John Wayne used the large-loop lever on his rifles in several movies, and TV’s Rifleman used one as early as 1958. Was it ever used in real...
Was the large-loop lever rifle featured in John Wayne Westerns ever used in real life?
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John Wayne
John Wayne’s Six-Gun Clone
Arguably, the most iconic firearm of the silver screen West is the Peacemaker Colt, with the mellow ivory-looking stocks, so often carried by John...
The Top 10 Western DVD Collections
Western lovers who think of themselves as the last of a dying breed have to be feeling a little less lonely these days, as there are so many...
John Wayne’s Silver Screen Shootin’ Irons
In True Grit, Wayne’s character Rooster Cogburn told defense attorney Mr. Goudy “a gun that’s unloaded and cocked ain’t good for nothin’,” yet...
Braver than John Wayne?
Who was Gene Autry? It’s a fair question. In his time, Gene Autry was many things to many people, but it’s fair to say that Autry was a man who, by...
On the Trail of John Wayne
I'm in Madison County, Iowa, not to view all those covered bridges, though they are charming, but to pay tribute to a great American. Unheralded....
If John Wayne was granted deferment from military service during WWII because he had a large family, wouldn’t this make him a draft dodger?
If John Wayne was granted deferment from military service during WWII because he had a large family, wouldn’t this make him a draft dodger?...
If John Wayne was granted deferment from military service during WWII because he had a large family, wouldn’t this make him a draft dodger?
If John Wayne was granted deferment from military service during WWII because he had a large family, wouldn’t this make him a draft dodger?...
John Wayne/John Ford Film Collection
The Duke is back. On March 13, 1956, The Searchers opened across America in all its VistaVision glory, and if you’d asked John Wayne back...
John Wayne and the Peacemaker
On film, John Wayne often portrayed the Westerner of popular legend—tall in the saddle, silent, a man whose word was his bond, perhaps sometimes...
The Searchers at 50
The Searchers is a surprisingly complex film, even by today’s standards. A film widely considered to be the greatest Western ever made turns 50 this...
John Wayne’s 10 Best Westerns
Stagecoach (1939)—John Wayne plays the Ringo Kid, who escapes from prison to...