I read another explanation many years ago which was that the rifle round was a .45/70 (which was a "45" caliber bullet / case diameter) that was worn in the 7th position loop from the gun holster side indicating that the wearer of the gun belt had 6 revolver rounds remaining on his supply of the belt. Made sense to me because that was the amount of rounds that the revolver held when fully loaded. Also, I don't remember that Wayne wore the belt configuration as described but as I have noted it. I could be wrong but in all the movies that I remember seeing where Wayne wore that particular belt (his relatively famous rolled suede leather with belt billets and ammo loops in top grain leather) it was in the 7th loop from the holster side and in this case the right side since Wayne was right handed. Very interested to know if anyone remembers or knows the same as I do or differently.
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