As the story goes, John Wayne was walking a movie lot in L.A. when he bumped into a telephone lineman that was working with Catalin – an early plastic similar to Bakelite. Big John figured the pale yellow would look like aged ivory on B&W film, and as with all things, Big John was right. His 4 ¾-inch replica Peacemaker fought the Lincoln County land war in Chisum, put down kidnapers in Big Jake, teamed up with Katherine Hepburn in Rooster Cogburn and backed up the “bold talk from a one-eyed fat man” in True Grit. Cimarron’s Rooster Shooter represents that history, and stands as one of the finest replica Peacemakers available today. Duke would be proud. – Michael R. Shea, editor-at-large
