the reason Custer's men lasted as long as they did was because that single shot rifle everyone loves to malign was excellent for long range where as the pistol caliber repeating rifles sucked at the ranges that battle was mostly fought at. the thing that killed Custer was numbers.
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the best course of action when all is against you is to slow down and think critically about the situation. this way you are not blindly rushing into an ambush and your mind is doing something useful rather than getting you killed.
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