Billy Dixon
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William Dixon was an American scout and bison hunter active in the Texas Panhandle. He helped found Adobe Walls, fired a buffalo rifle shot at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls, and for his actions at
William "Billy" Dixon as an Army Scout
Billy Dixon's grave marker at Adobe Walls.
Texas Historical Marker Battle of Buffalo Wallow
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Sharps rifle
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Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing production in 1881. They were renowned for
Billy Dixon
…day, when a small band of Comanche scouts were noticed less than a mile east of Adobe Walls. It is said that Dixon took aim with a quickly borrowed .50 Sharps buffalo rifle (as, according to his biography, he only had a .44 Sharps and felt it could not reach). He knocked one man off his horse, killing him…
Berdan Sharps rifle
Sharps Model 1852 "slanting breech"
Sharps Model 1852, lock
Sharps Model 1852, breech