Who would win in a fight, an old west gunfighter or a samurai?

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Gunfighter hands down.

JudgmentDay · Accepted Answer

This Guy:  Because he's like a mix of Samurai, sword carried on the back and he's also a gunfighter from the old west. Now back on topic, depending upon the environment, distance, skills, luck, patience, how much ammo the Gunfighter has and depending upon if he also has MORE THAN a Single gun, and whether or not the Samurai can throw his swords or blades, or whether or not have a crossbow or bow and arrow, I'm sure samurais have ranged weapons as well. But the odds would still be greatly in the favor of "The Guy With The GUN", especially if the Samurai does not have anything he can really use to reach at the gunfighter. All because, "the gun is the best defense."

Other_Tommy_Wiseau · Accepted Answer

Who brings a sword to a gunfight? Also their swords were pretty shitty

Jxpxtxr · Accepted Answer

Unless the samurai is some kind of superhuman so he could dodge the bullets the "gun fighter" would win. Disarm them both and make chances fair and the "gunfighter" will be knocked out faster than you could count to 3 😂

SvetlanaSavachenko · Accepted Answer

Nobody stands a chance against Clint Eastwood! I wouldn't stand for him either but I'd sure lay with my legs spread offering him a warm moist holster he can slide his six shooter into.

vishna · Accepted Answer

Samuri. He'd doge the bullet with his blade or cut it in two. And he'd look cool af doing it :)

LadyTerror · Accepted Answer

The gunfighter lol

ADFSDF1996 · Answer

According to history books, some Samurai used matchlock weapons. Samurai were trained in various arts of war. So the samurai with a gun would probably win.

TheRebel69 · Answer

Modern gunslingers can slip leather in seconds and hit the target and they aren't even as good as some of the legendary gunslingers of old. The Samurai would win if they were able to flank him and sneak up (Limiting the time to pull a gun) but if it was a duel, ten paces and such, gunslingers win every time.

Anonymous · Answer

I think the samurai gets shot, still manages to close the distance and slice gunfighter to pieces, dies of infection later.

Early guns were not particularly more effective than earlier weaponry, they just required far less training.

For instance, in early 1800s, muskets could be fired by most people once a minute. Elite troops might fire 4 times a minute. Their effective range was < 100 yards. That's where the old 'wait till you see the whites of their eyes' comes from - after you fire, the opponents can close the gap and engage in bayonet warfare before you reload, so you might as well fire your one round at point blank range. By contrast, longbowmen from centuries earlier could fire 10-12 times a minute and hit a man sized target 80% of the time at 300 yards. Wellington asked whether a few hundred longbowman could be used in the Napoleonic era, but there was simply none around. Learning to be a longbowman took years, where musket infantry could be deployed far, far faster.

Kapakani · Answer

Well of course that samurai in your poll wouldn't stand a chance... look at the lad, he looks scared and nervous already lol.

But now if you'd have put up samurai jack
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Haha now we have ourselves a true battle...
And samurai jack would win😎.

NedfromtheNed · Answer

Well, not exactly a Samurai and not exactly a Gunfighter but it's close enough for the government:

ak666 · Answer

Some samurai used muskets but would probably still be dead before he even got to point it against a skilled gunslinger.

Only case I could think of samurai prevailing in that case is because samurai are apparently a bit insane and ready to die at any moment (at least the more romanticized version of the samurai, not all were like this). So he might take a few rounds and still go kamikaze on the cowboy charging at him and then die after swinging his sword.

Zorax · Answer

Samurai, because they are faster, more dexterous and precise. Samurai had throwing knives like these, they could kill old west gunfighter before they would manage to draw a gun:

AhGojira · Answer

It basically works out like this but with a lot more bias going to the cowboy... Whoops technology.

Phoenix98 · Answer

It would depend are they in a forested area are they dueling does the samurai have a bow is he on horse back etc, etc.  Not really as simple as yes or no to many variables.

madhatters4 · Answer

considering that the use of guns sort of eliminated the effectiveness of the samurai i'd have to say the gun slinger. i'd like to choose the samurai but even a great samurai can only avoid so many bullets

ThisDudeHere · Answer

Even am idiot who's never used a gun before but knows how it works would win against the most skilled fighter in the world if he has a gun. There is just no competition. The only thing that might hinder him would be an unsteady aim and fear to shoot.

Pac-Man · Answer

The samurai would be dead before he could react. I've seen videos of a man slicing bullets with a sword, but you have to be pretty special to be able to do that. Your average samurai wouldn't pull it off.

WhereAmI · Answer

Did you not watch Indiana Jones?

meatballs21 · Answer

Unosuke from Yojimbo might give Clint a run for his money: he's bought a pistol from the Black Ships.

LittleSally · Answer

Samurai all day long... A gun won't change a thing for a good samurai. Just sayin'...

TheSpartan · Answer

Samurai, easily. He'd be on horseback sixty-yards-away pumping arrows into the gunslinger from his Yumi bow before the guy ever knew what hit him. The Samurai are too well trained with the bow.

BeerFarts · Answer

The Samurai would throw his sword at the Gunfighter as he fires his gun. The sword will hit the bullet and it will ricochet back to the Gunfighter's head, killing him instantly. Winner: Sumurai! :)

TokyoGhoulLover · Answer

Well, the anime nerd in me says SAMURAI but the logical part of me says man+gun beats sword. so...*sigh* the gunfighter... but if he loses his gun ITS ON.

WhiteSteve · Answer

Sounds familiar...

Valkyrie1 · Answer

Samurai no longer exist because of guns so yeah gunfighter though samurais are cooler.

Chadette · Answer

Out in the open like a duel? Gunslinger. But if there was cover, the samurai might be able to dodge bullets and get the gunslinger while he has to reload.

LaurenGrace · Answer

You ever seen the movie "last Samuri" ? If you shoot a samuri and he doesn't die he will take his life anyway as he would want an honourable death

Telekinetic-Potato · Answer

It obviously depends. . . is he a well trained Samurai wielding a legendary blade worthy of his name?

menina · Answer

I would say the gunfighter. Sure, the samurai has his skills, but a gun is more effective than a sword.

Raymond_Reddington · Answer

Well.. gunslingers used to turn around and walk a few steps away from eachother before aiming. While the gunslinger is walking away, the samurai will chop his head off. So the samurai ftw

carolann1920 · Answer

well I think the gum man cause he could shoot the nuts off the Samurai from 1/4 mile away. I could wrong though - what you guys think?

Fibbett · Answer

There is a reason why no one carries swords anymore. They're completely obsolete as weapons.

Bandit74 · Answer

It kinda depends on how close they are to eachother when the fight begins but in most scenarios, gun beats sword.

Hans222 · Answer

If it works like a classic duel, at a distance of 10 steps from the center it was I think, the Samurai would need to be very fast to throw... so I think he'll have taken a bullet by than and lose :o

Maxemeister · Answer

Samurai because as u can see from anime Japanese people can teleport duh In reality, to all the fools thinking any samurai has any chance against any deadly gun of any kind is a fool

ManOnFire · Answer

I picked the Samurai! A man with a blade is ALWAYS faster than a man with a gun - and that's actually fact.

reixun · Answer

Samurai, he'd dodge that bullet or slice it in half

Unit1 · Answer

Duh? Is the duel starting from far away or up close? Far away - Gunfighter Up close - Samurai

tricia103 · Answer

Well the gunfighter can just shoot the samurai guy from a distance, so I'm gonna go with him.

RedThread · Answer

Easily a samurai. He would cut the bullets.  A ninja would wreck a cowboy though..

93stepsawayfromhome · Answer

Gunfighter, obviously. The samurai might have the physical strength, but they don't, you know, have a gun.

jakeofalltrades · Answer

could go either way. if the gunfighter can kill the samurai before he gets close he will win. otherwise he is dead

ThatBritishLad · Answer

I'm a cowboy fan, so cowboy. Have you even seen Last Samurai?

llorando · Answer

Gunfighter, a samurai isn't superman, so he can't escape a speeding bullet.

sj2107 · Answer

Given old West guns would sometimes miss by hundreds of feet, samurai.

Anonymous · Answer

How close are they to start out?

matheus_mb · Answer

The gunfighter shoots. The Samurai dies. The gunfighter wins.

Mustachekitteh · Answer

Depends on how fast the the gunfighter can pull his gun out and pull the trigger.

Flow_like_the_wind · Answer

Gunfighter, hand to hand combat though will be a different story.

APRU5 · Answer

Samurai, he would eat the bullets and kill clint eastwood, then die

BrittBratt2416 · Answer

You don't bring a sword to a gun fight..

Flames_864 · Answer

Wtf you invite me to the weirdest stuff lol

Anonymous · Answer

samurai would win in a fight, the gunfighter would win in a shoot out

mooky06 · Answer

The gun lol that's so unfair 🙊😂 haha

Noxifer626 · Answer

Depends. Are we doing anime or real life?

reptocarl · Answer

Gun beats sword everytime

Dargil · Answer

Gunfighter, id take the chance. Samuri, id run.

RicanEyes · Answer

That is hard to pick I couldn't choose one.

SunnyCaliGirl · Answer

The gunfight'en cowboy for sure

blondfrog · Answer

Samurai they wil fight to the death

Yanoa_Yanza · Answer

Depends on the area, the situation and stuff xD

lazermazer · Answer

Death, the death wins.

Dred1614returns · Answer

He'd open up a can of old American whoop-ass.

Darkfairie17 · Answer

Samurai forever!

Anonymous · Answer

A sword can cut a bullet

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