[Vaquero]

The most famous gunfighter in the history of the West died with his Smith & Wesson revolver in his holster there was some discrepancy whether or not JB Hickock was toting 2 Colt Navy .36 caliber cap and ball revolvers, 2 Colt Navy richards cartridge conversion, or 2 Colt open top cartridge guns....

......but as much as I like S&W too, he was NOT carrying these when Jack McCall perforated Wild Bill's skull from behind.

[Shooter 2.5]

I never heard of Hickok carrying anything other than .36 Navy Colts.

I did hear a story of Hickok being called “Duck Bill” when he was younger due to protruding lips. He grew the mustache to hide the fact. That was later shortened to “Bill” and when he stopped a riot in one of the towns he was marshaling, someone in the crowd yelled out, “Yay, for Wild Bill”. The nickname stuck.

The aces and eights was supposed to be a two of a kind with the other card unknown. Legend has it he was being dealt the last card when he was murdered. I miss watching HBO's Deadwood but I hated the solution to the town's problems at the end of the series. It was terrible.

[johnny7]

Yup...I heard he carried Navy Colt’s... cap’n’ball as well.

[DogByte6RER]

Thanks for the clarification.

I love history...but I am not a historian.

I just posted this directly from History.com