The National Firearms Museum is proud to present REEL GUNS OF THE OLD WEST, a collection of six firearms that have had starring roles in some classic American films and television shows.  Represented are guns used by some of the icons of the popular culture of the old west - John Wayne, Charlton Heston and Clint Eastwood - as well as origianl Colt’s and Winchesters that have kept the romance and adventure of the old west alive in our collective memory.  These guns will be on display during the weekend at The Greater Virginia Sports and Big Game Show in an effort to generate interest in the National Firearms Museum’s newest exhibit, Guns West, which opened the spring of 2008 in the William B. Ruger Gallery, located at NRA’s Headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia.  The exhibit will showcase the real guns of the old west, the reel guns of the old west and the modern guns used by re-enactors and today’s cowboy action shooting enthusiasts worldwide.

Guns that will be at the show:

Hawken Plains Rifle - Charlton Heston as Bill Tyler in The Mountain Men (Columbia Pictures 1980) .45 cal.

Sharps # 3 Rifle - Tom Selleck as Matthew quigley in Quigley Down Under (Pathe Ent. 1990) .45-110 cal.

Colt Walker Revolver - John Wayne as Marshall Rueben “Rooster” J. Cogburn in True Grit (Paramount 1969) .45 Cal.

Winchester Model 1892 Carbine - Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain in The Rifleman (1958-1963) .44-40 WCF caliber.

Colt Walker Revolver - Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales in The Outlaw Josey Wales (Warner Bros. 1975) .45 Colt Cal.

Winchester Model 1892 Rifle - John Wayne as The Ringo Kid in Stagecoach (United Artists 1939) .32-20 Cal.