“The Ranger’s “Big Iron” actually existed. It was a one-off custom handgun chambered in .45 Colt and featured a Great Western copy of the Colt Single Action Army frame, Colt 1860 Army backstrap, grip frame and grips and a cut down 9 ½" Marlin rifle barrel. Marty Robbins saw it in Andy Anderson’s famed North Hollywood gun shop in the late 1950s and wrote the song around it. Its current whereabouts are unknown.[5]”
— wikipedia
Holy shit Big Iron is an irl legendary weapon and it’s still out there somewhere (via olaria-olara)
Imagine seeing a gun so badass it inspires you to write a song about it on the spot
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