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Below are a few of the 100 weapons that survived the Wax Museum fire of 1988.

The brass tags that appear attached to some of the pieces are the museum tags, which were used for inventory purposes.

Bat Masterson's Colt .45 Revolver

Frank Jackson's Colt .45 Revolver

Frank James' Colt .44 Revolver

Buffalo Bill Cody's Colt .44 Revolver

James/Younger Gang .44 Revolver

Cole Younger's Colt .44 Conversions

Captain Bill McDonald's Colt .45

Bill Doolin's Smith & Wesson .44

Bill Doolin's Derringer

#255 Texas Ranger J. M. Brittain's "Frontier Army" Colt Revolver

Texas Ranger J. M. Brittain's Smith & Wesson Revolver

Remington Single Action .44 Revolver

Cook Outlaw Gang Revolver

Sheriff G. Cooper Wright's .44 Revolver

A Thief's Special Revolver

A Twice Burned Colt .45 Revolver

Outlaw Smith & Wesson .44 Revolver

Death Wielding Texas Cowboy Gun

Remington 44 Caliber Revolver

Colt Single Action Revolver

A Civil War Rifle

Tex Rickard's Colt .44/.40 Revolver

Grat Dalton/Henry Starr Winchester 1876

Sharps Buffalo Rifle

Henry Model 1860 Rifle

Winchester First Model 1866

Sharps-Borchardt Model Rifle

A Brace of Flintlock Military Pistols

German Maxim Model 08/15 Machine Gun

German Gas Pistol

Mid-19th Century Slave/Convict Neck Irons

Animal Hide Scales

Henry Harrison Schwend Badge and Calling Card

Scottish Chieftain Knife Scabbard Remains

Pair of Military Shoulder Boards

Jesse James Coin Purse Remnant

Key from Henrietta, Texas Jail

James B. Bonham Musket Trigger Guard



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