User blog comment:Alockwood1/Battle of the Rifles - Lucas McCain Versus Matthew Quigley/@comment-17814994-20170210113624

Elgb's "Wild West Shooting Galore" EDGES!!!

Long: Yeah I'm giving the edge to Quigley here. Lucas McCain is a rifleman through and through with his tactics of overwhelming his opponents through firepwoer. And all though he's accurate himself, I give him a rank of designated marksman at most. Quigley is better than that; he's a sniper. His sharps rifle, nicknamed the "Quicgley Rifle" is the godfather of all long rifles. Lucas still needs to get close to use his rifle but Quigley can pretty much aim and shoot him before he can do so. Also, making you rifle "cock and fire" at the same time is a very very very dangerous thing to do. Not only does it make your shots less accurate than they can be, but you also risk making yourseld a casualty as well. EDGE: Quigley

Mid: Easy edge to the classic Colt Peacemaker. It's a metallic cartridge firing revolver, as opposed to the Colt M1860 which is a cap and ball pistol. EDGE: McCain

Close: McCain is pretty resourceful. He can use whatever he can get his hands on as weapons. But if he doesn't have anything to pick up from he can use his own rifle as a melee weapon. Quigley on the other hadn is more prepared since he's carrying a bowie knife. McCain maybe good at disarming people with that hammer but I don't think Quigley is as absent-minded as all the others the former faced before. Also, McCain's arsenal seems to suggest that he's a guy more comfortable on thinking on the fly during the fight. It's good when your adapting to various scenarios but Quigley's arsenal means he's more calculating and tactical minded during the fight. EDGE: Quigley

Deadliest Warrior?

I gotta say man, I really think that Matt Quigley would win this battle since he can just snipe Lucas from afar, or kill him with his traps as he get close. But after reading the scenario I give this to Lucas McCain in a hard-earned stomp.

Since Lucas McCain was told (or forced) to hunt down Quigley, this gives him some knowledge of his opponent and how he will approach him (while Quigley doesn't know). This is what other battle forums call "prep time", which means that since Lucas is the one who'll be surprising Quigley, he can plan the fight before hand and get the jump on the sniper. Lucas can just knock into Quigley's door, get close to him (basically eliminating the range advantage that Quigley's Sharps has), and pepper him with his rapid-firing rifle. If both warriors are given the same, equal and fair knowledge of each other, then I'll gladly give my edge to Quigley, but until then Lucas McCain destroys.