Ruger single action in 188x?

[BULL'S-EYE]

Still not as bad as The Comancheros...Where they're blatantly using 92 Winchester's and Colt Model P's in a storyline set in 1843.

 

[Ride1949]

What is this thing, anyway. Obviously it is not real. The thing that holds it together looks like a Kiwi fruit or something like that ???

Some Steampunk contraption. Obviously non- functional. They come up with some real unique ideas. It's an interesting genre.

 

[Ride1949]

Like I said, very, very sick......

 

[Star43]

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I always kind of thought Nicholson was a bit of a nut case.....IMO.

 

[CHEVYINLINE6]

Wasting rainy day time watching low budget westerns a couple days back and noticed that one cowboy/gunfighter was using what appeared to be a Ruger Blackhawk that had been stripped of it's front blade and rear adjustable sights. Supposedly an expedient to using a 'real' period single action? Also apparently had the 'high cap 14 round' upgrade as the user fired off at least that many rounds w/o a reload.

WW2 hero Audie Murphy was known to use a Ruger Blackhawk with the sights removed in some of his movies. I read this years ago, but I don't remember the reason the sights were removed.

CHEVYINLINE6.

 

[Star43]

WW2 hero Audie Murphy was known to use a Ruger Blackhawk with the sights removed in some of his movies. I read this years ago, but I don't remember the reason the sights were removed.

CHEVYINLINE6.

I had heard that Audie Murphy used a Great Western in his movies a lot. After all, he was a large investor in the LA based company.

 

[J. Yuma]

Thinking I counted 14 as the number of rounds Costner shot before a reload in the opening of the gun battle.

But the real lulu of it all was him sitting on the ground, taking cover behind a,,,, wagon wheel, then shaking the heck out of the gun to rattle the empties out. I'm yelling, use the case ejector you idiot.

When I reload a SA, all I think about is if a guy was shooting back that has one of those 20 round 9mm's.
I read an article about a movie where the protagonist carries a spare cylinder and swaps the cylinders out during a shoot out.
Now that's a possibility.

 

[Fox Mike]

John Wayne had one of them, in The Sons of Katie Elder, when in the fight at the gun store near the end of the movie

 

[Ale-8(1)]

I read an article about a movie where the protagonist carries a spare cylinder and swaps the cylinders out during a shoot out.
Now that's a possibility.

Yeah, one of Eastwood's movies. I forget which one.

 

[gnappi]

Yeah, one of Eastwood's movies. I forget which one.

I'm thinking Pale Rider.

 

[Ride1949]

You just have to innovate… make it an over/under, and you can get 20 shots to a cylinder! (Still, not exactly "svelte.")

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Here's a decent article article on this revolver

Rare 20-Shot Lefaucheux "High Capacity" Pin Fire Revolver

Rare 20-Shot Lefaucheux "High Capacity" Pin Fire Revolver

collegehillarsenal.com

 

[J. Yuma]

I'm thinking Pale Rider.

the only Eastwood western I've ever watched is The Unforgiven. Not a snob, just don't like drama. (I guess I actually am a snob?)
The Unforgiven was "Unforgettable," and apparently Eastwood is a genuine thinker, in the order of Reagan, Wayne, or McQueen. But enough of my politics.

However, yesterday's 1873 cleaning after 50 rounds of ACP (all loaded in 5's, such a sweet little shooter, too bad I'm also a magnum snob) reminded me that the cylinder swap idea may not be as practical as it seems. It's one thing to do it on a bench while drinking a diet Dr Pepper, and would be quite another whilst being shot at...and I know why some "shootists" would have two "five shooters."

 

[contender]

Yes,,, it was Pale Rider where Eastwood had a few pouches on his belt with pre-loaded cylinders & used them "effectively."

And in Outlaw Josie Wales,, he carried at least (3) guns to facilitate the necessity of reloading, and being unarmed.

Two movies where the use of firearms was portrayed better than most.

 

[Sam Summey]

Yes,,, it was Pale Rider where Eastwood had a few pouches on his belt with pre-loaded cylinders & used them "effectively."

And in Outlaw Josie Wales,, he carried at least (3) guns to facilitate the necessity of reloading, and being unarmed.

Two movies where the use of firearms was portrayed better than most.

A "Jose Wales" reload, New Yawk ain't got nuttin on him!