McGuire offers to keep quiet about the murder if Flanders gives him half a stake and his daughter's hand in marriage.

The film concludes as Kitty Flanders confesses her love to Sheriff Cheyenne as she bandages his wounds from the fight.

[4] However, Exhibitor's Trade Review states that while Shelley Sutton wrote the film, the scenario was instead adapted by F. A.

[4] The April 1923 Motion Picture News Booking Guide states that Sure-Shot Morgan was released on September 4, 1922.

[7] However, an earlier reference exists for Sure-Shot Morgan as a Universal Special Attraction released on February 1, 1919.

[8] A newspaper record for a "Sure-Shot Morgan" appears on February 1, 1919, in The Wichita Daily Eagle, but lacks further details.

[10] Despite the conflicting information, the next newspaper mentions of Sure-Shot Morgan occurs after the 1922 release date and notes again that Harry Carey stars in the film.

In 1922, the Exhibitors Trade Review said the two-reel reissue of A 44-Calibre Mystery is "good in spite of or perhaps because of the fact that it really is 'wild and wooley' as well.