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
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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