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Aug 18, 2015 · James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok was allegedly carrying a .32 caliber Smith and Wesson No. 2 Army with a six-inch barrel when he was gunned down by Jack McCall in Deadwood, South Dakota, on August 2, 1876.
At the time of his death, Hickok was wearing a Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army revolver, a five-shot, single-action, .32-caliber weapon, innovative as one of the first metallic cartridge firearms and favored by many Union officers during the Civil War.
Apr 17, 2015 · The .45 Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver that James carried was known for its top-break action. 2. Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum’s .45 Colt Single Action Army revolver
May 9, 2018 · 1874: When Hickok left Cody at Rochester, N.Y., to return West, Cody and partner Texas Jack Omohundro presented Wild Bill with a pair of .44-caliber Smith & Wesson No. 3 American revolvers later said to be almost as accurate as a rifle. No further reference to them has surfaced.
- Joseph G. Rosa
Aug 2, 2023 · There are no direct reports of which guns he carried, but many have claimed to own his weapons after the fact. Most seem to agree that it’s probable that he carried either a Colt single-action Army revolver or a Smith & Wesson Model 3 revolver.
Oct 11, 2017 · The notorious Hurricane Bill has a pair of your revolvers. He kills annually 25 to 30 Indians.”. John Wesley Hardin used a nickel-plated, ivory gripped, Russian-caliber American No. 3 to kill Deputy Sheriff Charlie Webb in Comanche, Texas, on May 26, 1874—Hardin’s 21st birthday.
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Mar 2, 2007 · The bungled double bank robbery attempt by the Dalton Gang in the brothers’ old hometown of Coffeyville, Kansas, on October 5, 1892, left eight men dead and four wounded. The saga of that holdup attempt would have been Keystone Kops laughable if it hadn’t turned out so deadly.
