[spincaster]

I just finished john Wesley Hardin’s book. He was truly a bad SOB. He should be in the top 5 at the least. He alone had 27 confirmed kills and 43 total. In 1895 He was only 47 when he was shot in the back of the head by John Selman Sr. While standing at a bar .In return Selman was killed by US Marshal George Scarborough in 1896

[KC Burke]

You are right about that omission. Another would be Luke Short. Out dandyfied has buddy Bat Masterson.

[sparklite2]

Agreed. This list is more derived from someone’s addiction to movie westerns. John Wesley Hardin should be there.

[Inyo-Mono]

I'm sure you just read this in the book about John Wesley Hardin - the fictional scene in the movie True Grit where taken John takes the reins in his teeth and pulls out his revolvers to charge the bad guys was taken from an actual incident where Hardin charged some Mexican vaqueros with the reins in his teeth and two Colt's Navy revolvers in his hands. He shot two of them as I recall.

[cva66snipe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YG2hNqPTes Living in the west-Bellamy Brothers