When Etta Stone is shot still holding a rifle, she drops it and makes sure she falls gently with both arms to break her fall. Davis seemed to make sure she doesn't break anything so her death seemed weak.
When Lou Stone knocks Matt Dillon unconscious by hitting him on the back of the head with his gun, it was an obvious "swing-and-a-miss" poorly executed stunt. Stone clearly makes no near contact and furthermore, if he had held the pistol by the barrel and used it like a hammer, it would have been a much more effective tool (a rubber prop gun perhaps) for the task than the fake glancing blow that puts the marshal out cold on the ground. It did not look convincing at all.
When Lou Stone knocks Matt Dillon unconscious by hitting him on the back of the head with his gun, it was an obvious "swing-and-a-miss" poorly executed stunt. Lou clearly makes no near contact and furthermore, if he had held the pistol by the barrel and used it like a hammer, it would have been a much more effective tool (a rubber prop gun perhaps) for the task than the fake glancing blow that puts the marshal out cold on the ground. It did not look convincing at all.