[MikeSteelBe]

"It is said that Will Bill Hickok shot Davis Tutt during a gunfight in 1865 from about 75 yards with a cap and ball 1851 Colt Navy Revolver."

Hickock used a caliber smaller than .40.

I guess he had not read all the experts writings in the latest gun magazines.

[Inyo-Mono]

Hickock used a caliber smaller than .40.

I guess he had not read all the experts writings in the latest gun magazines.

Yes. .36 caliber which is .375 and actually slightly larger that a modern .38 Special which is .357. When Hickok was killed in 1876, the only firearm they found on him was a .32 Smith & Wesson tip up "Old Army" as they were called.