Wyatt Earp’s Pistol

The question comes up from time to time: Was Wyatt Earp carrying a Smith and Wesson American revolver at the OK Corral Gunfight? That story has been going around in some circles for years. Let me quote from the late Lee Silva, author of Wyatt Earp: A Biography of the Legend. “The myth that Wyatt Earp used a Smith & Wesson during the 1881 shootout was perpetuated by the late Earp historian John Gilcrease, who owned an engraved Smith & Wesson American Model revolver with homemade wood