Friday, October 30, 2009

Great tribute website to recommend


This is the rare XK-SS Jaguar that (I didn't know) Von Dutch made a glove box door for, because the open box was always spilling it's contents, and Steve was fed up with that

Von Dutch made the rifle for Steve too... it's a Rossi, the rifle is called the Mare's Leg

The Mare's Leg is the customized shortened rifle used by Steve McQueen's character on the television series Trackdown. 
Steve brought the weapon with him to Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958-1961). 
McQueen's character was named Josh Randall. 
Mare's Leg is now a generic term for a Winchester Model 1892 (or modern derivative) with a shortened barrel and stock.

the original Mare's Leg was made by cutting down a .44-40 caliber Winchester 1892 to a size that could be worn in a large leg holster and used with one hand. 

The barrel was cut to a length of nine inches, and much of the butt-stock was removed. The original Mare's Leg did not have sights. McQueen was involved in the final design, suggesting the duck-bill hammer and enlarged lever loop, and initiating a redesign of the custom holster.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was not consulted before the program aired and producers had to pay taxes totaling $1,100 in connection with the National Firearms Act of 1934.

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