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    A gunfighter, also known as a gunslinger, is a person who is skilled with a gun and participates in shootouts in the American Old West. Learn about the origin of the term, the different types of gunfighters, and how they are depicted in Western media.

  2. A comprehensive list of outlaws and lawmen who gained fame or notoriety in the American frontier, often referred to as gunslingers. The term gunslinger is a modern invention, while gunfighter may or may not be an outlaw or a lawman.

  3. Rose Hood, a widow, becomes the temporary marshal of Oracle, Texas, after her husband is killed. She faces a villainous saloon-mistress, a hired gunslinger who falls in love with her, and a railroad plot.

    • (1.8K)
    • Western
    • Roger Corman
    • 1956-06-15
  4. Learn about the history and legends of the gunfighters, pistoleers, shootists, or bad men of the Wild West. Explore the names, stories, and photos of hundreds of gunmen who fought in range wars, feuds, and gunfights.

    • Wyatt Earp. Clearly, we cannot have a guns of gunslingers list without mentioning Wyatt Earp, but as it so happens, pinning down the gun he used at the OK Corral is a bit tricky.
    • Billy the Kid. From famed lawman to among the outlaw gunslingers, next up is Billy the Kid. Interestingly enough, there is more out there regarding the gun Pat Garrett was carrying when he apprehended and shot the Kid than there is about the outlaw’s own firearms.
    • Jesse James. There’s a bit more documentation of the guns used by the notorious outlaw Jesse James. One gun, in particular, a Colt Single-Action 45-caliber, got quite a bit of attention in 2013 when it went up for auction.
    • Annie Oakley. All right, so Annie Oakley isn’t exactly one of our gunslingers, but she was a fantastic exhibition shooter. During an interview with Shooting and Fishing back in 1900, she talked about some of her guns
  5. Learn the meaning of gunslinger, a noun for a person skilled in shooting a gun in the American West. See examples of gunslinger in sentences and word history.

  6. Jul 24, 2014 · Learn how Hollywood and popular culture have distorted the image of gunslingers, the hired guns of the nineteenth century American frontier. Discover the truth about their weapons, skills, motives and careers from a historian's perspective.

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