Tim Fellingham as Wyatt Earp in Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War
A new documentary is on Netflix called Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War, and it's gotten people wondering what happened to Wyatt Earp's infamous pistol after he left Tombstone. Wyatt Earp is a legendary lawman, one of the most mythical figures of the Old West alongside his brothers and doomed best friend, Doc Holliday. They might have died obscure lawmen and gamblers had it not been for their time in Tombstone that led to the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
We do know that Earp carried what was most likely a Colt Single Action Army revolver. However, the gun was reportedly not very accurate. Instead, Colt created a limited edition Colt Buntline Special, a special edition of the Single Action Army revolver with a longer barrel. In his biography, Lake claimed that Ned Buntline, for whom the special revolver was named, gifted five of these revolvers to various lawmen in the West, including Wyatt Earp.
Wyatt Earp's Pistol Used During The O.K. Corral Gunfight Was Reportedly Up For Auction Wyatt Earp's Descendents Claimed It Was Real None of this is where the story ends, however. It continued in 2014 when a number of Earp's belongings and memorabilia went up for sale in Arizona. His descendants claimed the .45 caliber revolver sold in that lot was the one Earp carried, possibly even in Tombstone, while other guns belonged to Wyatt's brother, Virgil, and their grandfather.
Was Wyatt Earp's Pistol Really Left In Alaska? This Story Is Almost Certainly Fiction There's another legend attached to Wyatt Earp and one of his guns, though it happened decades after his time in Tombstone and the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was about a different gun. According to the legend, Wyatt Earp left one of his guns, a Smith & Wesson No. 3 revolver, behind him in Juneau, Alaska.
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