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what does john wayne say to the robber


what does he say before he shoot the robber at the beginning with his derringer.
i heard something like "sure and a little something else" bang.

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What did he say at the end of their meeting? "This certainly doesn't fix your pistol"? Is that it?

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"..doesn't fit your pistol."

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BTW it is a saying most people growing up in Texas or the West in general have heard for years.
You buy a pistol, then you have to find, or special order a holster that fits it perfectly. This can be a daunting task as the typical Peacemaker or Schofield revolver had a number of specific contours and you certainly wouldn't be safe walking or riding with an ill-fitting holster.

Incidentally, years before in the movie The Green Berets, Wayne acted with his son Patrick. Patrick also used a version of the same saying. Referring to how equipment he had on hand was just what the Army base needed, a bull dozer. "That just fits our pistol."

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Thanks so much!

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"Mister, you better get another line of work; this one sure doesn't fit your pistol."

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More like "This one sure don't fit your pistol."

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