In the first decade of the 20th century, the age-old custom of pistol dueling was briefly resurrected as a non-lethal sport, even making it into the 1908 Olympics as a side event. To accurately simulate the conditions of a duel, opponents would use real dueling pistols and gunpowder. The bullets, however, were wax. Duelists were dressed like fencers in heavy canvas clothes with wire-and-glass face masks, their pistols augmented with metal hand guards. Even with those precautions, the occasional injury was to be expected.
AutisticKnight
Original Photograph taken by Dr. Graeme M. Hammond.
In the first decade of the 20th century, the age-old custom of pistol dueling was briefly resurrected as a non-lethal sport, even making it into the 1908 Olympics as a side event. To accurately simulate the conditions of a duel, opponents would use real dueling pistols and gunpowder. The bullets, however, were wax. Duelists were dressed like fencers in heavy canvas clothes with wire-and-glass face masks, their pistols augmented with metal hand guards. Even with those precautions, the occasional injury was to be expected.
CyberBroccoli
We need to bring this activity back as a regular sport
TomXizor
I saw this on "Forgotten Weapons" with Gun-Jesus.