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Originally Posted by iby
The Deputy would have been 16 yrs old at the time of the Kid's death and the gun would have been unsold for 7 yrs if he bought it new.
Hmmmm
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You failed math, right?
The Kid was actually killed on Joseph's 22nd birthday!
He was about 2 months older than the kid.
Joseph was a few months short of 15 when the gun probably shipped to the Distributor Robinson in New York in 1874. I don't know if he truly bought it new or not. I also don't know how long it took Robinson to sell 40 nickel Americans to individuals, hardware stores, gun shops, and general stores across the continent. I also don't know how long it took those stores to sell a nickel gun with ivory grips.
Maybe he was 15 when he bought it. Maybe he was 17. I don't know.
I do know that I bought TWO guns (with MY money) when I was 14, but Bob Berryman DID make my Mom step inside the store both times to take possession.