User blog comment:ILoveBattles/ILoveBattles (Collab with WanderingSkull) - Season 1 - Episode 4 - James Gang vs Dutch's Gang/@comment-4661256-20160224030813

El Alamein's Edges:

 Close Range: Bowie Knife vs. Hunting Knife:  While both weapons are functionally similar, the Bowie knife is in essence the military-grade version of the hunting knife, which is designed primarily for skinning a hunted animal. The Bowie knife is also able to be thrown (although I'm fairly certain a competent user could do the same thing with a hunting knife). Honestly, while I'm inclined to give the Bowie knife an edge here based on that, it's not significant or definitive enough in my mind to distinguish itself from a weapon that is, for all intents and purposes, the same thing.

Edge: Even

 Mid Range: Colt Peacemaker vs. Borchardt C93:  The James gang was famous for their gunslinging capabilities, and on Deadliest Warrior it was shown that drawing and firing the weapon in slightly over a quarter of a second is quite possible in the hands of a trained user. It's also got a larger-caliber bullet. The Borchardt, alternately, boasts a larger magazine capacity (by two rounds) and a detachable box magazine, which will make for a faster reload. With that being said, I do believe that the James gang does possess a considerable degree of skill with their weapon, which will be enough to capitalize on their advantages and make up for the classic shortcomings of a revolver--if you can floor an opponent before they can fire off their pistol it doesn't matter if the gun has a 30-round magazine or a 100-round magazine because they're dead. Sure, on Deadliest Warrior it wasn't enough to outshoot a fully-automatic Thompson, but this is against a fellow pistol.

Edge: Jesse James Gang

 Long Range: Winchester vs. Evans:  The Evans is a trash weapon. It's pretty much a novelty rifle designed for use on tours in Wild West shows. In fact, the Evans failed the US Army's dust exposure test and was rejected as a military-grade firearm. Yeah, it has a ridiculously huge magazine, but that also translates to an equally complicated reload. The Winchester is far, far more practical as a weapon and despite its smaller magazine size it wasn't rejected by a military organization for being such a laughable piece of crap, so it gets the edge by default.

Edge: Jesse James Gang

 Special Weapons: TNT vs. Shotgun;  Yeah, the TNT is going to be hard to utilize effectively in a fight here. Considering its primary historical use was in construction and mining, it's not really designed to be used militarily unless other components (i.e. shrapnel or other explosive elements, neither of which are present here) are involved (I'm not an explosive expert but that makes sense. If I'm wrong tell me). The shotgun won't be of too much use either thanks to its small magazine and very short range, but its stopping power still make it a potent tool.

Edge: Dutch's Gang

WINNER: JESSE JAMES GANG

The James Gang win for a couple of reasons. The James Gang had significant wartime experience as Confederate bushwhackers, which actually plays quite well as far as preparation for a squad-on-squad fight is concerned. More importantly, though, they are very, very skilled with their weapons (while Dutch's Gang is also likely experienced with their tools, the James Gang can unholster and fire a gun accurately in a little over a quarter of a second) and they have a rifle that isn't a laughable piece of utter garbage. I really don't feel like arguing over the merits of the complete rubbish that is the Evans rifle with everyone below, but let me tell you--a weapon that does not pass the standard issue dust exposure test is not a weapon I want to take into combat in the Wild West of all goddamn places. Anyway... *deep breath* yeah. James Gang wins this quite handily.