The “Gun That Won the West” is a subject that many firearms and Old West aficionados love to discuss and debate. 45-70 single-shot 1873 Springfield “trapdoor” rifle-which, despite its lack of rapid fire, boasted one heckuva wallop at long range. The seated man in the foreground at left holds a. With the exception of one man, the posse members are all armed with ‘ Winchesters, and a couple appear also to be packing 1873 Colt Peacemakers. In it, they pose with Christie’s dead body on a board, holding his 1873 Winchester rifle.
This grizzly photograph shows the posse that brought outlaw Ned Christie to justice.
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