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[[Image:TOJWWALESARMORY.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales' Colt Walkers in his holsters.]] | [[Image:TOJWWALESARMORY.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales' Colt Walkers in his holsters.]] | ||
== Colt 1860 | ==Colt 1860 Army== | ||
In the film, there are multiple variants of the [[Colt 1860 Army]] revolver (despite the fact there was only one available during the Civil War, since cartridge conversions didn't exist at the time), including: | |||
===Standard=== | |||
[[Image: | The most common version of the Colt Army in the film is the standard version without an obvious conversion such as a Richards-Mason. Even so, almost all of them have a hidden cartridge conversion since it is safer to shoot metallic blank catridges than black powder blank shot. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:1860Army.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1860 Army - .44 caliber.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:TOJWColtArmy-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Fletcher ([[John Vernon]]) is seen carrying three Colt Army revolvers, and has two pointed at him.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jamie ([[Sam Bottoms]]) shoots Lige ([[Doug McGrath]]) with his Colt Army after tricking him into coming close. Note how metallic cartridges can be seen in the cylinder.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"I thought you could use some help."]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales holds his Colt Army on Lone Watie ([[Chief Dan George]]).]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Here the gun is a percussion model, since he's pointing it at a fellow actor and so they can pack the lead balls into the chambers.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales draws his Colt Army in his right hand and his Colt Walker in his left when facing the Union soldiers in the town.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales shoots on of the thugs who tries to take his horse in the desert. Note how the hammer has been modified to strike a firing pin to properly fire center fire blanks.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales faces off with a bounty hunter ([[John Davis Chandler]]), both of them use Colt Army revolvers.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Laura Lee ([[Sondra Locke]]) fake fires a percussion Colt Army.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales tries to shoot Terrill ([[Bill McKinney]]) as he flees but his Colt Army clicks empty. Similair to his Colt Walker, the hammer falls on half-cock due to a light trigger.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales dry-fires his Colt Army and [[Colt 1849 Pocket]] as he approaches Terrill.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWWALESARMORY.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales holsters his Colt Army.]] | |||
===Loading Gate Conversion=== | |||
When Wales' family is first murdered by the Red Legs, he retrieves a gun from the ashes of his house, which is a Colt Army with a cartridge conversion and a loading gate only. Due to quick camera cuts, it appears he fires far more than six shots at a time. | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyC-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales retrieves the converted Colt Army from the ashes of his home.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyC-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales looks at the Colt Army.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyC-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales shoots a wooden post repeatedly to get the feel for the gun.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyC-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales fires the smoking Colt Army.]] | |||
===Richards Cartridge Conversion=== | |||
Lone Watie ([[Chief Dan George]]) sneaks up on Wales and holds a Colt Army with a Richards Conversion (has a rear sight added to the breech ring instead of the rear sight on the hammer, has a frame-mounted firing pin, and a hammer modified to strike this firing pin. Also had ejector rod and loading gate) on him, boasting that only an Indian can sneak up on someone. Wales agrees and in a second, Watie has a gun to his head from Little Moonlight ([[Geraldine Keams]]). | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyR-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''Lone Watie:''' Howdy. '''Josey Wales:''' Howdy.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyR-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"You know, only an Indian can do something like this."]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyR-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Little Moonlight shoots the last of the rapists with her Colt Army with a Richards conversion.]] | |||
===Richards-Mason Cartridge Conversion=== | |||
Colt Armies with Richards-Mason are used by several characters in the film. | |||
[[Image:ArmyConversion55.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Army with Richards-Mason cartridge conversion.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyR+M-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Both of the bounty chasers in the trade shop hold Colt Army revolvers with Richards-Mason conversions on Wales.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyR+M-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Little Moonlight ([[Geraldine Keams]]) holds a Colt Army with a Richards-Mason conversion on Lone Watie ([[Chief Dan George]]).]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyR+M-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Little Moonlight holds her Colt Army on Lone Watie.]] | |||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmyR+M-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Commanchero Leader ([[John Quade]]) armed with a converted Colt Army.]] | |||
==Colt 1849 Pocket== | ==Colt 1849 Pocket== | ||
Revision as of 23:01, 8 April 2009
The following guns were used in the film The Outlaw Josey Wales:
Colt Walker 1847
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) carries two Colt Walker 1847 revolvers in twin holsters as his primary sidearms, although he carries four pistols in total. While not supposed to be known by the audience, the guns are converted to fire metallic cartridges instead of firing percussion cap and ball, since this it is safer to use blanks than firing blackpowder blank shot. While some of the guns are anachronistically seen with conventional metallic conversion kits with ejector rods and loading gates, these guns lack these features to try to hide its conversion. In some scenes though, the guns are non-firing models which do have percussion nipples so the audience can be tricked into thinking the guns are a percussion only. The famous image in which Wales poses with his Colt Walkers is a good example.
Colt 1860 Army
In the film, there are multiple variants of the Colt 1860 Army revolver (despite the fact there was only one available during the Civil War, since cartridge conversions didn't exist at the time), including:
Standard
The most common version of the Colt Army in the film is the standard version without an obvious conversion such as a Richards-Mason. Even so, almost all of them have a hidden cartridge conversion since it is safer to shoot metallic blank catridges than black powder blank shot.
Loading Gate Conversion
When Wales' family is first murdered by the Red Legs, he retrieves a gun from the ashes of his house, which is a Colt Army with a cartridge conversion and a loading gate only. Due to quick camera cuts, it appears he fires far more than six shots at a time.
Richards Cartridge Conversion
Lone Watie (Chief Dan George) sneaks up on Wales and holds a Colt Army with a Richards Conversion (has a rear sight added to the breech ring instead of the rear sight on the hammer, has a frame-mounted firing pin, and a hammer modified to strike this firing pin. Also had ejector rod and loading gate) on him, boasting that only an Indian can sneak up on someone. Wales agrees and in a second, Watie has a gun to his head from Little Moonlight (Geraldine Keams).
Richards-Mason Cartridge Conversion
Colt Armies with Richards-Mason are used by several characters in the film.
Colt 1849 Pocket
Model 1865 Gatling Gun
Used by Union troops to mow down Wale's comrades after they surrender. Wales kills one of the gun's team then uses it to mow down Union troops and destroy the other gun.
Springfield 1861 rifle
Used extensively throughout the film by various characters. It's also likely that some of the rifles are the 1863 model.
