We love our silver screen gunfighters, but what was the reality? This week we look at some of the gunslingers of the past and their favorite shooting irons as we get ready for the release of the re-make of “The Magnificent 7”.

Show notes and links:

* Prince Rupert of the Rhine

* Queen Anne “turn off” Pistols: An Illustrated History of Their Impact – Jeff Kinard

* John Coffee Hays 

* “Wild Bill” Hickok

* Ned Buntline

* Autry Museum of the American West  (theautry.org)

* Eugene Cunningham (tshaonline.org)

* Bad Cat Store at Zazzle (zazzle.com)