My best Triple-Lock...

[Krogen]

My goodness! To think of those firearms and the person they accompanied while conducting business makes my mind run wild. Thanks for sharing.

 

[alwaysoutdoors]

Cool guns. I have a triple lock (and holster)that belonged to a railroad detective out West.

 

[Hondo44]

Well done! PM sent. (Whoops, ignore my PM, I see you already have a copy of Jinks "The Letter" on this pistol. Let me know if I can help with any other research materials, of which I have heaps.)

I was hoping you saw this thread. You can now definitively confirm the answer of your question for the exact barrel length of Tom's Triple Lock 44 and confirm the 6 1/2" listed in the letter.

 

[crazyphil]

My friend Red told me about this thread this morning and I'm really glad
he did. I might have missed it. Really great presentation of important
historical artifacts. Good job and thank you for posting it.

We were discussing whether Tom was the last great gunfighter from the
Old West or the first great gunfighter from the modern gunfighters.
I think we settled on first of the modern, but then in reality he was
both the last and the first, if we consider the turn of the 20th Century
as the dividing point in history.

 

[lawandorder]

Phil those are called Transitional Gunfighters. .

 

[Breakaway500]

If you go to response #9,and open picture two..then hit the "next" button...you get a quick draw! Great story and cool piece of history.

 

[crazyphil]

Phil those are called Transitional Gunfighters. .

Thanks lawandorder. I'll buy that.

 

[les.b]

What a wonderful glimpse into the life of this legendary lawman. I thought of Red and Phil right away when I stumbled on this thread this morning. Glad they have already been there.

Thank you for sharing this treasure with us!

Best Regards, Les

 

[USMC0802]

Many thanks for all of the kind words, fellas. I've been fortunate enough to stumble across some really great old firearms, but these are amongst "the best" and I am thrilled to care for them. I have fired the TL and WILL fire the 94 when the schedule eases up a bit.

 

[Donald Paul]

...very nice, and impressive.
Thanks.

 

[Will in Montana]

I love the old Smiths, and to have the handgun/rifle pair is an incredible find. I have a 3XX Triple Lock, same caliber and configuration, and it's long been a favorite.
Good shooting,
Will

 

[Richochet]

Wow!

Wow that is some find!

 

[jebstuart]

This is one of those thread's that make you very glad you stopped by in time to catch. I would have hated to miss this.
Thanks for posting,

 

[usmc2427765]

Semper Fi, " cannon cocker". You were definitely in the right place at the right time

 

[silentflyer]

I wish the current LEO's would be able to enforce the law of the land like he did, might be less crime,border incursions, drug smuggling and mayhem along the Southern borders if they were .

 

[S.B.]

Thank you, sir, for sharing this.
Steve

 

[Stealth Hunter]

Those are an incredible piece of living history! Thank you for sharing them with us and thank you for shooting them. You are using them (carefully) as they were intended.

 

[aphelion]

An old Skeeter Skelton article about Threepersons -

Tom Threepersons

 

[S.B.]

Thanks aphelion, I've read that on
Dark Canyons, very good read but, I like Skeeter's work anyway.
Steve

 

[olskool]

that is a bit cooler than anything I have....