Appaloosa: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Appaloosa: Difference between revisions
[[Image:AppaloosaSAA-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The stag grips of Virgil's Single Action Army is seen during the end credits.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaSAA-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The stag grips of Virgil's Single Action Army is seen during the end credits.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaSAA-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A disassembled Single Action Army during the credits.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaSAA-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A disassembled Single Action Army during the credits.]]
==Colt 1851 Navy with Richards-Mason Conversion==
Everett Hitch ([[Viggo Mortensen]]) carries a [[Colt 1851 Navy#Colt 1851 Navy (Richards-Mason Conversion)|Colt 1851 Navy with a Richards-Mason Conversion]] as his sidearm in the film.
[[Image:Colt1851cartridge.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1851 Navy with Richards-Mason Conversion - .38 Long Colt.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaColt1851RM-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Everett draws his Colt 1851 Navy with a Richards-Mason conversion when Bragg and his men enter the jail.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaColt1851RM-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Everett fires his Colt 1851 after being wounded in front of the jail during the gunfight with Ring Shelton ([[Lance Henriksen]]) and his gang. Luckily both he and Virgil survive the encounter.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaColt1851RM-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Everett reloads his Colt 1851 after the duel at the end of the film, and also shows he knows how to use the ejector rod.]]
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The following guns were used in the film Appaloosa:
Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) carries an 8 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun in the film, refered to only as "The 8 Gauge" in the dialogue. To handle the vicious recoil of the massive weapon, Everett has a leather pad build into the shoulder of his coat to help absorb it. Since the only existing 8 Gauges today are antiques and are unsafe or too expensive to fire, an ingenious alternative was made. Armorer and gunsmith Steve Karnes built three "8 Gauges" for Gibbons Ltd. out of reproduction Colt 1878 shotguns, two of which fired 12 Gauge blanks with 8 Gauge sleeves over the barrels to increase the bore diameter and hide its real caliber, while one was built to chamber 8 Gauge inert rounds for scenes in which the gun was loaded, as the size between 8 and 12 Gauge is far too different for no one to notice. To see more on the production of the shotguns, visit the SK 1878 shotgun page.
Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy"
Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) carries a Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" as his rifle in the film. Sheriff Clyde Stringer (Rex Linn) carries one while escorting Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) on the train. One of the Appaches is seen using one with tribal decorations as well.
Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) carries two Single Action Army revolvers in the film, his main being a 7 1/2" Cavalary model with Stag horn grips and his belt gun a 5" Artillery. Many other characters use them in the film as well.