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What pistol did Wild Bill Hickok favor?

by | Apr 1, 2007 | Inside History

What pistol did Wild Bill Hickok favor? David Edelen Millbrook, Alabama Hickok’s weapon of choice was the 1851 .36 caliber Navy Colt, although he likely upgraded the pistol to a conversion for loading metallic cartridges. Those Navy Colts had a nice feel and were deadly accurate. Pistols and ammunition during that time weren’t as good as later models. Hickok was a great shooter, although probably not as good of one as the pulp writers made him out to be. Joseph G. Rosa, the expert on Hickok,


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