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"Pistol-whipping" and "to pistol-whip" were reported as "new words" of ] in 1955, with cited usages from 1940s.<ref>"Fifty Years Among the New Words: by John Algeo, , from vol. 30 (1955), no. 4 of the ''], the journal of the ]</ref> However both the term and the practice traces back to the ] of 1800s. ] notes that a Westerner clubbing an opponent with the butt of a gun held by its barrel, seen in some ]s, is a wrong picture, for several reasons: the gun would be rendered useless for its primary purpose, danger of unintentional discharge, and loss of precious time to switch the grip. Instead, pistol whipping (also known as '''buffaloing''') was done with the long and heavy barrel of the gun held in an ordinary manner.<ref>''The Trampling Herd: The Story of the Cattle Range in America'' by Paul Iselin Wellman (1988) ISBN 0803297238, </ref><ref> ''The True Life Wild West Memoir of a Bush-popping Cow Waddy'', by Charley Hester, Kirby Ross, 2004, ISBN 0803273460, </ref> "Pistol-whipping" and "to pistol-whip" were reported as "new words" of ] in 1955, with cited usages from 1940s.<ref>"Fifty Years Among the New Words: by John Algeo, , from vol. 30 (1955), no. 4 of the ''], the journal of the ]</ref> However both the term and the practice traces back to the ] of 1800s. ] notes that a Westerner clubbing an opponent with the butt of a gun held by its barrel, seen in some ]s, is a wrong picture. There are several reasons why it would be wrong: the gun would be rendered useless for its primary purpose, danger of unintentional discharge, and loss of precious time to switch the grip. Instead, pistol whipping (also known as '''buffaloing''') was done with the long and heavy barrel of the gun held in an ordinary manner.<ref>''The Trampling Herd: The Story of the Cattle Range in America'' by Paul Iselin Wellman (1988) ISBN 0803297238, </ref><ref> ''The True Life Wild West Memoir of a Bush-popping Cow Waddy'', by Charley Hester, Kirby Ross, 2004, ISBN 0803273460, </ref>


Pistol whipping may leave unusual lacerations on the body of the injured due to various protruding details of the pistol. <ref>, in ''Forensic Pathology'', by David Dolinak, Evan W. Matshes, Emma O. Lew, 2006, ISBN 0122199510, p. 185 </ref> Pistol whipping may leave unusual lacerations on the body of the injured due to various protruding details of the pistol. <ref>, in ''Forensic Pathology'', by David Dolinak, Evan W. Matshes, Emma O. Lew, 2006, ISBN 0122199510, p. 185 </ref>

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Usage of a firearm as a blunt weapon is encountered in various situations. Examples include butt-stroking (sriking with the butt of a rifle) and pistol-whipping (beating someone with pistol).

Buttstroke

Buttstroke is among the major offensive techniques with the rifle. Distinguished are the horizontal buttstroke and vertical buttstroke.

Pistol whipping

"Pistol-whipping" and "to pistol-whip" were reported as "new words" of American speech in 1955, with cited usages from 1940s. However both the term and the practice traces back to the Wild West of 1800s. Paul Wellman notes that a Westerner clubbing an opponent with the butt of a gun held by its barrel, seen in some westerns, is a wrong picture. There are several reasons why it would be wrong: the gun would be rendered useless for its primary purpose, danger of unintentional discharge, and loss of precious time to switch the grip. Instead, pistol whipping (also known as buffaloing) was done with the long and heavy barrel of the gun held in an ordinary manner.

Pistol whipping may leave unusual lacerations on the body of the injured due to various protruding details of the pistol.

References

  1. "Butt Stroke", Random House Unabridged Dictionary
  2. "Pistol whipping", Random House Unabridged Dictionary
  3. To Be a U.S. Marine, by Stephen F. Tomajczyk, 2004, ISBN 0760317887 p. 42
  4. "Fifty Years Among the New Words: by John Algeo, p. 142, from vol. 30 (1955), no. 4 of the American Speech, the journal of the American Dialect Society
  5. The Trampling Herd: The Story of the Cattle Range in America by Paul Iselin Wellman (1988) ISBN 0803297238, p. 196
  6. The True Life Wild West Memoir of a Bush-popping Cow Waddy, by Charley Hester, Kirby Ross, 2004, ISBN 0803273460, Chapther 14: "Buffaloing"
  7. "Pistol whipping", in Forensic Pathology, by David Dolinak, Evan W. Matshes, Emma O. Lew, 2006, ISBN 0122199510, p. 185
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