Top 15 DEADLIEST Revolvers Used In The Wild West

Top 15 DEADLIEST Revolvers Used In The Wild West (These Weren’t Just Six-Shooters...)

Think all Wild West revolvers were the same rusty six-shooters from old cowboy movies? Think again.

In this hard-hitting deep dive into frontier firepower, we reveal the 15 deadliest revolvers ever used in the American Wild West—the real weapons carried by gunslingers, outlaws, sheriffs, marshals, and bounty hunters across the dusty plains. From the thunderous Colt Walker to the legendary Colt Single Action Army, these were the sidearms that decided fates in saloon shootouts, stagecoach robberies, and lawless boomtown brawls.

These aren’t Hollywood props.
These are the real Old West revolvers that wrote blood-soaked history from Dodge City to Deadwood.

📜 Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:22 – Colt Walker
01:30 – Lefaucheux Pinfire Revolver
03:08 – Beaumont-Adams Revolver
04:33 – LeMat Revolver
06:29 – Colt Navy 1851
08:25 – Colt Army 1860
10:23 – Colt Lightning
12:20 – Smith & Wesson Model 3
14:32 – Remington New Model Army
16:47 – Colt Dragoon
18:58 – Merwin & Hulbert Revolver
21:13 – Colt Buntline Special
23:21 – Colt Single Action Army
25:46 – Smith & Wesson Schofield
28:09 – The Matched Pair

These cowboy-era handguns weren’t just tools—they were the heartbeat of survival in the lawless frontier. Whether it was a pinfire pocket pistol or a .44-caliber cavalry cannon, each of these guns changed the game for the men who dared to draw.

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