Favorite Western Movies and the GUNS in them

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Had to repost this one because I neglected to mention my recent re-interest in the Western movie genre was due to the firearms of the period :mad: . Thanks to those that posted to the original before it was removed :).

Lonesome Dove and Gus McKrae's Colt Walker
The Wild bunch and Colt M1911 carried by several cast members (I know they used Star Model B's in 9mm due to better cycling with blanks)

Just a couple of my favorites due to the guns and the accuracy to the period they are trying to portray.
 
Movie threads are best reserved for IMDB - not THR. They never stay topical to guns, and always veer off into off topic rants.
 
Sounds great rbernie. I am trying to decide what my next gun purchase might be so the thread has underlying meaning for me. I am well aware of how threads can turn out here. I am a member of THIS forum and not IMBD. My thread is in no way less related to THR than some of the others happening right now. Thank you for your input.
 
The Last outlaw...and the Sharps the sheriff uses. If i win the lottery a Sharps will be in the collection.
 
"Quigley Down Under" with Tom Selleck! And the gun the 1874 Sharps Buffalo Rifle with a 500 grain paper match bullet. In .45-110 Cal. Single Shot.
 
Just watched "Winchester 73" last night. Excellent 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie about the famed rifle of the same name.

Though I have never owned an original, I did have an Italian reproduction chambered in 357 mag. I used it for SASS as well as plinking and a bit of small-game hunting. Excellent accuracy but a bit heavy as I remember it. Traded it off and have regretted it a lot since.

I think that one of these in 44.40 with a matching Colt six-shooter would be my idea of heaven.

Ron in Texas
 
3:10 to Yuma, the Hand of God used by Russle Crow at the end of the movie, is a beautiful weapon.
 
Rio Bravo and for no particular weapon and the remake Eldorado Bull's revolving rifle and the 12 gauge sawed off used by James Caan. The look on his face when he pulls the trigger is priceless.
 
All my favorite movie guns were in Tom Selleck westerns. He always goes to a lot of trouble to use period-correct pieces and even has them built for the purpose. He had Colt Open Top replicas built from scratch just for Crossfire Trail. My favorite is the 1860 Richards conversion from Last Stand at Saber River. Full blued, engraved and stocked in ivory.

John Wayne also packed some beautiful hardware in The Shootist.
 
I always liked the conversions in the Outlaw Josie Wayles. A pair of Walker Colts, a Remington, and a Colt Pocket.... plus all the 1851s you could stand.
 
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Rio Bravo and for no particular weapon and the remake Eldorado Bull's revolving rifle and the 12 gauge sawed off used by James Caan. The look on his face when he pulls the trigger is priceless.
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Those were awesome.
 
Silverado.....

Just before the ride into town Danny Clover's character is offered a pistol belt and he responds "Nah, I'm good." and shoulders two Henry rifles.

And whether you admit it or not.... EVERYONE would love to have shiny SAA like the the Three Amigos as a BBQ gun. (However, I'd like to be able to shoot it as well as the German Pilot did his gun in the cantina.)
 
And whether you admit it or not.... EVERYONE would love to have shiny SAA like the the Three Amigos as a BBQ gun. (However, I'd like to be able to shoot it as well as the German Pilot did his gun in the cantina.)
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I'll admit it!!! :D
 
Another vote for 'Winchester 73'

Bought a Winchester 1873 44 WCF [.44-40] 3rd model Rifle with 24” octagonal barrel and Sporting front & rear sights in 1979 in Durango CO for $340. Serial number and Cody Firearms Museum letter indicates 1885 manufacture.

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Then to match, purchased a .44/40 Colt Frontier Six Shooter. Colt Archive letter states that gun was delivered to Simmons Hardware in St. Louis in 1883. Gun is from Wyoming with Ivory grips and Rafter [Open A] 7 ranch brand insignia on right grip. The Royal brand Model 2 Holster is original to the gun.



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The early motion pictures of western types are full of authentic guns and gear, they didn't have the backlog of equipment that is available today, they used what was on hand and that was the guns and gear that were being used at the time the film was being produced.

Some of the very earliest silent films, have been digitized during remakes and have all the "latest" in firearms.

My favorite, although a talkie and relativley new ,1943 ,"THE OXBOW INCIDENT", is absent of gunplay but has many historical firearms and authentic leather.
 
I rather enjoyed Robert Duvall demonstrating why he 'liked a heavy sidearm' in Open Range.

One of the better cinematic pistol whippings by an 1875 Remington ever.

Except when he did it with a Colt Walker in Lonesome Dove.
 
In addition to Lonesome Dove there are some great guns on the small screen westerns. They're some of the most authentic, maybe because they passed under the usual radar screens. The TNT Tom Selleck westerns often feature some very interesting period firearms. Including some I'd never heard of such as the Remington-Keene repeater.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Last_Stand_at_Saber_River

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Crossfire_Trail

There are also some excellent 90's Sam Elliot TV westerns, my favorite being Conagher. There are a number of period firearms in that film which I believe came from Mr. Elliot's personal collection.

the 1874 Sharps Buffalo Rifle
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Wasn't there a reproduction "Quigley" Sharps out there based on the movie?
 
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Quigley Down Under. It goes without saying.
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Hello friends and neighbors // I forgot about some of these movies, thanks for the reminder.

My favorite western--- Winchester 1887 (lever 10ga.) used by Burt Lancaster, Colt M1911 used by Lee Marvin, Colt New Police used by Jack Palance all in the Movie The Professionals. Don't have any of these.

Mauser C96 Broomhandle -- might have been the only one on the continent.movie Joe Kidd Got one manuf. in 1911.

Winchester 1873 -- movie of the same name. Got one manuf in 1885.

Nice Quigley -- how long was the wait?
 
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