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Gun that Killed Jesse James Sets Record

by | Mar 1, 2004 | Art, Guns and Culture

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Step aside Black Jack Ketchum, Bob Ford’s Smith & Wesson has hit your target. On November 9-10, 2003, Little John’s Auction Service’s firearms auction broke the Western historical firearms record set in 1998, when outlaw Black Jack Ketchum’s pistol sold for $240,000. So what is the value of the gun that fatally shot 35-year-old Jesse James as he straightened a picture in his parlor? A whopping $350,000. The gun that killed Jesse James has had a tumultuous history—on lo


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