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[ChanceMcCall]

John Wayne's True Grit Revolver

John Wayne’s favorite revolver is up for auction. Carried by the Duke in classics like True Grit, Wayne's personal Colt SAA is a treasure in gun collecting.

www.rockislandauction.com

 

[Old_Me]

i liked "The Duke" as much as anyone, all his movies were the best.

i think his gun will go for a whole lot more.

 

[Frank 2041]

John Wayne's True Grit Revolver

John Wayne’s favorite revolver is up for auction. Carried by the Duke in classics like True Grit, Wayne's personal Colt SAA is a treasure in gun collecting.

www.rockislandauction.com

Great stuff in that link...thanks for posting..

 

[BobM]

John Wayne's True Grit Revolver

John Wayne’s favorite revolver is up for auction. Carried by the Duke in classics like True Grit, Wayne's personal Colt SAA is a treasure in gun collecting.

www.rockislandauction.com

Thanks for posting Chance, a nice revolver.
If looking for something appearing similar? ....and with perhaps a lot less "grit" needed?
- Guess it could be called replica grit?

Cimarron Firearms Rooster Shooter 45 Colt (Long Colt) Revolver 4.75

Arguably the most recognizable sixgun in western movie history, Cimarron Fire Arms went to great lengths to reproduce John Wayne's famous sidearm, used...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[conax]

Back in the 1940s, '50s and '60s Colt wasn't producing cheap SAA revolvers in quantity. I read that a lot of the studios went with Italian made replicas which, on the silver screen were good enough. Uberti got its start in the handgun sector this way. I thought the Duke was packing an import, guess I was wrong.
I'd like to have those engraved beauties he used in "The Shootist."
A little too fancy for shootin, I'd let them rest in a glass case. When Opie tossed that one across the room at the end I cringed.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Back in the 1940s, '50s and '60s Colt wasn't producing cheap SAA revolvers in quantity. I read that a lot of the studios went with Italian made replicas which, on the silver screen were good enough. Uberti got its start in the handgun sector this way. I thought the Duke was packing an import, guess I was wrong.
I'd like to have those engraved beauties he used in "The Shootist."
A little too fancy for shootin, I'd let them rest in a glass case. When Opie tossed that one across the room at the end I cringed.

Inventors and the like dont make their products to sit in a glass case … shoot it, drive it, wear it and enjoy …

 

[conax]

Shoot em? Maybe on special occasions but no mag dumps, y'know?

Some unique things need to be preserved out of respect. Those revolvers aren't even up for auction. Somebody's pretty happy with them.