I'm looking at an auction that claims to have Pancho Villas New 3rd model.

I assume that their is hundreds of guns that are claimed to have belonged to famous gunslingers.

This one has his birth name engraved on the backstrap witch kinda raises a red flag to me.

It also has a 1936 letter from a saddle maker in FT Worth that claims that Pancho Villa left it there to be repaired and he never returned to pick it up.

And a couple of letters that document where it has been since then.

The Factory letter says it was shipped to MW Robinson in New York for export.

What are the chances this is really Pancho Villas gun? It seems like you would basically be taking the word of a saddle maker from 1936. I'm not sure how reliable that would be.

Any opinions would be appreciated.

I'm not in a position to bid on this gun. If anyone is interested I can pass on the auction information.

Wing master