Tall tales are not necessarily false tales. Because it sounds outlandish to someone who was not there does not mean it did not happen...perhaps in the exactly the way it was told.
I believe part of the reason history is lost is because after you get called a liar once or twice by people who have no idea you just don't share anymore.
you may be 100% correct. My grandfather could have been telling the stone cold truth. I’m not going to claim anything without proof though. Regardless this gun will always be valuable to me. It would be amazing to find a picture of them together or something, but even without that, it’s still a good story.