Colt Buntline

Colt Buntline Special is based on the famed Colt Peacemaker revolver manufactured by the Colt's Manufacturing Company, and was commissioned by the Dime Novelist Ned Buntline.

Related Topics:
Colt Peacemaker - Revolver - Colt's Manufacturing Company - Dime Novelist - Ned Buntline

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The weapon was a single-action revolver chambered for .45 Long Colt ammunition. However, unlike the Peacemaker it has a 16" (12" was available as well, and was popularised by The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp TV series) long barrel (in comparison to the Peacemaker's 7.5"), and a removable stock that could be easily affixed through a combination of screws and lead-ins. These modifications gave the weapon better precision and range. It also alowed the user to affix the stock and turn the revolver into a even more precise weapon and give it most of the advantages of a rifle.

Related Topics:
Single-action - .45 Long Colt - The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - TV series - Rifle

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Ned Buntline commissioned this weapon in 1876. He based it's conception on the idea of making a revolver that would be more precise and could be easily modified to work similarly to a rifle. Weapons were produced so that he could give them to the prominent personalities of the Wild West. Some recipients of this weapon were Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Wild Bill Hickok. However not all of them found the weapon to their liking as Bat Masterson was known to have cut the barrel of the weapon.

Related Topics:
1876 - Wild West - Wyatt Earp - Bat Masterson - Wild Bill Hickok

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The revolver was never mass-produced, but could have been specially ordered from the Colt factory in New Jersey.

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