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Did Bob Ford shoot Jesse James with a Colt .45 or a Smith & Wesson .44?
In the February/March 2023 issue, Mark Lee Gardner wrote a column titled “TheSmoking Gun: Where is Colt #50432?”
Gardner’s research led to his straight-up conclusion, based on these facts:
The Colts: The St. Joseph Western News’ edition on the day of the shootin
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