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2 unusual facts about Buntline


Buntline

Ned Buntline (1821–1886), an American publisher, journalist, writer, and publicist

Clewlines and buntlines, lines used to handle the sails of a square rigged ship


Colt Buntline

The Colt Buntline Special is a variant of long-barreled Colt Single Action Army revolver that author Stuart N. Lake created while writing his 1931 biography of Wyatt Earp.

The Buntline Special was further popularized by The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp television series.

According to Lake's biography, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal published in 1931, dime novelist Ned Buntline had five Buntline Specials commissioned.


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