I have always had a yearning to own a blackpowder firearm.
Along those lines, the "Killdeer" longrifle fired by Hawkeye
in the movie, "Last of the Mohicans," might meet some
of your qualifications. It was the rifle where Hawkeye
used fine cotton for a tight weave, to give the ball another
40 yards:
EXTERIOR FORT WILLIAM HENRY, CASEMENT - UNCAS & HAWKEYE
now handed already-loaded, primed and cocked rifles while the four men behind them reload the two just fired.
Hawkeye gestures ...
EXTERIOR HILLSIDE - THREE HALF-SAVAGE CANADIENS
are running down the hill to intercept the courier. One fires ...
COURIER
a near miss.
EXTERIOR FORT WILLIAM HENRY - HAWKEYE
FIRES. A half second later, Uncas FIRES.
EXTERIOR HILLSIDE
One Canadien's falling through the trees as the second one's hit by Uncas' shot.
HAWKEYE
reaches out his hand. Killdeer with the heavier load is slapped into it. Hawkeye aims. Looks away a second and comes
back to the sight in deep concentration. The world goes silent ...
HAWKEYE'S POV: COURIER & CANADIEN
pursuer are barely visible. Only patches appear momentarily between the trees. They're three hundred yards away: an
impossible shot in 1757.
EXTERIOR FOREST - THE CANADIEN
will intersect the courier. His arm is back with his tomahawk to throw ...
EXTERIOR FORT WILLIAM HENRY - HAWKEYE
judges wind, elevates the long rifle ... and FIRES at us.
JUMP CUT BACK: TREES
Hawkeye's heavy round rips through. We HEAR the ball cut air. A few leaves flutter ...
EXTERIOR FOREST - CANADIEN
whacked head over heels by the impact.
COURIER
looks over his shoulder. He didn't know the Canadien was there. He stumbles in the half light . The he runs on ...
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