Wild Bill Hickok: A Gunfighter's Colt 

Did the topps family put this gun up for sale?? I don't think they did tho

One thing I learned along the way is that every killer has more enemies than friends

Thats 5 generations ago.

@@needaman66 Yes, sir.

Nicely said. I too have a few myself. 2 made by pietta, both brass frame, one in 36 the other a 44. I also have a 3rd one made by a company called navy arms, believe they quit makin them back in the 70s. All 3 of mine have been amazing firearms, like you said balanced and accurate.

Pat Garrett didn't kill William h Bonnie

@@jaygee3032 Argruably so but the history books and the movies say he did. But they are known to be wrong and to lie.

I wouldn't want a gun used to shoot a man in the back. Especially when the shooter was trusted as a friend by the man shot. Garrett was garbage.

@@ingurlund9657 Most of those legendary gunfighters were backshooters who ambushed hapless adversaries with shotguns more often than face to face with pistols. And just as often stationed accomplices with rifles in high perches to back them up.

@@ingurlund9657 "On February 29, 1908, Pat Garrett was urinating on the side of the road to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about four miles east of town. As he was so occupied, somebody hidden about 50 feet behind him put a Winchester bullet in the back of his head, which exited his right eye." No court ever proved who the "somebody" was.

Y is it hard to machine if i might ask sir.

@@justinweaver8787 Ivory contains calcium just like our teeth and has a "V" grain zig-zag structure. I always used 4 flute non center cutting carbide endmills and carbide burs to machine it but for checkering I would use up about 10 checkering bits per grip panel if I was making Luger or 1911 grips.

@@cameronmccreary4758 wow very interesting i did not know that about ivory.

@@cameronmccreary4758 Thank you for that info, nice to hear from a true craftman. :)

mammoth ivory is legal. i think it requires treatment to stabilize it.

Yup !

Cant take it with you Damn sure wouldn’t want family fights over it ! Yup museum!

Good point. I totally agree.

@@bandpassmess *Not to mention; you would be tied to it's history, immortal, lol.*

Only on a loan situation, handled by an attorney, never trust a museum. Remember what the DIA did a few years ago with the Custer LBH guidon!! Disgrace!

25 cents, from the Black Hills, ivory grips. pretty compelling stuff since in those days my grandma in the Black Hills couldn't afford ONE bullet for that Navy.

Ancestor of his….

Fool

is he still around? haven't watched him in years. i moved on to channels that actually teach you something instead of shill for some gun store.

@@jessestreet2549 Hickock45 has 6.84 million subscribers, so I don't think he's missing you at all. He teaches a lot, but only if the viewer has the capacity to learn. And naming his sponsors isn't "shilling".

@@hrfardan66 he's ok for noobs.

I never heard that before. I like it. Thanks!

I don’t know who said it either but I use it at the gun range I work at virtually every day. We have a ‘one shot per second’ rule. When asked why I always tell them that. I usually get a look like ‘what’? It’s too blindingly obvious to explain so I usually don’t.

Earp himself is indeed quoted as saying (I can't get his statement verbatim) that, when shooting in combat, you need to take your time and aim true. There was, as was common with gunfighters of the era, quite a bit from writers embellishing what he was, but by all accounts Earp was the real deal, a very hard man and incredible shooter who killed many men. What's most amazing about him is that he never sustained even so much as a scratch in the many incredibly nasty gunfights in which he took part.

@@Gunners_Mate_Guns same thing with Hickok. The Dave Tutt fight, he drew, layed the 36 across his left forearm, and made a center mass shot, under pressure at 75 yards. Amazing! With the OK fight, an eyewitness stated and I’m paraphrasing “There was a tall fellow in a long coat standing stock still in the middle of the fight, shooting.” Wyatt was the only one on his side who was completely unscathed. Makes perfect sense to me, as I’d read a study of some kind that the human eye is attracted to movement, in addition to other factors like “tunnel vision” and adrenaline dumping, ect., so in the midst of a chaotic group fight of that type standing still while in the fight just might have had some impact on him not being injured. He surely wouldn’t have been “last on the list” for his enemies attention.

Nope. He carried his cap and ball guns well into the cartridge era. A good shot does not "sling lead". And the 1851 Navy is about as perfectly balanced as a gun can get.

How do you know he wouldn’t like a wheel gun ?

@@morrismonet3554 this is false information, he carried a s and w no 2 revolver when he died in deadwood 1876

@@zzzzr9093 Yes when he died. That doesn't negate my TRUE statement about the 1851s.

As far as I know; no the two never met.

If we ever get that gun in, you can count on it.

I take it that was BEFORE the civil war when he became famous!!

@@louisliu5638 yes. It was before the war.

"look the part" or define "the look"?

@@jessestreet2549 legend had it "he had The Look" (right at you) as well absolutely. Big part staring contest absolutely. "Other guy liked the crowd he only liked you" thing.

if you research his story what made him deadly was he would unleash his guns at the first moment he felt threatened - many times before his victims were even aware there was danger afoot - mccanles / phil coe / mulvey / strawhun - he did kill some indians and 7th calvary troopers in self defense but basically it was shoot first and live

.36” caliber & 7.5” octangonal barrel.

small town in the Black Hills where my grandma grew up; no one HAD any more than 25 cents.

U n i o n guys get a pass from history books, I guess.

Absolutely. Just go the our website (which RU-vid doesn't like us to type) during the auction days for a live feed.

It was a straight cap and ball and not a cartridge conversion.

If you look at the rear of the cylinder, you can plainly see the nipples that the percussion caps were mounted on. It was never converted.

What we do know is. That it had hikocks name spelled wrong on it when it first appeared. And then, once the public pointed it out. It end up spelled right. There's alot that spoken about it. I hope that this gets figured out before they try selling it! I

@@oldeays5085 agreed!

@@oldeays5085 was wondering if anyone was gonna mention the "spell-check" incident regarding this particular 1851. Seems that the man from the auction house must not know about it? Or maybe he was gonna mention it and forgot?...

@@oldeays5085 Tommy Hass could reproduce anything!! Beware! If Randy is right, it is a fake! Randy tell us more please.

The grip shape on a single action Colt lets the gun recoil back and up into the hand, putting the hammer right under the thumb for re-cocking.

Brilliant

The hammer, when cocked, is the rear sight on Colt percussion revolvers. There is a small cutaway in the center. The front sight is a bead. This was done as these revolvers had no top strap. The 1858 Remington revolver was far less complicated and far superior to the Colt. Fewer parts, easier disassembly. The 1873 Colt is much patterned after it. Most firearms to that point, not designed for concealed carry, had large hammer spurs for gripping. A slip while cocking would result in an accidental discharge.

The other guy was David Tutt, and the shot was in the chest, not between the eyes.

@@morrismonet3554 Thanks for the update. I was winging it from memory.

accuracy requires intent. if your momma said you were a smart little fellow, i suspect it wasn't the first or last lie she told you.

Both Baldwin and Hutchins relied on the armorer to keep prop guns on set safe. If you research the Uberti 1873 SAA, a replica of the Colt, you 'd see it would be impossible for Baldwin to 'safety check' (as all the armchair experts say) because the cylinder isn't hinged, thus blocking view of the cylinders and barrel. Safety was only accomplished by the person loading the gun, and cleaning it between firing. In addition, if the Uberti was borrowed for 'horseplay,' loaded with live ammo and the Single Action 'fanned' like a gunslinger, the manually operated transfer bar and delicate sear could be damaged . . . which appears to be the case causing the accidental discharge. Baldwin claims the hammer fell without pulling the trigger . . . clearly, a worn or damaged sear, and the transfer bar also damaged. Finally, if you claim Baldwin was responsible, then the photography director was even more responsible. WHY? After all, it was she who directed Baldwin to point the gun towards her to line up and frame the shot, and to cock the trigger . . . if Baldwin couldn't reasonably rely on the armorer, then neither should Hutchins, who then should have demanded Baldwin unload and reload the gun before aiming it at her. It is one thing to fire an untested gun you didn't personally inspect and load, but one HELL of another to have that gun pointed at you and the hammer cocked! In all the shots fired for cinema, millions of them, there has only been one other fatality--Brandon Lee on the 'Crow' set. In that case it was also a negligent armorer, who failed to run a cleaning rod through the barrel after it was last fired. A fragment of lead was in the barrel, propelled by the blank . . . into Brandon's chest. Neither the actor firing the gun or the negligent armorer were charged.

@@leonarddaneman810 And in the Lee and I believe the Baldwin shoot, both venues were a NON-UNON film shoot. The Lee issue was explained decades ago by a UNION gun safety on set guy, credentialed and PROPERLY TRAINED. get rid of the union, and this is what you get: AMATEUR HOUR. so you saved a few nickels. oh, great.

@@louisliu5638 The girl was contract, and her father an accredited armorer. Nothing to do with it.

@@leonarddaneman810 the father wasn't there; she is on record as stating this wasn't her claim to fame, and wasn't at all comfortable with the responsibility.

I don't believe he wore them backwards on a regular basis. The famous picture also had his knife tucked in his belt without a sheath. He positioned his revolvers and his knife purposefully for that single photograph only. That's what I believe. Even a semi-inspired quick-draw isn't likely with his guns in an ass -backwards position. His knife would cut through his belt and create other problems, as well, with the cutting edge exposed. Aside from that, it's a great picture and I have an enlarged copy of it in my home.

I don't think its one of wild bills

But if they were standing in a line it would be a row.

Colt sure enough did.

Just like price is right, I bid $20.01!

might depend on what side of the mason dixon line or possibly of the Mississipi you hail from. once met a yankee from boston who pronounced dog as "doeg" whereas any cultured person pronounced it as "dawg". you say po tay toe, he says po tah toe, ah sez tay ter.

@@jessestreet2549 No, the word, row, when used in reference to a conflict, rhymes with cow. If it rhymes with go, it refers to a line or to boat propulsion.

It was WIld Bill's pistol NO DOUBT AT ALL, 1 of 2 both in different locations - I know not which one this one is however. Maybe he get to that later.

PROVENANCE is origin, source

​@@myfavoritemartian1I doubt it was Wild Bills

@@danielblackburn1241 My exact point. If you can't prove origin and source then it can't be.

he carried a pair of s&w #2 armys .32 rimfire

You "talk" with such confidence on this , were you there? Hickok's eyesight had started to deterate. Wesley's "Road agent spin" sounds really cool but was it true?

@@AIRRAID2 John was literally the fastest human on earth with a revolver. No human today or yesterday could match that guy with a pistol. Hardin was a born Texan. Stands to reason a Texan would know more about him. And no your "road agent" spin was not the reason ole Bill didn't gunfight with John. John's reputation halted all gun play. Helps to be from the same place, born and raised to know about folks.

@@AIRRAID2 oh a wild bill's eyesight didn't start going until years after his run in with Hardin.

@@mattisenberger4042what an idiotic statement. We have no idea how “fast” Hardin was. You sound like you have a bromance going for the thug POS.