Where both of Bill Hickoks 1851 Colt Revolvers chambered for .36 cal Black Powder or where they chambered for .36 cal metallic cartridges?
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Added by James Bearde on December 17, 2009 at 12:30am —
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When the bounty hunters of the west went after the fugitives whose vital info and cash rewards that were as posted, Were the Stamps on these wanted posters "Wanted : Dead or Alive" generally used for premoting the capture and dispatching of the general fugitive population or was it primarily used mostly for extreme cases such as those regarding the likes of Billy the Kid, John W. Hardin, Frank & Jesse James, Clay Allison ETC?
Or was it rarely stamped on these wanted posters at all?...
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Added by James Bearde on December 17, 2009 at 12:17am —
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Did cowboys actually shoot from the back of a moving horse in the Real old west like as in the hollywood westerns?
"If So" how could the horses stand all the noise made by the firearms without being spooked?
Did they have to actually get used to all that shooting noise?
How did they ever do all of that?..
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Added by James Bearde on October 15, 2009 at 11:26pm —
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Did Benjamin Henry Have a line of shotguns and sidearms or was it just the line of rifles & carbines that his company put out on the market?
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Added by James Bearde on October 15, 2009 at 11:18pm —
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Who developed these techniques of the Thumbing and the slap hammer techniques?..
were these techniques applied in various shootout incidents like the one at the ok corral and the incident in wounded knee?...were any of these ever recorded as to how they were used in actual historical gunfights in the west?...
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Added by James Bearde on September 21, 2009 at 7:50pm —
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What all calibers did the sharps buffalo rifle come in besides .45/.70 and .50 caliber and what was the actual total weight of the firearm?...what was the total maximum yardage range for each caliber...what was the total effectiveness of knockdown power of this particular weapon?...from what year to to years were they produced and how many were produed within its supply & demand at that time?....what company started the line of sharps...how many cartridges could it hold at one time?...Was it…
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Added by James Bearde on July 2, 2009 at 7:10pm —
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What are the differences between a .45 colt and a .45 long colt bullet?...or are they the same bullett?...
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Added by James Bearde on June 17, 2009 at 2:04am —
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Happy Trails to you Partner and May your legend continue to grow!....
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Added by James Bearde on June 8, 2009 at 2:26am —
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what was the maximum weight limit that a n actual statecoach carry at one time before it finally f…
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Added by James Bearde on June 8, 2009 at 2:04am —
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