Gunfighters were partly man and partly myth. In legend and sometimes in real life they stood along as lone crusaders or knight-errants who fought evil so that good might prevail. They were every bit as colorful in reality as they were in mythology and they might never have existed had it not been for that unique thing called the American West.
They also might never have existed had it not been for men with names like Colt, Remington, Smith and Wesson
The term “gunfighter” can be traced
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