In some Westerns, characters hang a dead man’s gun and holster on a crudely made cross marking his grave. Did they really do that in the old days?

In some Westerns, characters hang a dead man’s gun and holster on a crudely made cross marking his grave. Did they really do that in the old days? Annette Brackin Rutledge, Georgia That was 1930s and 1940s Hollywood melodrama. A Colt revolver might cost less than $25, but I guarantee the deceased’s friends wouldn’t leave prized guns out there to be stolen or to rust in the elements. I grew up watching the same movies, and I fantasized about going out to where they filmed those shoot ’