Finger hovering over the pause button on the remote, I had every member of my family ready to count. "Ready. Set. Go." Each family member quietly counted the flurry of rifle fire. I hit pause again.

Maybe you remember Lucas McCain. He was the lead character (played by actor Chuck Connors) on "The Rifleman." This popular Western TV show, which aired from 1958 to 1963, was set in the 1880s and ...

Even in a TV landscape overflowing with Westerns, The Rifleman stood out. Debuting in 1958, the show starred lantern-jawed former pro athlete Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain, the titular rifleman — a ...