User blog comment:Facetheslayer/Richard Harrow (Boardwalk Empire) v. John Marston (Red Dead Redemption)/@comment-5795750-20160114040004

BG1's "The Old West Don't Die Easy" Edge:

Instead of giving out simple edges for weapons and X-Factors, I'm just gonna go and put on here a simple long paragraph.

Having reviewed the evidence put before me here, I reckon the main winner of this match is John Harrow. Yes some people might be led to believe this is most likely Jesse James vs Al Capone all over again with the cowboy winning over the gangster but this is not the case here. Harrow's weaponry is truly more sophisticated than Marston's and while his revolver and pistol may seem inferior to the cowboy's, the other weapons he has compensate for this set-back especially considering how you said that long-range is one of his proficiencies. Furthermore, Harrow's experiences as a mafia hitman and a WWI veteran trump over Marston's own Mexican War and outlaw life experiences - despite his facial scar, Harrow was able to survive the tough ordeal of WWI (despite the US entering its denouement) and I think this evens out Marston's own durability surviving the Wild West. Furthermore, in spite of Marston's quickdraw and reflexes, Harrow can match him with his own military/hunter discipline and his uncanny accuracy with weapons that take advantage of this.

In short, Harrow wins over Marston due to technologically superior weaponry and marginally superior X-Factors.