Secrets Of TV’s The Rifleman: More Than Just Guns And Good Times

Some Gun Fun And Trivia

The producer of The Rifleman, Arnold Laven, claimed in an interview that the famous rifle used on the show by Connors was the very same weapon John Wayne used in the megahit 1939 Western Stagecoach. It was allegedly an 1892 .44-40 Winchester rifle.

Connors fired 12 shots with the rifle in the memorable opening credits that ran before each weekly episode. But as it turns out, the gun was slightly out of place…