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Old April 28, 2011, 09:52 AM   #22
carguychris
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FWIW the most famous criminal I know of that carried a .41 Colt was Raymond Hamilton, a member of the Barrow Gang.

He, Clyde Barrow, and one or two other companions* were approached by Atoka County Sheriff C.G. Maxwell and Deputy Sheriff Eugene Moore at a dance in Stringtown, OK on August 5th, 1932 after several people at the dance witnessed them drinking in their car. (This was during Prohibition, and ironically, Clyde Barrow was something of a teetotaler who almost never touched alcohol, so it was probably only his companions who were partaking.) Barrow and Hamilton immediately started shooting, killing Moore and wounding Maxwell. In several historical accounts, Hamilton's pistol is identified as a ".41 Colt", although I'm not sure of the model. It may very well have been an 1877.

*Footnote: The number and identity of Barrow's companions is debated. Most historians agree that Bonnie Parker was not present.
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