 Richard Boone portrayed Hector "Hec" Ramsey, a former gunfighter turned lawman, with a keen interest in the emerging field of forensics.Hec replaced his "gunfighter" rig with a cut-down Colt revolver - "Faster draw, good at short range.Use a rifle for long" that echoed modern detectives' guns - but his most important tools included fingerprinting equipment, magnifying lenses, which enabled him to determine the perpetrators of crimes with greater accuracy.