{"id":18649,"date":"2010-01-09T21:55:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T05:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/?p=18649"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:28:54","slug":"1961-guns-quarterly-article-on-steve-mcqueens-prop-gun-from-wanted-dead-or-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/09\/1961-guns-quarterly-article-on-steve-mcqueens-prop-gun-from-wanted-dead-or-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"1961 Guns Quarterly Article on Steve McQueen&#8217;s Prop Gun from &#8220;Wanted: Dead or Alive&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/09\/1961-guns-quarterly-article-on-steve-mcqueens-prop-gun-from-wanted-dead-or-alive\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18668\" title=\"Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-TV-Movie-Gun-Prop-x380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-TV-Movie-Gun-Prop-x380.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-TV-Movie-Gun-Prop-x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-TV-Movie-Gun-Prop-x380-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Steve McQueen Online (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcqueenonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.McQueenOnline.com<\/a>), this is another in a series of articles which feature scans of very old features published in out of print magazines, related to guns and firearms used in movies and television.\u00a0 This update includes and article from Guns Quarterly published in 1961 which features a detailed history of &#8220;The Mare&#8217;s Laig'&#8221;, McQueen&#8217;s firearms used in the TV series <em>Wanted: Dead or Alive<\/em> (1958-1961).<\/p>\n<p>The original magazine article has been provided to readers of the Original Prop Blog courtesy of Steve McQueen Online, which is the online resource and fansite for Steve McQueen fans:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcqueenonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18650 aligncenter\" title=\"Steve-McQueen-Online-Portal-x400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Steve-McQueen-Online-Portal-x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Steve-McQueen-Online-Portal-x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Steve-McQueen-Online-Portal-x400-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below are the pages from the article, <em>The Gun That Brings &#8216;Em Back &#8220;Dead or Alive&#8221;<\/em>, from Guns Quarterly, Volume 5, 1961 (click each image for higher resolution):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18651\" title=\"Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-01 [x400]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-01-x400.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-01-x400.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-01-x400-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18651\" title=\"Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-02 [x400]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-02-x400.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18651\" title=\"Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-03 [x400]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-03-x400.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18651\" title=\"Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-04 [x400]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-04-x400.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18651\" title=\"Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-05 [x400]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-05-x400.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-06.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18651\" title=\"Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-06 [x400]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-06-x400.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-07.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18651\" title=\"Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-07 [x400]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2010\/01\/Guns-Quarterly-Steve-McQueen-Online-Article-07-x400.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"474\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks again to Darren Wright and Donna Redden of 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