Smith & Wesson Model 3
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The Smith & Wesson Model 3 is a single-action, cartridge-firing, top-break revolver produced by Smith & Wesson (S&W) from around 1870 to 1915, and was recently again offered as a reproduction by Smith & Wesson and Uberti.
Smith & Wesson No. 3, open for loading: The automatic ejector is up.
S&W Russian Model No. 3
Emiliano Zapata's No.3, captured by Emil Lewis Holmdahl. Zapata's name is scratched on the ivory handle.
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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The gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a gunfight that lasted less than a minute between lawmen led by Virgil Earp and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that occurred at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States. It is generally regarded as the most famous gunfight in the history of the American Old West.
Tombstone in 1881
Virgil Earp, wounded during the gunfight, later ambushed by the Cowboys
Ike Clanton swore multiple times he would kill the Earps but ran from the gunfight
Pima County Sheriff Charles A. Shibell appointed Wyatt Earp as deputy sheriff over eastern Pima County.