At the range he was shooting most of these guys–I don’t think it was going to be much of an issue–especially for someone with so much experience using a gun. A human is a pretty large target at the distances we see in that scene.
People with vision in only one eye don’t lack depth perception. It may not be quite as good as those with two eyes, but depth perception does not rely exclusively on binocular disparity. We also use a combination of parallax and our own vestibular system. If someone is a good shot with two eyes, I don’t think that person would get significantly worse with one eye, especially when the targets are not far away.
Well, he didn’t actually know the surplus of gangsters were going to leave. He didn’t know there was a deal in place between Nucky and Masseria, so he was expecting everyone to be there. So, there really wouldn’t be any need to scope out the place waiting for the perfect opportunity.
It was just coincidence, and a little blind luck, that most of them hit the road.
Several days pass between the time we see him gathering his guns and when he actually storms the building. I think we must be meant to think that he’s just been casing the brothel and waiting for his chance. Not specifically because he knew about the deal, but just because he figured at some point something would come down the pipe and he’d have his chance.
Otherwise its a pretty bizarre coincidence that he charges in at exactly the right time and you have to explain what he was doing all week after getting kicked out.
One eye or two, a scoped rifle is pretty useless in a house. Bolt action, point (not aim) and shoot and a long barrel are disadvantages. Everyone else seems to have Tommy guns, so should Richard. Much better for clearing a house.
Yes, but he used the guns he fought and trained with for the most part – the rifle and the Webley revolver. Also, with a scope that small and low powered, he could have been doing more point and shoot fighting rather than taking aim. Really, he likely only used the scope in that very first shot down the hallway.
Do they, though? IIRC, fully-automatic weapons are fairly rare on the show. Most times someone’s packing iron, it’s a pistol or a shotgun. I certainly don’t remember any Thompsons in the Richard scene (but that may have been because I was too busy going SQUEEE! at seeing Richard kick ass).
Sorry for the nitpick, but he used a US issue S&W M1917 revolver and what looked like a Colt 1903 when he popped the guy under the chin during the struggle in the hallway.
Yep. The ring under the grip fooled me. It’s a S&W for certain - which also had a similar ring.