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C.M. Russell’s Illustrated Colt

by | Sep 25, 2010 | Art, Guns and Culture

Documenting the cowboy artist’s most treasured sidearm.  
For Charlie Russell’s funeral on October 27, 1926, a pistol and rig, along with his chaps, were draped over Dexter, the cowboy artist’s favorite horse. That nickel-plated Colt revolver and double loop holster are among the many treasures in the Charles M. Russell Research Collection, acquired last October by the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The coll


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