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I'm in full agreement with everything Stout has posted on this.
Now I know this isn't a History Channel deal, but come on, guys..... you spend a lot of time on getting the big stuff right, but swing and miss on some of the easy stuff. Episode three, in the speakeasy, the kid is shown spending small paper money. Small paper wasn't introduced until 1929. Episode 2, after Spencer takes on the two big cats, he asks for a cigarette and light, A guy produces a Zippo lighter.... that wouldn't be invented until the early 30's. They're fighting a range war in 1923, when the Montana range wars ran from 1870 to 1920. In those 50 years, approximately 54 people were killed, apparently half of them at the end of episode three. There's a few more, but you get my point.
Okay.... I get it. From 1955 to 1965, probably a thousand or so cowboys were killed on Cheyenne, Gunsmoke, Sugarfoot, Maverick, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Bonanza, The Rebel, the Wild Bunch, etc. etc. etc. so I'll let that one go. but the rest of these relatively small screw-ups stack up, and piss me off.
Edit: The odds of a poor Irish sheep herder owning a 50 caliber Thompson machine gun (with 50 round drum, no less) at a cost in today's dollars of around $3200 (not including the ammo) is between slim and none.
I was going to comment with something like, what about the suspension of disbelief? Can't be entertained without out it usually since none of these shows seem to get everything right.
But then I realized that you are a person that clearly knows a lot about history. I know that when we watch shows about my profession, I won't shut up in pointing out to my wife all the errors that are driving me crazy.
So I totally get you. I am able to enjoy this show in part since I don't have the history chops that you do. And somehow, I am able to be entertained in spite of all the other criticisms that frequent this forum.