079-0322-7739, Ike Clanton, Tombstone Fame, Factory inscribed Remington NM Belt Model DA, with possible link to the GunFight at the OK Corral.  It is functional in both DA and SA.  Factory converted to .38 and firing pin appears to fire CF and possibly also RF.  The gun is a factory conversion with matching conversion numbers scattered about the gun, including on the back of the factory inscribed Ivory Grips. #18 on the barrel, cylinder, conversion ring, back of both grips.  80% applied nickel at time of conversion, scattered light bumps and dings to metal surfaces. Strongly rifled bore with scattered fine spots of surface residue.  [/p][p]

The factory inscription says, WILD IKE.  So who is the Wild Ike, who this was inscribed for?  One of the most infamous Ikes was Ike Clanton, of renown from the Battle of the OK Corral. (Wikipedia)  “Joseph Isaac Clanton (1847 – June 1, 1887) was a member of a loose association of outlaws known as The Cowboys who clashed with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp as well as Doc Holliday. On October 26, 1881, Clanton was present at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory but was unarmed and ran from the gunfight, in which his 19-year-old brother Billy was killed.”

Ike Clanton had a notorious reputation and was killed in 1887 in a gun fight over cattle rustling.  No way to know for sure if this was Ike Clanton’s revolver, but the model dates to the early 1870’s.  It was factory converted with factory inscription, a process that took some time and usually only done for a person serious about his guns.  These nickeled guns often went to the Southwest particularily Rim Fires.  So it is 50/50 this gun was factory inscribed for Ike Clanton.

Est. Retail Value: $3500