Oh yeah it definitely did.
My grandmother actually had wooden swinging doors between two parts of her house that were pretty much saloon doors. They weren’t super heavy, but they were extremely satisfying.
It was the best to kick them open, I got yelled at more than once for doing so and eventually stopped because I didn’t want to break them.
But I can assure you, it was great.
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I bet it wouldn’t. We have a collective image from films. People back in the day had no such imagery. Cowboys were poorly paid agricultural workers.
Coming into a saloon kicking in the swinging doors (if they had them) would have only startled and pissed off the guests, and the owner would give you the stink eye and covertly spit in your drink if not just kick you out. Doors are neither bombproof, nor free.