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Clint Eastwood, of course.
He and his movies have done more for the emergence and availability of replica weapons than any other factor. Without those movies, I doubt any of us would own replica BP guns now.
The pistols in his spaghetti westerns were commissioned from Italian gunmakers because actual antique pistols were too expensive. The Italian guns were so good that it created a whole industry when people realized they could afford those guns.
His movies, especially the later ones, paid much more attention to historical accuracy (in guns) that previous movies didn't do. Some were BP converted to cartridge, but still accurate otherwise.
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