The Galleries
- Robert E. Petersen Collection
- Ancient Firearms - 1350 to 1700
- Road to American Liberty - 1700 to 1780
- A Prospering New Republic - 1780 to 1860
- A Nation Asunder - 1861 to 1865
- The American West - 1850 to 1900
- Innovation, Oddities and Competition
- Theodore Roosevelt and Elegant Arms - 1880s to 1920s
- World War I and Firearms Innovation
- WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Beyond - 1940 to Present
- For the Fun of It
- Modern Firearms - 1950 to Present
- Hollywood Guns
True Grit (1969) Colt
This firearm is on exhibit at the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum in Springfield, MO.
True Grit (1969)
John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn
Italian Walker Colt - .44 caliber
This massive revolver was featured prominently in more than one
scene in Wayne's only Oscar-winning performance, True
Grit. It appeared again in Clint Eastwood's post-Civil War
epic The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976).
Collection of The National Firearms Museum