
        Quote: kalibr
        Alexander! Why are there so many words? Would write simply: error. Have you never been wrong when you wrote the text? Or is it a joy to you? "Akela missed, Akela missed!" Well, this is bad joy.

        I'm not happy, it's just boring ...
  4. +10
    20 December 2020 06: 21
    A wonderful story!
  5. +11
    20 December 2020 06: 30
    "Every day is a well-aimed shot
    And the aim of the sight is adjusted "(c)
  6. +28
    20 December 2020 07: 00
    Annie Oakley's talents were revealed largely due to the need to feed the family through hunting. We don't really need it, but my beloved wife also often keeps me company on the hunt, and shoots pretty well.
    1. +12
      20 December 2020 07: 28
      Clink, clink, clink - I click my tongue with delight.
    2. +11
      20 December 2020 07: 41
      I had a diploma student-hunting expert. She offended the birds. And not only birds.
      1. +9
        20 December 2020 08: 11
        Quote from Korsar4
        I had a diploma student-hunting expert.

        And mine. Only for OL. She also knocked me up to join the hunting society. Entered. He shot at targets, but did not kill animals and birds ...
    3. +9
      20 December 2020 07: 48
      Bravo Olga!
    4. +5
      20 December 2020 16: 44
      Sergey, this is your merit. Not everyone is given this
      1. +5
        20 December 2020 17: 35
        Gender talent is distributed evenly. Sergey was lucky - he made a good choice. "We will envy" (C)
        1. +4
          21 December 2020 11: 14
          Quote: 3x3zsave
          Gender talent is distributed evenly. Sergey was lucky - he made a good choice. "We will envy" (C)

          Guys, sometimes I envy myself, and I'm surprised what she found in me. In addition to the fact that Olya is a very multifaceted personality, talented in various fields, she is also 10 years younger than me. I'm afraid to jinx it, but we live in perfect harmony.
          Our cat competes with Olya, but she is a real star that has no equal.
          As for hunting, Olya usually uses a "child's gun" - Izh-43 20 caliber. But much more often, she walks light with me in the woods.
          1. +3
            21 December 2020 11: 25
            Happiness, peace and prosperity to your family!
            1. +2
              21 December 2020 11: 43
              Thank you! And all the best to you!
  7. +5
    20 December 2020 07: 06
    Unfortunately, the art of artistic shooting was ruined by glossy magazines and television, the wrong audience coverage. It became economically unprofitable to conduct such tours and shows.
  8. +9
    20 December 2020 08: 06
    Thanks for the interesting article. How is it that Hollywood hasn't made a modern remake yet? It would definitely make a good movie.
    1. +10
      20 December 2020 09: 22
      Quote: Soveticos
      How is it that Hollywood hasn't made a modern remake yet? It would definitely make a good movie.

      Yeah, black woman, transvetite.
      1. +5
        20 December 2020 18: 02
        Quote: igordok
        Yeah, black woman, transvetite.

        I'll correct a little: a blind black transvestite. Otherwise, you can forget about Oscar!
  9. +7
    20 December 2020 08: 51
    Interesting topic: "Woman and weapons".
    Thank you, Vyacheslav Olegovich!
    1. +8
      20 December 2020 11: 10
      Interesting topic: "Woman and weapons"
      ,,, especially since she was born into a Quaker family, where one of the basic principles of Quakerism is the denial of hostilities and all kinds of violence.
      1. +7
        20 December 2020 11: 25
        Quakerism does not deny carrying weapons
        1. +8
          20 December 2020 11: 33
          ,,, Oh yes, Yes
          A kind word and a pistol can achieve much more than just a kind word. "(C)
          1. +8
            20 December 2020 11: 45
            "One attorney with a portfolio can do more than ten thugs with Tommigans (C)
            1. +11
              20 December 2020 11: 56
              Quote: 3x3zsave
              more than ten thugs with "tommigans" (


              Hello Anton! Oh and beautifully said! wink
              1. +5
                20 December 2020 12: 09
                Prtvet, Sergey! I quoted from memory, from a book. Hands did not reach the film.
          2. +3
            20 December 2020 16: 37
            Quote: bubalik
            ,,, Oh yes, Yes
            A kind word and a pistol can achieve much more than just a kind word. "(C)

            The pistol is somehow clearer
          3. +6
            20 December 2020 20: 30
            Al Capone was not a Quaker and, although he uttered this historical phrase, he preferred a baseball bat in a showdown with his neighbors. smile
            Hello, Sergey.
            1. +5
              20 December 2020 20: 41
              Quote: Sea Cat
              baseball bat

              Greetings Konstantin!

              This is from * The Untouchables *. With a bat he. Al. wink
              1. +5
                20 December 2020 21: 36
                Haven't seen this movie. Is this De Niro in his role?
                Actually, Al Capone should be playing Al Pacino. laughing
                1. +3
                  21 December 2020 05: 39
                  Quote: Sea Cat
                  Pacino

                  Good morning!
                  A good film, I recommend. But for me any film about that era is obviously good. So here I am no critic.
                  1. +3
                    21 December 2020 05: 49
                    Good morning, Sergey!
                    Already started looking. Have you read Ragtime by Edgar Doctorow? If not, I recommend it - you will like it. smile
                    1. +3
                      21 December 2020 07: 12
                      And there is also Foreman's film based on this novel, 81 years old. But the book has already been downloaded, thanks!
                      1. +3
                        21 December 2020 07: 14
                        Where there is a Negro, he that plays Al Capone? This is already without me. negative
                      2. +3
                        21 December 2020 07: 19
                        I don’t know yet, I haven’t watched it. I downloaded the book, at the same time asked if there was a movie? Well, IT spat out. Yes. But you have to watch, Foreman has a good movie. good
                        Yes, Lyudmila Yakovlevna took silver!
                      3. +3
                        21 December 2020 08: 44
                        Yes, Lyudmila Yakovlevna took silver!

                        Explain, please, I didn't understand something.
                      4. +3
                        21 December 2020 09: 44
                        Quote: Sea Cat
                        Explain, please, I didn't understand something.

                        Well the title, * Best commentator *, * gold * from Andrey from Chelyabinsk.
                      5. +3
                        21 December 2020 09: 47
                        Andrey was one of the four for whom I voted, you can guess about the rest. smile
                      6. +3
                        21 December 2020 07: 27
                        Quote: Sea Cat
                        It's already without me

                        I remembered, I read his * Billy Bathgate * about the Schultz gang.
                      7. +1
                        23 December 2020 19: 01
                        Quote: Sea Cat
                        Where there is a Negro, he that plays Al Capone? This is already without me.

                        Hi Konstantin, this is Coalhouse Walker, the musician who went against the atrocities of the authorities. / Read up to this point /.
                      8. +1
                        23 December 2020 19: 18
                        Got it. smile I'll give you even more interesting information about MBM and Elizabeth Nasbit.
  10. +3
    20 December 2020 09: 31
    Worthy. And that fame didn't spoil both, too.
  11. +11
    20 December 2020 10: 40

    ,,, there is a video of 1894, where this citizen shoots from a carbine at targets, the second portion of which is thrown by her husband.
    1. +4
      20 December 2020 10: 50
      The video is of course loudly said ...
      I myself came across this footage while looking for information on the 1935 film.
      1. +7
        20 December 2020 10: 56
        Video is

        ,,, A typical boy. Whoever says that this is a girl, let him be the first to throw a stone at me! (C) laughing
        1. +8
          20 December 2020 11: 08
          "A cow is, like, an elk" (C)
    2. +4
      20 December 2020 14: 27
      It seems to me that from such a distance I would have got there)))
      1. +7
        20 December 2020 15: 00
        "Get there when the whole sky is parrots!" (FROM) laughing
    3. +2
      20 December 2020 17: 44
      What is the rate of fire.
      Just like in westerns!
  12. +13
    20 December 2020 13: 20
    one of Annie's guns from Parker Brothers Hammer was auctioned in 2013 for a staggering $ 293.000.

    This is a Parker Brothers Hammer 16 gauge shotgun. The gun was bought by an anonymous telephone.
    Two factors converged here. Parker Bros shotguns themselves are highly prized by collectors who have even formed an Association. And if they belonged to some celebrity, the price goes up very high.
  13. +5
    20 December 2020 14: 08
    Thanks for the interesting material. As for the epigraph, I like this option more:
    "What is more intoxicating than wine?
    Horses, women, power and war! "
  14. +7
    20 December 2020 14: 25
    There are women not only in American villages. Elena Gorbunova - candidate of biological sciences. When I watched the programs with her participation on the Okhota i Rybalka channel, I always thought, why her own gun)).


    And will cook, if that.
    1. +2
      20 December 2020 15: 06
      She has no hand ?! She operates a gun with one hand and cooks. WELL DONE
      1. +3
        20 December 2020 15: 57
        Hands available! These are photos)). It's just that this is such a cheerful, powerful and well-aimed woman). I remember there was a program about shooting jackals. She shot him and then picked him up with two fingers)
  15. +3
    20 December 2020 15: 02
    Hello . I am glad that Vyacheslav Olegovich has restored his working capacity.
    Vyacheslav Olegovich, do you know: did she have children? Children are the most important thing for a woman
    1. +3
      20 December 2020 15: 33
      They had no children. There were nephews and a dog. They pampered both nephews and a dog. And she also put an apple on his head and shot him. And the dog was not afraid !.
      1. +4
        20 December 2020 15: 52
        This dog was so trained that he was not afraid!
        1. +4
          20 December 2020 15: 56
          ,,, probably was deaf laughing
          1. +4
            20 December 2020 16: 16
            Or the apples were large ...
            1. +5
              20 December 2020 17: 24
              ,,, after this
              put an apple on his head and shoot him.
              and my "apples" would be large wassat
      2. +2
        20 December 2020 16: 13
        For a woman, having a child is the most important thing!
        An acquaintance of mine took a boy somewhere (she bought it from one of the drunks) and they are happy.
        1. +7
          20 December 2020 17: 17
          Uh-huh. And men do not care about children?
  16. +5
    20 December 2020 16: 32
    Quote: Astra wild2
    Quote from Korsar4
    Something, but this lady will always have the right to vote.

    Try to deny her the right to vote.

    She will persuade with a bullet
  17. +3
    20 December 2020 17: 42
    Great article!
    Thanks, Author.
  18. +8
    20 December 2020 18: 15
    Just now I got to "read". smile
    Thanks to the author. Interesting, unfamiliar, fun. I was afraid of obscenities in the comments, but so far it has practically worked out and this is also great! good
  19. 0
    20 December 2020 19: 13
    Quote from Korsar4
    And then you think what to do with what you got.

    Don't worry about me: I'll find what to do
  20. -3
    20 December 2020 19: 30
    I wonder what semantic meaning this article carries. Perhaps for some kind of female or Americanophile resource. the article would be useful and interesting. But for a Russian (seemingly) site with an army orientation - ???? Or the author is disgusted to write about our Soviet female snipers who did not spare their lives for our Soviet Motherland ??? Or. "Masters" banned !! ?? And Mr. Shpakovsky ?? !!
    1. +3
      20 December 2020 20: 20
      Quote: Seeker
      Or is it disgusting for the author to write about our Soviet female snipers who did not spare their lives for our Soviet Motherland?

      Not disgusting, not interesting. The material should be based on documents, photographs, that is, it should not be a banal "slip" and a bunch of mantras. And where to get it? Rewrite Wikipedia? This is not interesting to anyone. Pay me a trip to Podolsk to the archives of the Moscow Region - you will have articles about women heroines. But no ... well, there will continue to be articles based on materials from American museums, which do not require money from me for photographs. Do you know how much the State Historical Museum broke for one photo? 17,500 RUB Are you ready to pay so much for a photo of the rifle of the same Lyudmila Pavlichenko? I don’t, even if she’s a heroine three times, I just don’t earn that much. So it's not about the owners, it's about the money. You order - and you pay!
    2. Alf
      +4
      20 December 2020 21: 20
      Quote: Seeker
      Or is it disgusting for the author to write about our Soviet female snipers who did not spare their lives for our Soviet Motherland ???

      I agree. We no longer write about their technique and the historical events that took place "over the hill" ...
      1. +4
        20 December 2020 22: 28
        Really? Or are you pinned? hi
        1. Alf
          +6
          20 December 2020 22: 55
          Quote: Sea Cat
          Really? Or are you pinned? hi

          Clear stump, just kidding. I also consider myself a patriot, but Russia is not always the homeland of elephants.
          1. +4
            20 December 2020 23: 08
            It is clear, it was necessary to put a "hilarious" emoticon to make it clear to everyone. drinks
            1. Alf
              +4
              20 December 2020 23: 37
              Quote: Sea Cat
              It is clear, it was necessary to put a "hilarious" emoticon to make it clear to everyone. drinks

              A clever one will understand, but d-kam don't even need to know. soldier
              1. +4
                20 December 2020 23: 40
                They just always have to get in where they don't need to. smile
                1. Alf
                  +4
                  20 December 2020 23: 42
                  Quote: Sea Cat
                  They just always have to get in where they don't need to. smile

                  Yes, they have no equal in terms of fucking. fool
    3. +8
      20 December 2020 22: 26
      ... about our Soviet female snipers who did not spare their lives for our Soviet Motherland ???

      It started again ... Well, where to go from you, cheers-patriots ukontrapupnyh? Go to politics, your place is there, and there is no need to go with your troubles to people who are simply interested in history, no matter what country it is connected with.
      If you want about our female snipers - here is a list for you, search and read, I, for example, know their names from childhood. By the way, a street in Moscow is named after Aliya Moldagulova; she lived there for some time before moving to St. Petersburg.
      Б
      Baramzina, Tatiana Nikolaevna
      Belobrova, Nina Pavlovna
      Bordashevskaya, Olga Fedorovna
      Bryanskaya, Polina Stepanovna
      В
      Vasilieva, Olga Alexandrovna
      Г
      Ganieva, Ziba Pasha kyzy
      Golievskaya, Iya Ilyinichna
      Д
      Dorzhieva, Tsyren-Dulma Lubtsanovna
      З
      Zubchenko, Maria Georgievna
      К
      Kovshova, Natalia Venediktovna
      Kostyrina, Tatiana Ignatovna
      Л
      Lobkovskaya, Nina Alekseevna
      М
      Marinkina, Klavdia Fyodorovna
      Mironova, Elizaveta Fedorovna
      Moldagulova, Alia Nurmukhambetovna
      Mudretsova, Inna Semyonovna
      О
      Onyanova, Lidia Andreevna
      П
      Pavlichenko, Lyudmila Mikhailovna
      Petrova, Nina Pavlovna
      Polivanova, Maria Semyonovna
      Т
      Tkalich, Maria Alekseevna
      Ш
      Shanina, Roza Egorovna
  21. +6
    20 December 2020 20: 51
    There was another, no less famous lady in the history of the United States - Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Cannary, 1852 - 1903) - Jane-disaster, Jane-trouble - the legendary character of the Wild West, "cavalry girl", shooter on the Frontier. By the way, she also performed on the Bufallo Bill show, but in the end she just drank herself.
    1. +4
      20 December 2020 22: 00
      And there was also a "flirt" like Liliana Smith - also a shooting lady who was noted by Bill. But with Annie, both could not stand the competition. Therefore, I did not write about them.
      1. +6
        20 December 2020 23: 17
        Yes, the girls loved and knew how to shoot.
        Photo by Liliana Smith.

        They did not agree with Annie Oakley in characters, and of the two Bufallo, Biel chose Annie, and she remained in his show.
  22. +1
    20 December 2020 20: 51
    And who are the Moses, who lie between the spouses?
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    2. +2
      20 December 2020 21: 59
      Her parents. She is Moses by birth!
  23. +6
    20 December 2020 21: 13
    Thank you, Vyacheslav Olegovich, for the excellent article. By the way, I watched this film on Youtube, as I am a fan of 20th century cinema, as well as theater and television of the same period. By the way, it is sometimes useful for broadening one's horizons to sometimes look at "old content" rather than read and watch modern nonsense.
  24. +3
    20 December 2020 21: 58
    Quote: Alf
    what happened "over the hill" we no longer write ....

    And don't write!
    1. +4
      20 December 2020 23: 07
      Colleague Alf joked. smile
      1. 0
        21 December 2020 06: 37
        Quote: Sea Cat
        Colleague Alf joked.

        And me too...
        1. +2
          21 December 2020 06: 44
          Jokers ... "Jokers from New Gibbon" laughing

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