Beautiful.
The 1860 is one of my favorite firearms. It’s that graceful curve under the barrel that does it instead of the blocked off angle cut of the 1860. For shooters, I prefer the Remingtons but they don’t feel right. The grips are too short.
Some years ago, a company sold non-firing replicas of famous guns. They even put in the scratches and left out the missing screws of the original. I don’t know if they ever made one of Earp’s gun.
I wish I could display my toys but in my neighborhood, gun safes are a better choice. One of these days, I’ll add my favorites to my porfile page.
Most of my questions are answered by two books. The Flayderman’s Guide to Antique Firearms and Cartridges of the World.
Earp was known to have a collection of .45 Peacemakers he'd hand out to people who would seek him out. He'd say it was 'the gun' he used at the OK Corral. They'd leave thinking he'd given them something special and of value. Uh, huh.
The understanding now is that there was, indeed, a Buntline Special that he and others were given by Ned Buntline. It wasn't the real long one that Stuart Lake (Earp's biographer) claimed it was (I want to say 12" barrel), but one with a shorter, 10" barrel. A number of historians now believe that was the gun he carried that day in his overcoat. In fact, Colt records apparently support this.
I only have the two originals and two replicas (the Hawkin and the Earp revolver). I have those because I'm a history buff when it comes to the Civil War and American West. I had a website up at one time giving the story of the Little Big Horn fight, but haven't had it up since going to Comcast. They don't help with pre-established sites.
As I mentioned in another post, all my other guns were given to a young friend of the family (except for a .357 I keep). When he and his family would visit, he'd always ask to see my historical arms. Knowing him, and the family (the dad's a police officer, SWAT member, and avid hunter) he was the natural choice when I decided that, not being able to hunt any longer, I had no need for my collection.