The Gunslinger's Tragedy

 is a mission in Red Dead Redemption.

Story
Landon Ricketts teaches John how to handle Level 3 Dead-eye.

Mission Prerequisites
Before this mission becomes available, the player must complete:
 * Irish mission: "We Shall Be Together in Paradise"

Mission Objectives
To complete this mission, the player must:
 * Use Dead-Eye to tag and shoot three (3) bottles.
 * Use Dead-Eye to tag and shoot at least two (2) birds.
 * Stop the bank wagon robbery.
 * Destroy the banditos' roadblock.
 * Escort bank wagon into town.

Mission Details
As the mission begins, Landon Ricketts gives you a new Schofield Revolver and wants you to shoot three glass bottles with your dead eye mode. This is simple, just go into Dead eye and mark each of the bottles. After you do that, he tests your dead eye skills again. He fires a shot, disturbing a bunch of vultures, which take off from the roofs and walls. You must kill at least two of them with your dead eye mode activated. After that, Landon Ricketts asks you to follow him into Chuparosa. When you enter the town, a scared bank employee runs to you and says that the bank cart, delivering cash to the bank, has been attacked by bandits. After this short cutscene, you must mount your horse and follow Ricketts to the cart. It is not far from the town, just a little way down the road. The cart is being robbed by three bandits &mdash; two of them are normal enemies with rifles and revolvers, while the third one is holding the cart driver as a hostage. After killing the two rifle-holding enemies, enter dead eye mode and target the third one in the head, because harming the cart driver will result as mission failure. After this short battle, the driver asks you to escort the cart back to the town. On the way back, three more bandits appear blocking the road. Kill them and finish escorting the cart back to Chuparosa.

Mission Failure
The mission will fail if the player:
 * Assaults, kills or abandons Landon Ricketts.
 * Kills Landon's horse.
 * Assaults or kills livestock.
 * Does not use Dead-Eye to shoot the bottles.
 * Does not use Dead-Eye to shoot the vultures.
 * Allows the hostage to die.
 * Assaults the hostage.
 * Kills the horses of the carriage he's protecting.
 * Breaks the law.
 * Kills a dog.
 * Commits vandalism.
 * Assaults or kills townsfolk.
 * Dies.

New Game Elements Introduced

 * Dead-Eye Targeting Level 3

Mission Complete Unlockables

 * Dead-Eye Targeting Level 3
 * Schofield Revolver (gifted)

Trivia

 * If John enters the cutscene wearing a hatless outfit, such as the Gentleman's Attire, John will appear with his normal hat on, but after the cutscene the hat is removed.
 * During the bottle-shooting part of the mission, you can shoot the bottle of a nearby drunk, who will proceed to shout in Spanish.
 * The title of this mission could be a reference to the Grand Theft Auto IV mission "A Revenger's Tragedy".
 * Avoid starting this mission near sundown; you'll find you'll be trying to target the hostage-holding bandito with the setting sun right behind him, making him (and the hostage) extremely hard to see.
 * For some strange reason, Marston is able to fire his Cattleman Revolver in a double-action manner on this mission when the Cattleman Revolver is a single-action weapon.
 * After John asks what Landon is waiting for in the second cut scene, Landon pauses before saying "I don't know..." with a watery eye. This could hint that he is somewhat afraid of death.