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I was reading Wikipedia's account of the Second Battle of Adobe Walls and noted this:
Adobe Walls is up near Amarillo, Texas.
Bob Wright
This took place on June 27, 1874, when the Colt SAA was very new. Also there was no Army presence at the time, all arms belonging to the buffalo hunters who had holed up there. Two notables present were a young Bat Masterson, and Billy Dixon. It was Dixon who was credited with killing a Comanche with nearly a one-mile shot.Forensic archaeologists have discovered several Richards' Colt conversions, some Smith & Wesson Americans, and at least one Colt .45 (then new on the frontier) pistol, along with numerous rifles (in calibers .50-70, .50-90, .44-77, .44 Henry Flat, and at least one .45-70, also very new) were in use at Adobe Walls
Adobe Walls is up near Amarillo, Texas.
Bob Wright