Steve and his wife donated this Mare's Leg rifle to a charity auction in 1964. From there it made the rounds to collectors.

I still watch his show every Sunday morning, hot cup of coffee and quality tv

In the opening  scene of Once Upon a Time in the West, Woody Strode was carrying a mare's leg

I can't believe how many overly serious people there are commenting about the cartridges on his belt and the impracticality of a mare's leg.🤨🙄🤦 take yourselves way too seriously much?

There was a gun store here in town run by a retired ranger.  He had two in that were modern remakes.  I was handling one and heard, "Go ahead."  I looked up and said, "Yeah?"  He said, "I know you want to."  I spun it and it cocked!

It was nearly a "romantic" experience for me.  What I still chuckle about is how that whole exchange happened without either of us saying what we were talking about.  It has to be a hard wired guy thing.

The King of Cool.

The final scene of On Any Sunday I - Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawill and Steve McQueen riding in the dunes.

I have a collection of photos that I have taken and some were given to me that mean a lot. One of Fumio Demura world karate champion.
Mid 70s I was a student of Demura's. One day I showed up early due to a learner's permit and Honda XL 350. Much quicker than the bus from school.  Sensei Demura saw me pull in and greeted me
He accepted my offer to take it for a spin.  After class that day he showed me a picture of a friend of his that rides motorcycle along with another friend also went to martial arts. The two other men were Steve McQueen and Bruce Lee. Sensei Demura was the only one that I personally knew and he autographed a copy of the photograph for me. You may not know him but you may have seen him chop the bottles on the truck fender in a movie. RIP 3 great Men.

This should fetch a few bucks at auction.

Tons of history behind all the firearms that come up for auction.  Very nice to see some of it being brought to light.  Thanks!

Can’t believe he has been gone that long. Time flies when you’re old. Thanks

What a great episode.

...those cartridges on his belt were seriously incongruous!!!

Yeah,... that's going to fetch a handsome price.
If I were a rich man,... I'd out bid everyone no matter how high it went for his #1 Mare's Leg.
So,.. yeah,.. will fetch a very handsome price indeed!!
Thanks for the History Lesson on the "Genuinely" Coolest Guy in Movies! And he was genuine and authentic. Wow,.. I'm getting old.

I live and work in Ventura and did some heavy equipment work at Steve's ranch house and vineyard is in Santa Paula out by the airport where his warehouse was. And I do own the DVD series of Wanted Dead or Alive I can watch them over and over again 🤠🐎

I'm 73 yrs old and used to have that as a toy gun !! The holster was awesome too !! Totally wish I had it today !! ..

I'm a little surprised you didn't mention other mare's legs in film and television. In the 1987 film Wanted Dead or Alive starring Rutger Hauer as Josh's grandson, he keeps his grandfather's Mare's Leg in a shadow box display. In Bruce Campbell's The Adventures of Brisco County Jr from 1993, Sheena Easton's character Crystal Hawks carried one as a bounty hunter. More recently that prop was seen in 2003's series Firefly and its 2005 film Serenity, carried by main character Captain Mal Reynolds' battle buddy Zoe Alleyne Washburne, played by Gina Torres.

oh yeah...i remember Trackdown!!! Loved watching TV westerns with dad & mom...

I think Sand Pebbles and Papillion were his best movies.

Thanks for this. I loved the man. A True Star , not only in film , but also in life !!!  God Bless you Steve !!!