I gotta go with Chuck Conners as the rifleman or Nick Adams as The Rebel. If my poor old memory is still functioning Steve McQueen carried a chopped down modle 92 winchester and Nick Adams had the sawed off shotgun.
How many of the GREATS caried some kind of trick weapon. Don't forget Jock Mahoney as Yancy Derringer.
Palidin had a derringer, Johny Yuma had the Greener, Josh Randall had the cut down rifle, Johny Ringo carried a Lematte revolver, Yancy's sidekick Wolf Stands in Water had the knife in a neck sheath, Chuck Conners had the lever impact trigger on his 44-40.
Some of you older ones help me out here I was just a kid back then.