Show us Your Short Barreled Batt 44 Mr Shorty Carried

[Boulder350]

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]

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]

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

 

[orbruce]

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]

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

 

[shown50]

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]

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?