Pat Garrett's Rifle
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Reverse Chain of Custody

Timeframe Owner
1924 to Present Staley Family
1896/1906 to 1924 Cipriano and Florentino Baca
July 1881 to 1896/1906 Pat F. Garrett
April 28, 1881 to July 14, 1881 William Bonney by deduction from circumstantial evidence
1879 to April 28, 1881 Lincoln Co. Sheriff’s Armory by confiscation from the outlaw, Frank Wheeler
February 21, 1879 Shipped from New Haven, Conn. to an unrecorded Texas destination; probably Old Tascosa.
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