Big Kerfluffle in Dodge City
 

From the Dodge City Cattle Call 1879

After the latest bunch of Texas cowboys and their tick ridden beeves blew into town unrest followed in the previously peaceful streets. Gunshots at the Long Branch , fistfights at Pelosi's Bawdy House and a generally unruly situation. It culminated when one of the drunken cow hands shot through Alderman Paul's window at 2 am . Calling an emergency meeting of the town council, a new ordinance was passed unanimously. I've had enough of this nonsense Paul was heard to exclaim.

That afternoon Marshall Wyatt Clinton and Deputy Doc Bama were busy erecting new signs at the town boundary. As the cowhands were sobering up and getting released from the hoosegow, one particularly hung over chap muttered "we'll see about this no gun law as soon as I ride home to Bug Scuffle , Texas", not realizing he had shot his horse the previous night while mistaking it for Quannah Parker. "I'm going to write President Bigtalk just as soon as I can find somebody who can write . These fools must all be dimocrats ."

Dodge city has changed some since then. I go thru there from time to time, I would doubt anything in this old pic still exists.

Front Street and Wyatt Earp Blvd are paved now and the Dairy Queen on Earp sells pup cups to my bird dogs.

A few years ago some Mexican drug gangs were shooting it out in the streets but a friend was instrumental in getting them to prison and deportation. It's peaceful again.

well,

understandable

after all, the 1873 SAA Colt was in fact a military grade weapon

Yup. All you needed then. All you need now.

very nice

great workman ship on the grips if there are real ivory

They are. Fully original Colt factory engraving and grips.

When loaded to its full designed loads for an SAA, the .45 Colt is extremely potent.

Factory engraving.

Bruce is being modest. It was he who ran the drug gangs out of Dodge.

Bruce Day; I'm in charge of deciding what I need, not you.
BTW, I have an 1898 SAA in .45 Colt. It is a nice old gun, but definitely NOT what I would respond to an armed intruder with.