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Although much later both Frank Hamer and Jimmy Cirillo both regularly carried 2 handguns. Both of these individuals had many more armed encounters than those fellows mentioned.
Although much later both Frank Hamer and Jimmy Cirillo both regularly carried 2 handguns. Both of these individuals had many more armed encounters than those fellows mentioned.
I'd never heard that, it makes sense though.I recall reading Custer was carrying an Irish Constabulary 455 on that sunny June day...
I had always heard that as being a "Pomel Holster" and "bucket holster", I suppose may have been referred to as a "Brace".a BRACE, wasn't that refering to the two pistols that were carried on either side of the saddle? a BRACE of horse pistols!
@Smokey Plainsman ,But did anyone in history ever actually carry two percussion revolvers on their belt? I know cavalry carried two pistol but in saddle holsters. I imagine a Navy or Army sized pistol would be the best choice. I can see the benefits in the percussion era as reloads were extremely slow even using paper cartridges. I just haven’t been able to find many historical examples that this was every actually done in primary documentation and it seems like more of a modern movie Western trope at this point.
He carried 4.....2x Walkers, 1x 1860 Army, 1x 1849 Pocket Model.And Josie had him a couple more as I remember
Cremony devoted about three pages to a detailed description of the event. He didn't have time to finish loading his revolver before the Apache man was on him with a knife. The fight turned into a very intense hand-to-hand struggle with blades. It got pretty gritty. Cremony was down, but managed to dodge what would have been a fatal stab wound, and inflict one of his own. Cremony lived to tell about it, but the other fellow did not.How did the confrontation between
Cremony and the Apache
Turn out?
Jim in La Luz
Cremony devoted about three pages to a detailed description of the event. He didn't have time to finish loading his revolver before the Apache man was on him with a knife. The fight turned into a very intense hand-to-hand struggle with blades. It got pretty gritty. Cremony was down, but managed to dodge what would have been a fatal stab wound, and inflict one of his own. Cremony lived to tell about it, but the other fellow did not.
Here is a link to the book, which is available in its entirety online, for free: Life Among the Apaches
That particular episode is on pages 132-135, but the whole book is worth reading, for folks like us.
One thing that's really cool about Books Google (which supports that particular book and a ton of others) is the search function. If you go to that link and look in the center of the toolbar just above the digitized book, you'll see a box that says "Search in this book." Type in a word that interests you, like "six-shooter" or "mule" or "rifle" and it will search the entire book in a couple of seconds and show you every time that word occurs in the text, with a link to that page. It is sensitive to spelling, though, and if you are looking for something in particular, try alternate spellings.
I just typed "turkey" in the Search box and got five hits within the book. Evidently, Cremony and his Apache acquaintances were all fond of turkey hunting, and New Mexico was a good place to hunt them back then. Who knew? That may be of interest to blackpowder shooters and history buffs who like to hunt those birds now. Do we know anybody like that?
Now, back to six-shooters...
Notchy Bob
Thank you Notchy Bob for some very interesting articles. I'm going to read that book and I've already saved it.Cremony devoted about three pages to a detailed description of the event. He didn't have time to finish loading his revolver before the Apache man was on him with a knife. The fight turned into a very intense hand-to-hand struggle with blades. It got pretty gritty. Cremony was down, but managed to dodge what would have been a fatal stab wound, and inflict one of his own. Cremony lived to tell about it, but the other fellow did not.
Here is a link to the book, which is available in its entirety online, for free: Life Among the Apaches
That particular episode is on pages 132-135, but the whole book is worth reading, for folks like us.
One thing that's really cool about Books Google (which supports that particular book and a ton of others) is the search function. If you go to that link and look in the center of the toolbar just above the digitized book, you'll see a box that says "Search in this book." Type in a word that interests you, like "six-shooter" or "mule" or "rifle" and it will search the entire book in a couple of seconds and show you every time that word occurs in the text, with a link to that page. It is sensitive to spelling, though, and if you are looking for something in particular, try alternate spellings.
I just typed "turkey" in the Search box and got five hits within the book. Evidently, Cremony and his Apache acquaintances were all fond of turkey hunting, and New Mexico was a good place to hunt them back then. Who knew? That may be of interest to blackpowder shooters and history buffs who like to hunt those birds now. Do we know anybody like that?
Now, back to six-shooters...
Notchy Bob
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