The question frequently comes up, are the guns used by the participants at the Gunfight behind the O.K. Corral in museums or in the hands of private collectors?
There have been many guns touted as being “authentic” from Tombstone to Alaska over the years but thus far none have been confirmed. Jeff Morey and Casey Tefertiller are two of the most noted experts on the Gun

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows