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A week or so ago I was watching old TV shows online when I came across an episode of "Rawhide". What caught my attention was that the principle bad guy (I think it was an actor by the name of Peter Mark Richmond) had the "Man with No Name" gun; right down to the coiled snake embedded in the grip! In the course of the the episode he even makes a few references to the snake and there's a close-up shot of the gun in his holster.

I wonder if this didn't give Clint Eastwood the idea of incorporating this into his "Man with No Name" character.
 
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A week or so ago I was watching old TV shows online when I came across an episode of "Rawhide". What caught my attention was that the principle bad guy (I think it was an actor by the name of Peter Mark Richmond) had the "Man with No Name" gun; right down to the coiled snake embedded in the grip! In the course of the the episode he even makes a few references to the snake and there's a close-up shot of the gun in his holster.

I wonder if this didn't give Clint Eastwood the idea of incorporating this into his "Man with No Name" character.
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More likely, part of the props, same prop man / company worked both productions and Clint asked for it.
 
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More likely, part of the props, same prop man/company worked both productions and Clint asked for it
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Possibly but "Rawhide" was a CBS network production done here in the U.S. while the so called "Spaghetti Westerns" were made by Sergio Leone (on a very limited budget), filming primarily in Spain and Italy. I did find a website that has a great deal of info on the Snake grips (themanwithnoname.info). At the end of the "Rawhide" episode "Incident at Alabaster Plain", Eastwood's character is seen showing the gun to another cowboy.

I would venture a guess that Eastwood may have supplied the grips himself, with originals having been made by holster maker Andy Anderson located in North Hollywood, California. It is thought that an unknown jewelry maker fashioned the sterling silver snakes for Anderson. Actor Robert Conrad's character James West' in the show "The Wild, Wild West", also had the same snake grips on his single action revolver.[/QUOTE]
 
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Rubone said:
Recent acquisition which replaces the one I stupidly sold several decades ago.
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LOL! Close to the same situation for me.
Lots of 66s, so here's mine.
I bought a 2 1/2" 66 within a month of seeing 'The Gauntlet', but since the gun was a real shooting dog
I did not regret moving it.

Did finally decide to try it again though.

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The 19 really outshoots the 66, but I just feel bad carrying the 19 out (even in a fitted lined holster) because the blue is so nice.

JT
 
The first semi-auto pistol I purchased was a BERSA Thunder. Great handgun for the money 20 years ago. Very accurate and easy on the recoil. Handles every .380 round I ever put through it. Later I picked up the CC version in an estate sale. One of the early CC handguns prior to the mass offerings of today.
The Thunder has an extended Magazine.
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