- Verne Ward: You know the trouble with this business is it makes a man old before his time. You know I never did hear of a sheriff living to be a ripe old age, did you?
- Jim Trask: Sure. Ed Murdock. They didn't shoot him until he was 38.
- Verne Ward: Probably lied about his age.
- Verne Ward: Claudius don't bluff. He's the fastest man with a gun I've ever seen.
- Jim Trask: Give me the gun.
- [Verne hands him his own gun]
- Jim Trask: No, that one.
- Verne Ward: As long as you're gettin' around to doin' some shooting you might as well have a gun with bullets in it.
- Jim Trask: I've got bullets.
- [Jim takes the gun that they recovered from Dave Mosely]
- Verne Ward: Think you'll be able to use it?
- Jim Trask: How long have you known?
- Verne Ward: Ever since I first heard you talking in your sleep.
- [Jim walks away and mounts his horse]
- Verne Ward: You better make up your mind by the time you meet Claudius. He'll give you no chance to change it. Good luck.
- Jim Trask: Thanks.