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Robert Ford used a .44 caliber Colt SAA "Peacemaker"

Are you sure? There's a hell of a lot of difference between the Colt SAA and the Smith and Wesson 1st Model American or the 3rd Model Russian .44's.

For Jesse James, death came at the hand of one of his own gang members in 1882. Jesse had laid his pistol and cartridge belt to one side and then decided a picture on the wall needed to be straightened. While Jesse stood on a stool and adjusted the picture, Bob Ford pulled his .45 from under his coat and shot Jesse. As he swayed and toppled from the stool, Bob Ford must have realized that his life would be worth nothing if Jesse were to live, so he pumped four more shots into him. Jesse fell, gripping his back and his chest in the agony of death as the .45s tore into his body.

It is alleged that a new model No. 3 Smith & Wesson .44 Cal. Russian was the weapon used by Robert Ford to kill Jesse James. According to Joseph Rosa in Guns of the American West, a sworn affidavit by Robert Ford indicated that he used a single action .45 Colt Peacemaker, SN 50432.