Law-Shooters of Cowtown was received by the Kline Agency on June 7, 1933. It was submitted on August 18 to Orlin F. Tremaine at Street & Smith's Cowboy Stories and rejected on August 25. V. I. Cooper of the Kline Agency began circulating it on September 7. On February 3, 1934 it was sent to Complete Stories and All West, and was back with Kline by April 20.

The story survives as a Kline Agency carbon copy and as an earlier draft. One of the principal differences is the character name: “Jim Kirby” in the carbon is “Jim Blaine” in the draft. The Cross Plains Library holds an original draft. Kline received this story and Knife, Bullet and Noose on the same day.