[Shultzhaus]

Some one mentioned the movie The Good, Bad and Ugly, where Eli Wallach stole a revolver from the gun shop. He was interchanging cylinders, and barrels on those Colts. I did not see him drive any wedges in or out. Just flipped some sort of latch. Same thing in the scene where Clint was cleaning his gun. He just slipped on the cylinder, then the barrel, and flipped that latch thing. They were cartridge revolvers, perhaps something later than our 1860s. Any body know how that was done? I'd like to see a close up of that feature.

[bluffskier]

I like the part just after that when he shoots the gun for the first time, cuts the target in half, jumps on the board and then it falls off. "How much? I said how much?" Great movie. Let's not forget the name Arch Stanton, lol. I love that song by Hugo Montenegro "The Story of a Solider".

[RSVP2RIP]

Seems to me after watching the DVD that they are the standard barrel wedges. If you watch in slow motion Clint doesn't put the barrel wedge all the way back in. Also during the movie different sceens of Tuco show him with a 36 caliber barrel, but when he confonts Blondie in the hotel, it is a noticlably lager bore like 44 caliber. Also Angle Eyes in his final appearence has an "1858" Remington with a capped cylinder on a cartridge belt with centerfire cartriges in it. Also the Richards conversions seem a bit early for the civil war period anyways. Just some things I noticed in an otherwise entertaining movie. Also...

[Hellgate]

I have a 3rd Mod dragoon that you can just snap the wedge in or out with your fingers but it stays in for an entire match. I think they just put the wedges in with finger pressure. I'm sure the movie makers didn't bother to have them check the cylinder gaps.

[Shultzhaus]

OK - Thanks. Next time the movie is on, I am going to record it, and then I can slow it down or pause. Quigly Down Under was a little more authentic, when it came to the weaponry. You can "Google" Quigly, and look for the article on the rifle. Interesting, and Tom actually test fired that rifle. I think he donated it to the NRA after the movie was shot.

[Shultzhaus]

OK - Thanks. Next time the movie is on, I will record it, and then I can slow down or pause, to catch that. I did catch the capped cylinder with cartridges in the belt. I think with Quigly Down Under, there was an attempt to be a little more authentic. I have read that Tom actually took time to learn and fire that rifle.

[Shultzhaus]

Sorry about the double reply. After the first one was written, the web went blank. I thought it bombed out.