Reproduced from GUNS Magazine May 1955.

[yotehtr]

A Six-Shooter For TV Cowboys

William R. Wilson couldn't duplicate the old Colt, but he decided he could make a reasonable facsimile to satisfy the new "cowboys."

gunsmagazine.com

 

[Grayfox]

IIRC the gun carried by James Arness on Gunsmoke for all those years was a Great Western revolver.

 

[TidalWave]

Cool article !

 

[Annihilator]

A Six-Shooter For TV Cowboys

William R. Wilson couldn't duplicate the old Colt, but he decided he could make a reasonable facsimile to satisfy the new "cowboys."

gunsmagazine.com

Yea, good read! Thanks!