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Big fan of Gunsmoke. Anyone know what he shot in the show? By that i mean what was the brand.
This from the Internet Firearm Database. They are generally pretty accurate but probably not as discerning as some of the members here:Big fan of Gunsmoke. Anyone know what he shot in the show? By that i mean what was the brand.
I'm sure you are correct. As I said the members here are much more discerning about such things. That database tends to be more correct on movies and TV shows of the last 20 years than the older movies and shows. Just like Wikipedia, I sometimes use it as a starting point.The data base is wrong about the rifle. I don't think I ever saw him use a '73 Winchester. In seasons 1-2, his rifle rack held a number of full length 1892 rifles, along with some long double barrel shotguns. After that, the rifles became carbine 1892s with correct carbine buttstocks. Then later, the carbines had rifle buttstocks (which are longer than the carbine buttstock); probably because the rifle length stock fit him better.
I've read he used Colts, but I also saw a later colored episode where his revolver had no firing pin; I suspect that was a Great Western. BTW, one could buy Great Westerns with no hammer mounted firing pin (it was a spring loaded frame mounted pin) or hammer mounted firing pins like Colts.
https://www.greatwesternfirearms.com/history/
The only movie I'm aware of that had an unwavering commitment to historic accuracy was "SHANE". Even the clothes they wore and the sound made by black powder cartridges to the layout of the town. All researched and reproduced in detail. If you look at my avatar, that's Jack Wilson, hired gunfighter.
Identifying his TV guns are easy.
What did he use for the 9 year radio run?
Identifying his TV guns are easy.
What did he use for the 9 year radio run?
It was probably a big stick hitting a table in the radio series for the main shot sound, no need for an actual gun although people weren't as stupid back then as they are now. Knew that a gun was made to kill people, not for testing a vest on your best friend, to see how well it will protect!
FYI William Conrad of Cannon fame played Matt Dillon on radio.
https://ia-petabox.archive.org/details/OTRR_Gunsmoke_Singles