Paladin wins a batch of old, apparently worthless, rifles in an all-night poker game. He soon finds himself caught in the middle of a range war over grazing lands between two rival camps. He decides to use the antique weapons he won as strategic leverage to prevent a violent conflict, siding with a Hispanic family (the Valdezes) who have legitimate but unrecorded documentation for their land rights. The episode explores the value of peaceful negotiation and legal proof over violence.