Wilson presented John Wayne with an engraved blued pair with smooth ivory grips that Wayne used in The Shootist.
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In 1954, Wilson founded the Great Western Arms Company with financial backing from a doctor and 2 NFL Football players: Dan Reeves and Dan Fortmann to produce an almost-exact clone of the old Colt SAA for television and movie westerns.
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Audie Murphy was one of the spokesmen for the company who went on to become a partial owner.
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