Colt Single Action Revolver, .45 Caliber LC,
U.S. Cavalry Model, 7.5 " Barrel, Manufactured 1874

This gun was carried by Texas Ranger Sgt. J. M. Brittain who was a member of Company B, Frontier Battalion and served under Ranger Captain Bill McDonald in the 1890's. Company B trailed outlaws and renegade Indians along the Texas frontier and into Indian Territory (Oklahoma). This gun may have been captured and used by Sgt. Brittain as a result of one of his many arrests as this Cavalry Model Colt was reportedly part of group of guns stolen from Fort Davis, Texas in the late 1870's. It is believed that this gun and the one below were given to Harrison Schwend through Captain McDonald who was Brittain's superior in Company B.