Taylors & Company 1874 Billys Sharps .45-70 Government Break Action Rifle, Checkered Walnut - 210139

Honoring the legacy of the young and renowned scout, whose astonishing shot reached a Kiowa warrior at a remarkable distance of 1538 yd, this event took place on June 27, 1874, during the historical Adobe Walls encounter in Texas. Amidst this significant engagement, Billy Dixon and a group of 27 buffalo hunters found themselves encircled by a formidable gathering of more than 500 Kiowa and Comanche warriors. Emboldened by the words of their "medicine man," who instilled in them a belief of invin