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Television Guns of the 1950s

Guns have been a part of America since it's beginning. All American wars were fought with guns. Guns tamed the wild west. Guns were the main tools of the American gangsters of the 1920s and '30s. And, sadly, guns were used to assassinate presidents and alter our history.

Like anything else, a few guns survived their bloody past and are still with us today. These arn't mearly antiques or novelties. Many were owned and used by famous outlaws, lawmen, gangsters, assassins, etc. This blog shows many of these "famous" weapons. Also, there are several guns that were used in television and the movies that have gotten a "famous" title because of their users.

Tom Selleck

Selleck's collection of guns used in the feature film, Quigley Down Under

Clint Eastwood

Eastwood's .44 Magnum, badge and police ID used in the film, Dirty Harry.

Charles Bronson

.357 Magnum used in Death Wish 3.

John Wayne

Guns used by John Wayne in various films.

Wayne's famous shootout scene in True Grit.

Another scene with Wayne's trademark Winchester.

Wayne's 44.40 Colt revolver. He used this pistol in most of his later films through the the 1970s.

Wayne's eye patch. Used in True Grit and Rooster Cogburn.

Wanted Dead or Alive

1950's TV Show "Wanted Dead or Alive, starring Steve McQueen with his cut-off Mare's Laig 44.40

Annie Oakley's Stevens rifle

An original Annie Oakley air rifle and gun set from the 1950s made by Daisy still in the original box

Bonnie & Clyde's fire power

Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer's guns. Hamer was in charge of the ambush that killed Bonnie & Clyde

Bonnie Parker's .38 revolver. A gift from Clyde. "What a guy!"

Ingraving from Clyde. "To Bonnie. I owe you one. Clyde, 2-28-32

Clyde's custom scattergun

3 of Clyde Barrow's rifles

Clyde's 12-gauge shotgun

Clyde's Colt .38 with trigger cutout for fast shooting

Clyde's .45 automatic

Clyde's Colt .380 automatic

Box of .38 Special bullets found in Bonnie & Clyde's death car

Clyde's military BAR. Bonnie & Clyde never used Thompson machine guns. They instead used BAR fully automatic rifles stolen from a U.S. military annex

Clyde's hat & rifle

Clyde's hat, rifle & BAR

Clyde's rifle

Clyde's rifle again

Clyde's scattergun

Clyde's shotgun

Frank Hamer's 30.06. Used to kill Bonnie & Clyde

Original photo of the guns with the death car of Bonnie & Clyde. 1934

Officer showing guns that were captured in Bonnie & Clyde's death car

Gun used by gang member, W.D. Jones

Clyde's BAR clip

Clyde's .380 with it's holster

The Rifleman (TV Series), starring Chuck Connors

The show began in the mid 1950s

The trigger set screw made the rifle fire rapidly as the ring lever was cocked

John Dillinger Gang (1930s)

Guns taken from Dillinger gang after a shootout

Dillinger made this gun from a block of wood, colored black with shoe polish and tin from a cigarette pack. Dillinger used this "fake" gun to break out of an Indiana jail

Dillinger's machine gun pistol

Revolver that once belonged to Western badman, Sam Bass

Western Sheriff, G. Cooper Wright's .44 cal. revolver

Jesse James Gang firearms & misc. items

Jesse James' Scofield revolver

The Gun that was used by Bob Ford to kill Jesse James

Bat Masterson, western lawman, 1880s

One of Masterson's Colt .45s

Another of Masterson's guns

Western outlaw, Frank Jackson's Colt .45 revolver

Texas Ranger, J.M. Brittain's Bulldog revolver

Another gun that belonged to J.M. Brittain

Buffalo Bill Cody's black powder revolver

Cook outlaw gang of the old west

Old west outlaw, Bill Doolin's Derringer