John Wayne twirls a Winchester 1892 rifle by its lever with one hand in his introduction as Ringo Kid in the film Stagecoach (1939). The rifle used in this film has an enlarged D-loop lever to make the trick easier. John Wayne used this type of modified Winchester 1892 and performed this trick in many of his Westerns beginning with Stagecoach. John Wayne worked with famed stuntman and rodeo champion Yakima Canutt to create and perfect this trick. “So, I went to my longtime friend Yak, (Yakima Ca