Show us Your Short Barreled Batt 44 Mr Shorty Carried

Boulder350 · Apr 28, 2025

Was listening to Marty Robins song today called Mr, Shorty. He sings about a Short Barreled Batt 44. I think I found it, or could have been it.

Mine is a 4.25" barreled 2nd model American. The chamber has been reamed to accept a short 44-40. The action works, if you cock it slowly so the cylinder stop catches. The spring for the barrel latch is gone too.

Guess I need to load some shells for it to see if it spouts 17" of flame like Mr Shorty's.

Does anyone else think they have Mr Shorty's gun?

waelkhntr · May 2, 2025

Boulder350,
Being a Marty Robbins fan too I believe in the song you are referring to he says
"I hadn't noticed but there on his hip
Was a short-barreled Bass Forty-Four"

Boulder350 · May 4, 2025

waelkhntr, you are right. When listening to the song I always thought he said batt.

orbruce · May 4, 2025

Second Model American with 5 1/2" barrel. Part of a Sept. 1872 shipment of 18 gun to Chile, all with 5 1/2" barrels. photo of the barrel address also attached.

B. Mower

Boulder350 · May 5, 2025

Beautiful Gun B. Mower. Never knew they made 5 1/2" barreled Americans.

shown50 · May 5, 2025

Here’s my only short barrel 44. It’s a heavily worn 44 Double Action New Frontier 44-40 with a 4” barrel. Serial 1981

Jcon72 · May 16, 2025

My only one, which is a DA .44 First Model, SN 26813 with unknown bone (or tusk) grips. Wish I knew what year it is from, but I'm hazarding a wild guess of late 1880's?

Alk8944 · May 18, 2025

You are booth wrong! The correct word in the song "Mr. Shorty is not batt or bass, The line is simply "Short barrelled BAD .44! Simply a generic short barrelled revolver. It could be whatever you want to visualize it as.

handejector · May 19, 2025

This says it is "Bass"--

https://genius.com/Marty-robbins-mr-shorty-lyrics

Maybe it's his fishin gun??

handejector · May 19, 2025

This one says "Bass" in the first reference, then switches it to "bad" in the next two--

https://www.streetdirectory.com/lyricadvisor/song/plcuau/mr_shorty/
Most references on the net say "Bad".
Better ask Marty.

Oldmanwesson · May 25, 2025

A No. 3 New Model and a 44 DA First Model, both with 4-inch barrels, 44 Russian.

iby · May 25, 2025

NICE!

BillyKframe · May 25, 2025

handejector said:
This one says "Bass" in the first reference, then switches it to "bad" in the next two--

https://www.streetdirectory.com/lyricadvisor/song/plcuau/mr_shorty/
Most references on the net say "Bad".
Better ask Marty.

Or maybe listen to the record.

Schof45 · May 26, 2025

44 DA first model with 2 1/2" barrel confirmed in factory letter. The two-line S&W address/patent dates legend extends on to the top strap as necessitated by the short barrel. No finish left but the only one I have seen that letters.

22lrfan · May 26, 2025

My only old on is an early 1st Model DA in .44 Russian.

This Charter Arms Boomer in .44 Special may shoot 17" flames.

chuck303 · May 27, 2025

Anyone ever shoot or carry their Smith 44 revolvers? 'antique ones'

iby · May 27, 2025

chuck303 said:
Anyone ever shoot or carry their Smith 44 revolvers? 'antique ones'

I think a lot of us have shot their oldies.
I have shot my 3rd model Russian .... 1876

Alk8944 · May 27, 2025

This should settle the matter! https://www.songlyrics.com/marty-robbins/mister-shorty-lyrics/

The word in this version of the lyrics is BAD every time it appears in the text. I have listened to this song literally hundreds of times on the radio, an LP I own, and a couple of CDs since it was first released in 1966, and have never heard the word as anything but BAD. Here is a link to a karaoke version with lyrics on You Tube: https://www.songlyrics.com/marty-robbins/mister-shorty-lyrics/

waelkhntr · May 27, 2025

So Alk8944, what makes your link any more authoritative than the one I posted? I have read many "lyric sites" and there seems to be a consistent inconstancy in the interpretation of the word being "bad" or "bass". With this in mind I don't think "this should settle the matter" is accurate.
I lose no sleep either way. I still enjoy the song and the artist

Terry

iby · May 27, 2025

More guns....Less talk

Show us Your Short Barreled Batt 44 Mr Shorty Carried

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