Sheriff Pat Garrett's Colt Thunderer

[@billshepherd4331]

My grandfather on my father's side knew the son or nephew of Pat Garrett. They took 8? year old me into the safe at First City Bank in Houston, opened Pat Garrett's son's or nephew's safety deposit box, and handed me what was supposed to be one of Pat Garrett's Colt's. That is a great memory! No, it's not this one. The one I held was an old school, blued. Peacemaker. Thanks for bring up nice memories!

[@klausvonschmit4722]

Man! If this gun business doesn’t work out your ability to tell stories of the past is outstanding! Awesome piece of history!

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

Much appreciated. Thanks for watching!

[@keithlincoln1309]

"Real life happens between the headlines "... my new headstone.

[@kurthouse744]

This is very well done, how can Old West history get more interesting than this? Superb job, great illustrations, loved the sketch by Marchand (1900), which is colorized in our book "Chasing Billy the Kid", just published in 2022. By the way, it is Stinking Spring, there is only one, as shown in our book. Pat Garrett's career is truly a story of typical ups and downs in the West, his assassination on February 29, 1908 is still a mystery as is the fascinating tragic story of the deaths of Fountain and his innocent son, who presented him the badge. I am proud of arranging the display of this gun at the NRA Museum in Springfield, MO through the generosity of the previous owner who shared it with the public the way artifacts of this significance should be. Love this, thanks for doing it!

[@PatRMG]

Thank you for this.

[@THUF007]

Definitely one of the coolest firearm channels on YT! One of my favs. Very cool stories, thanks for sharing…… 🔥😎🤟🏻

[@ColtonWilson3000]

Absolutely beautiful pistol with an amazing history

[@chassisresearchkid]

Holy history lesson!

[@24408167]

History at its best thanks guy's

[@joeguzman3558]

Now that's texas. Side Approved very masculine mustache. Welcome to the club

[@deanhoward4128]

Pat Garrett was the Lincoln County New Mexico territory Sheriff; Not Texas!

[@CHETinnit]

@@deanhoward4128 We claim him and there’ nuthin you can do about it.

[@deanhoward4128]

@@CHETinnit you can claim any outlaw you want; but you can't change history!... and with history in mind..." it was a dirty little coward, that shot Mr. HOWARD & laid poor Jesse in his grave!" And also from my own family history..I am a great, great grandson of Benjamin Abraham Ford,Captain of company K- 25th Tennessee volunteers C.S.A. ( his daughter DAIME -B Ford married into the Howard family.) I hope you have as much fun as I do with the history of outlaws & lawmen alike; it is even more interesting when your own family history crosses paths with historical figures like Jesse James & Billy the Kid.. I have no blood family ties to Billy, but in the late 1880's I do have family ancestors that were cattlemen in the 7 rivers area of Southeast N.M & a distant cousin was said to have worked some cattle with Billy, before the Lincoln county War & at that time my maternal grandfather's aunt was married to a man by the name of Claude M. Garrett.I don't know if he was related to Pat or not? I do know that when Claude died my great Aunt married his best friend Ernest Mc Gonigal & he was a cowboy that was with the rancher Jim White that discovered Carlsbad Caverns; I remember seeing Jim White at Ernest McGonagall's funeral, in Carlsbad N.M.

[@John.VanSwearingen]

Ry Cooder’s version of “Billy the Kid” is the perfect soundtrack for this video.

[@tommyjoestallings855]

You sir, are wonderful story teller. I enjoyed your video tremendously. You could do e books

[@joeguzman3558]

I used to believe that to win a good quality firearm in an action was next to impossible for someone like me, a regular joe, a truck driver ,but i was totally shocked when i placed my bids at RIA auction and won ,i have purchased 3 different ocations beautiful collector classics at RIA it all depends on how many people are trying for the same gun but ther

[@rodan2852]

You gotta pay to play. Auctins can get you a smokin deal or you have to fight tooth and nail. Know your limit before the auction starts. Ie. Im stopping ar 10k etc.

[@JimPack-jy3rr]

It's looks like a double action based on the trigger position, while the hammer is seated. Also, by looks the grip, correct?

[@johndilday1846]

You kept mistaking the state of New Mexico for Arizona. I heard you refer to it twice. I don’t know everything about the Old West, but I am sure that the adventures of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid occurred in New Mexico. It’s okay. You are a great storyteller anyway. Thanks for showing the gun to us. Have a good day.

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

Thank you for the note. While Billy's most notable life events take place in New Mexico, he was a wanted man in both states for murder. However, Lew Wallace was incorrectly referred to as the governor of Arizona, when he in fact served as the governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1878 - 1881.

[@sartainja]

Arizona?

[@Rollin_L]

Garrett is quite the fascinating figure, almost as much as the Kid himself. He has his good and bad qualities. Definitely high on his skillset as a tracker of men he went after as a lawman, making excellent use of intel from many to find the whereabouts of his target. He got the Kid because some of Billy's trusted friends passed info on to Garrett. So credit to Pat for mining information and developing the sources that made him successful. But in the end, Garrett died because he let his hot-headed temper get the best of him. He was not murdered, rather he was killed in a self-defense shooting according to the man who confessed and immediately turned himself in, and the third man present. A trial resulted in acquittal based on self defense. Controversy remains over what went down, but it is worth noting that the scene of the shooting was viewed with an investigative eye by officials within hours, and no evidence was ever produced to contradict the self defense claim. Garrett may well have had his back to the shooter, but if so it is likely that he was reaching for his shotgun on the seat of the buggy with intent to kill the other man, Jesse Wayne Brazel. In any case, Garrett died the way he lived, by the gun. He killed with impunity under the color of law and lost his life over a property sale that was going badly. He got angry at the wrong man in the wrong situation.

[@jerrypoparad3698]

Thanks Rollin for a more truthful revelation about Garrett. He certainly was no glorious hero. Rather he was as violent and vicious as the men he hunted for profit. There is also some strong evidence Garrett assassinated the Kid that night by hiding in a room across the hall and then blasting Billy when he answered the door (half asleep in the middle of the night) with a double barreled shotgun. Knowing what kind of guy Garrett was I tend to lean heavily toward that version of the event.

[@Rollin_L]

@@jerrypoparad3698 Jerry, I appreciate your comment. Whether or not Garrett or Billy the Kid were "heroes" or "villains" depends a lot on what you think of the motivations for their actions. In those days, the line between lawman and outlaw as a lot less defined than many want to think. During much of the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid was a sworn Deputy Constable and even a Deputy Federal Marshal for a time, including a period when some of his "murders" were committed. Garrett has his good sides, but he was willing to be as ruthless as he felt necessary to get results when on a manhunt. There are more stories of Garrett's work in that arena than just Billy the Kid. Chasing the killers of A.J. Fountain would be one example, where Garrett was just as diligent but not successful. As to the killing of the Kid, I have to disagree with you on that. The testimony from that time is very consistent, including that from the residents of Fort Sumner who went on the record at the time and often in the following decades. The scenario you tell, regardless of its source, comes many decades later and not from someone who was personally there. The wounds from a shotgun would be so apparent that it would have been described by the many who saw the body, cleaned and dressed Billy for the wake and viewing, built the coffin and buried him. That's a lot of people and we know their names. I don't find Garrett's telling of that event to be implausible at all. That said, recall that at the capture of the Kid at Stinking Spring, Garrett's plan was to shoot Billy on sight, presuming the rest of the boys would then surrender. Sadly, due to being of similar stature and wearing similar clothing to what Garrett had been told of the Kid's outfit, it was poor Charlie Bowdre who was shot and killed without warning. So there is no doubt Garrett was capable and willing of setting up an easy kill, there is just no actual evidence that it happened that way in the Maxwell house. On the other hand, Garrett was prepared to arm the Kid, Dave Rudabaugh and the other boys in order to defend themselves from the threatening mob in Las Vegas that wanted vigilante justice. That displays a dedication to what most would consider the rule of law over desires of the mob. Garrett could just as easily have turned Rudabaugh and the rest over, or negotiated just that man in exchange for safe passage. Instead, he got them all out safely as he promised them he would, all the way to Santa Fe. One has to look at all sides of the man.

[@rodan2852]

...he was still a COP

[@TheMountainman211]

New Mexico not Arizona

[@callumbush1]

That's worth millions.

[@Rollin_L]

Maybe. The Colt SAA that Garrett shot the Kid with holds the all-time record for a firearm at $6 million. I don't know if the badge and revolver are being sold together or separately, but a glance at the catalog would answer that. I'd give it a chance if sold together to break seven figures, but I'd be surprised if either did as separate pieces. It will be interesting to watch.

[@callumbush1]

@@Rollin_L hey thanks for the information.

[@wirehyperspace]

No blood type test kits back then, so alot of belly rot, arm pit odor and cancer or even death from wrong blood type, hence wife dying on wedding night

[@NickT1861]

Pat Garret didn’t kill Billy the kid.

[@NickT1861]

@@thr0nic yes

[@NickT1861]

@@thr0nic saw the whole thing

[@jerrypoparad3698]

Naturally the Host deliberately avoided revealing that the Coward Pat Garrett hide in a room across the hall from the room that Billy the Kid was staying in that night and he murdered Billy by blasting him with a double barreled shotgun when he answered the door in the middle of the night. Of course Garrett tried to make himself into a fearless Hero for the Newspapers when he told his fanciful story about entering Billy's room all alone (which he never did) to face the supposedly mad dog killer Billy the Kid. Billy the Kid's story is full of misinformation and outright lies about his life. Newspapers of the day had a field day sensationalizing and dramatizing his life even while he was still alive. Billy may have been more a victim of circumstances than a cold blooded killer. Naturally Law Enforcement were as big a liars back then as they are today and made Billy out to be a ferocious mad dog killer and the public ate it up when reading the sensationalized Newspaper accounts of his life.

[@fokkerd3red618]

I only believe about one tenth of what they've written about Billy the Kid over the years. I don't think he was that cold blooded killer they've made him out to be.

[@BrownCornelius000]

So many... unnecessarily... akward... pauses.

[@davidblack7184]

Speech police much ?

[@southsidepatrol66]

It's on purpose for the slow minded ...like you.

[@hillbillyjimbo1732]

yeah I hate the akward...pauses...tooo...so AWKWARD

[@NefariousEnough]

This is so scripted, it is contrived. Pretty much laughable.

[@Snuffy03]

I watched this stupid video in expectation of seeing up close a rare Colt. But I got only information I already knew about Garrett. The subject was supposed to be, Garrett's Colt not Garrett's life in just a few minutes. Very disappointing.

[@snmt86]

I thought it was a well done video and showed plenty of the firearm. Good for you for knowing all the information they talked about though, thank goodness no one else wanted to hear history.

[@Snuffy03]

@@snmt86It was a well done video. I believe that most people only know about Pat Garret through pop culture.( I find Gore Vidal's version of the Pat Garrett/Billy the Kid saga to be the most historicaly accurate. ) He was a complicated man. A man who wanted to be socially acceptable to society, but the people whose acceptance he wanted, always still saw him as one if the so called "outlaws" he pursued for them. As you know the public cast him aside after the Bill the Kid affair. But Garrett never stopped trying. Garrett apparently forgot about how to be aware when dealing with potential enemies and ended being murdered by people he trusted. I have been to his grave in Las Cruces.