โThe fast draw did not exist.
โRevolvers were not worn low slung.
โRevolvers were generally not fired from the hip.
โ Fanning a revolver was unheard of.

โThe buscadero holster wasnโt designed until the 1920s. They were used in such television series and western movies such as the Rifleman, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Paladin, Westworld, and The Magnificent Seven.
โGunslinger and gunfighter are movie terms.
โFace downs in the street only happened a couple times.
โMore men were killed with knives in barrooms than by firearms.
โMost cowboys on the range did not carry revolvers, most carried
rifles in saddle boots.
โIndians preferred to fight at night.
โCavalry troopers did not wear yellow bandanas.
โThere was no such military command as Forward Ho!
โMost women wore dresses not jeans and rode horses side saddle.
โChaps were only worn when herding cattle.
โThere was no such title as Town Sheriff, Sheriffs enforced laws in the entire county, towns were policed by Marshals.

โIndians did not attack a wagon train circle by riding in circles around it.
โMost western forts did not have walls.
โArmy chevrons were not worn on shirts.
โOne piece red long underwear did not exist until after 1900.
โMexican Bandidos did not wear bandoleers.
โString bowties are 20th century.
โPanel front shirts were not worn with one top corner unbuttoned and hanging down.





โStagecoaches did not carry a strongbox full of gold on every run; most holdups were made to rob the passengers.
โMost men did not carry revolvers all day, every day.
โThe Winchester lever action rifle was โThe gun that won the westโ not the Colt revolver.
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Good stuff.
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Oh shoot, Jack, you took all the flair out!
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Yes, the research disappointed me too. But so did finding out about the Easter Bunny & Santa.
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Never mind. We can always imagine new stuff, and then again, there are lots of good things that are real. Like ice cream.
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Yum!
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