• Pistols:Dazzling Firearms
• Introduction
• The Stuff that Legends Are Made Of
• A Girl and Her Gun
• Form Over Function
• Programs/Events
• Education

Exquisitely Engraved, Deadly Accurate

James Butler Hickok, also known as “Wild Bill,” was a fearsome pistoleer, law enforcer, and the first famous gunman of the American West. Around his waist he wore a belt that held two ivory-handled Colt Navy revolvers, renowned for their accuracy. One of those guns, a .36 caliber 1851 Navy Colt percussion, is part of this exhibition. It is said to have been presented to Hickok in 1869. The pistol bears his name and date on the back strap.