"Gun that killed Billy the Kid sells for $6 million" Topic
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Tango01  | 01 Sep 2021 7:54 p.m. PST |
"The gun used by Sheriff Pat Garrett to kill Billy the Kid on July 14th, 1881, sold at auction Friday for $6,030,313. USD In brisk bidding from around the world, the Colt .44 revolver blew past the pre-sale estimate of $2 USD-3 million to set a new auction sale record for a firearm. The six million dollar gun was actually on Billy's side at first. It belonged to Billy Wilson, one of the Kid's gang, when Pat Garrett captured the surviving members of the gang at Stinking Springs on December 23rd, 1880. Garrett confiscated Wilson's Colt and his Winchester rifle and used them in the line of duty. Billy the Kid was brought to trial and sentenced to death on April 13th. Fifteen days later, he escaped from Lincoln County courthouse jail killing two deputies on his way out. Garrett tracked Billy the Kid to the Pete Maxwell ranch in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and shot him to death. The Winchester rifle Garrett took from Wilson was also part of this auction, as were two of the weapons Kid stole during his escape from the Lincoln County Courthouse: the shotgun he took from Deputy Bob Olinger and then used to kill him, and a Winchester 73 he stole from the open armory on his way out the door…"
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 John the OFM | 01 Sep 2021 7:58 p.m. PST |
Huh. I wonder how they could prove the covenance.
I know! Call the Pawn Stars! |
| Tango01 | 02 Sep 2021 2:37 p.m. PST |
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| Zephyr1 | 02 Sep 2021 8:27 p.m. PST |
"Huh. I wonder how they could prove the covenance. " Dig the slugs out of BtK. Having the gun is fine, but the collection isn't complete without them… ;-) |
| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2021 2:33 p.m. PST |
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| John the OFM | 03 Sep 2021 9:38 p.m. PST |
I'm embarrassed that Autocorrect changed "provenance" to "covenance".
I didn't even know that was a word, but autocorrect thinks so. |
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finally dips his toe into the world of Aeronef.
