Gun salesman Christopher Colt arrives in Cottonwood, Arizona, ready to sell his new line of guns, but a young missionary gets on his case for helping contribute to the culture of violence in the west.

Gun salesman Steve Farrell (played by lanky western icon Randolph Scott) gets two of his new Colt .45 pistols stolen from him by ruthless killer Jason Brett (Zachary Scott), but vows to recover them.