American Handgunner Tall, But True, Tales - American Handgunner
32 The owner of this Colt found out Tom Mix owned it — after he bought it from an old movie studio. No, while all these guns tell a story, none are in my collection. Sigh … But I do know the stories of all but one, and strangely I did own it at one time. A Tom Mix Find Back in about 1955, the ad in the L.A. Times described a Colt revolver for sale for $350, so the current owner called, got the address in Hollywood and hurried over only to find an old movie studio. The Colt was a .44-40 SAA with a 43/4″ barrel, SN 765XX, made in 1882. It had the remains of a cheap stove chrome finish thr...
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