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The Fatal Bullet

by | Jan 17, 2018 | True West Blog

John Wesley Hardin postmortem True West
There are a lot of Old West items floating around in the world of collectors—including the bullet that killed gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. Bill Koch—who bought the only authenticated photo of Billy the Kid—owns the .45 slug that went through Hardin’s brain.  It’s been encased in a bottle for 122 years.  Last year, the deformed bullet was removed and examined.  Ex


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