While pigeon shooting never returned after the 1900 Paris Games, organizers came up with pistol dueling – in which two competitors shot at each other – for the 1908 Games in London.

In 1800 Burr obtained and had published "The Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq ... 56 caliber dueling pistol. Burr was unscathed; Hamilton fell to the ground mortally wounded.