Don’t get what it is, or why anyone would do it? Seems like, just buy a guitar, and treat it badly, and it will self-relic.
That 
Makes no sense to me. I don’t mind the look of an older guitar that has been wore due to usage, but to fake it? Nope.
Well, only one conclusion here, keep your powder dry.
There’s a bath tub scene in Hang 'em high
Can’t remember if a gun was involved.
There were bubbles.
Clint must have really liked the bath tub scenes.
We watch anything with Clint-baby is in. Ivy is in love with him.
Rawhide eps really are her favorite.
I’ve watched so much Rawhide, I can’t tell you!
It’s basically background noise at this point.
I don’t remember (or chose to forget) if he was ever in water shooting a hand gun in that show. Sounds like a plausible scene. That man found trouble like a two year old.
I think if I lived back then, maybe I’d avoid tubs full of bubbles. It attracts gun fights.
Well, my replica 1858 Remington New Army is extremely accurate, and it’s a replica of a pre Civil War cap and ball blackpowder pistol.
So clearly the determining factor would be manufacturing quality, not design.
I thought it was this scene.
Civil War era weapons in general were a lot more accurate than most modern people think. An old cap and ball revolver is just as accurate as many modern pistols, it’s just really slow and a bit of a pain in the backside to reload. The sights on a Colt 1851 Navy are a bit meh by modern standards, but they aren’t horrible. Plus the longer barrel gives you a better sight radius than you get with a modern shorter pistol.
Wild Bill Hickock managed to kill a guy in one shot at 75 yards with a pistol from that era. That’s a darn impressive shot even by modern standards. It’s also the closest thing to a Hollywood style gunfight that ever really happened in the Old West.
A Colt 1851 Navy can hit roughly a 12 inch target at 50 yards. A modern pistol is probably going to be more like 6 inches (unless you have a high quality target pistol which might get it down to an inch or two). Wild Bill used to claim he could hit a playing card at 50 yards. I don’t know how much of that is truth or just legend, though.
A Civil War era rifle-musket also compares pretty well against a modern rifle, although again it’s single shot and extremely slow to reload. The round is also sub-sonic, so bullet drop at a distance is significant. Modern weapons aren’t much more accurate, but they do at least shoot a lot flatter due to the significantly higher bullet speed. A really good Civil War era soldier could hit a man-sized target at 500 yards. A good quality Civil War era rifle-musket shoots about 4 MOA (which translates to it can hit a 4 inch circle at 100 yards) which is roughly equivalent to a modern AR-15. A Spencer Rifle isn’t quite as accurate due to the shorter barrel, but it can easily hit a man-sized target at 300 yards.
A Civil War era cap and ball revolver and a Civil War era rifle-musket are both more accurate than my old eyes are at this point. Accuracy-wise, they ain’t bad.
Funny but when I turn on my TV, if I’m waiting for my wife, I often click over to Grit on broadcast TV for a few moments. Most often I see a couple of minutes of The Rifleman. But the other day, It showed exactly this scene w/ Tuco in the bathtub.
I like Grit. I guess.
Its on my TV often enough 
The Rifleman is my particular favorite.
I carry a rifle just like his.
Shooting from the hip is not even remotely possible. I know I’ve tried.
Albeit, I was shooting at a target and not a bad guy.
No bubbles, either way.
Yeah - I would watch it regularly if not for the commercials. Always liked Chuck Connors.
Always amuses me to see the same group of actors playing in all the various 50s-60s western shows/films.
Tucu usually carried a frankengun:
I have just read a book called Chamber Divers (Rachel Lance) about the team of scientists that determined how to use re-breathers safely for divers during WWII (as well as CO2 management for mini-subs).
They were all geneticists at University College London, but they used the scientific method and their statistical skills to apply themselves to an vital military investigation. They carried out the experiments on themselves, risking spine-breaking seizures, collapsed lungs, bends-induced strokes, and death every time they entered a pressure chamber.
On to Clint Eastwood - one of the scientists was a Jewish refugee called Hans Grüneberg. He had left the UCL team to join the army, and used his statistical knowledge to evaluate the spread patterns of ballistic projectiles. It was his analysis of shrapnel injuries that determined that steel body armour that was being considered for the D-Day landings had an almost zero effect on survivability at the cost of many pounds of additional weight. Not only would this slow soldiers down, for a coastal invasion across water, sand, and mud it could very well be a lethal addition.
Win!!