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      • Case 40
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    • The New Prosperity
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    The American West

    Sponsored by Eldon and Edith Owens

    Here, you'll learn about soldiering on the frontier, the buffalo hunters on the plains and guns that won the West, plus good old-fashioned frontier justice. And you'll meet such American notables as "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Annie Oakley and Nat "Deadwood Dick" Love.

    Significant Firearms in Gallery 7:

    • Springfield Officers Model Rifle
    • Sharps "Big Fifty" Rifle shipped to Ft. Griffin, Texas
    • Winchester M1873 Rifle In mint condition, it's unfired
    • Winchester Lever-Action Rifles, a complete series
    • Colt Buntline Special Revolvers
    • Marlin Big-Bore Lever-Action Rifles
    • Remington Single-Shot Pistol
    • "Russian" and "Schofield" Revolvers Smith & Wessons
    • Merwin & Hulbert Revolvers With folding hammers
    • Burgess Folding Shotgun
    • Three Annie Oakley Guns including a Gold Hibbard .410 shotgun
    Case 40: Expanding The Frontier

    Case 40

    Expanding The Frontier

    Sponsored by Eldon And Edith Owens - Lockton Companies/AGIA

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    Case 41: Competing For The Market

    Case 41

    Competing For The Market

    Sponsored by Eldon and Edith Owens

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    Case 42: The Guns That Won The West: Colt & Winchester

    Case 42

    The Guns That Won The West: Colt & Winchester

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    Case 43: The Stars & Sixguns/ Frontier Justice

    Case 43

    The Stars & Sixguns/ Frontier Justice

    Sponsored by Eldon and Edith Owens

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