Antique gun may have been used in Little Big Horn

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An Edmonton firearms dealer says he has a revolver that may have been used in the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Bill Carlson, recently paid $700 for a single action revolver at an estate gun auction near Hobbema.

Carlson says records of army guns were kept by serial number in the 1800s and according to a letter by General George Custer which cited the serial numbers of three broken guns, Carlson's gun is in the middle. The numbers in the letter were 5743, 5773 and 6559 ? the Carlson gun's serial number is 5860.

Only six revolvers from Little Big Horn are known to be in collection, and only three of those verified as authentic.

Carlson estimates the value of his revolver at about $40,000 in American money. He plans to restore the gun to its original condition and put it on the American auction market.