Movie Logic: Western Marksmanship

According to Movie Logic:

A cowboy who exchanges a dozen shots with the bad guys without hitting one will nevertheless be able to hit and detonate a stick of dynamite from 150 feet away with a revolver on the first try.

Western characters are never shot in the legs while hiding behind wagons.

Horses are never wounded in horseback gunfights.

If you are a cowboy, aiming your rifle while using your horse as a support will always assure a first round hit.

Shots fired in Westerns that do not hit a character always ricochet loudly.

Shots fired at guys hiding around corners never whiz past; they always strike the edge of the building near the character's face.

If there is a trough of water present in a Western gunfight scene, at least one shot will splash spectacularly in the water.