You're overthinking it. They're both just trying to shoot the other guy first.
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So what does this mean for Western gunslingers? Is it always better to draw second? Well, not quite. Welchman also found that the 21 millisecond benefit of reacting quickly was totally overwhelmed by the 200 milliseconds it took to react in the first place.
Of course, ethics committees might frown on scientists duelling with the pistols in the name of discovery, even if the people in question were graduate students.
Seeking volunteers with iron deficiency.
But... Han shot first?
Yeah, nah. A standoff looks cool, adds tension, gives the goodie and baddie time to talk or to be silent (menacingly). But apparently they weren't used much irl. From Wikipedia:
That's what I used to think as a kid - westerns standoffs are an outgrowth of Old World duels, a formalized custom performed by traditionalists, even the baddest bandit secretly being a gentleman at heart. The showerthought here is that the order of events is also perfectly explained by taking legal considerations of justified self-defense into account.
They're holding down the right trigger to charge up their Deadeye
Talking of cowboys, have y'all heard of quick gun Murugan?
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What about the high noon duels? That's a case where it's just a race to react first