Young Guns: Difference between revisions
Young Guns: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Young Guns: Difference between revisions
[[Image:YGWin73-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sheriff Bradey reaches for his Winchester before being killed by Billy the Kid.]]
[[Image:YGWin73-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sheriff Bradey reaches for his Winchester before being killed by Billy the Kid.]]
[[Image:YGWin73-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Billy the Kid poses with his Winchester rifle for his famous photograph. The actual photograph is shown for comparison, revealing how inaccurate it is to the real one.]]
[[Image:YGWin73-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Billy the Kid poses with his Winchester rifle for his famous photograph. The actual photograph is shown for comparison, revealing how inaccurate it is to the real one.]]
Historians have pointed out that the actual photograph is inconsistent with reality, the loading breech on the rifle is on the wrong side, indicating the "real" picture is a flip copy of the actual photo. this also disproves the left handedness of Billy the Kid as his primary revolver would be on his right hip if the photo was flipped true to put the loading gate back on the right of the rifle. So the fake picture in the movie is actually consistent with history.
[[Image:YGWin73-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Billy with a Winchester rifle while holed up in the house.]]
[[Image:YGWin73-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Billy with a Winchester rifle while holed up in the house.]]
[[Image:YGWin73-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Charley unloads both his Winchester rifles on the US Army.]]
[[Image:YGWin73-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Charley unloads both his Winchester rifles on the US Army.]]
Revision as of 06:28, 17 September 2009
The following guns were used in the film Young Guns:
William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney (Emilio Estevez) starts carrying a Colt Lightning 1877 revolver with a 7 1/2" Cavalary barrel towards the start of the film, and uses it along with a Single Action Army in some scenes. After killing Sheriff Brady (Danny Kamin), he takes his 5 1/2" Artillery SAA and thus wields two Colt Lightning revolvers by the end of the film. The real Billy the Kid carried a Colt Thunderer 1877 revolver in .41 Long Colt, but this is an uncommon blank round so Uberti replicas of Lightnings in .38 Special were used for simplicity.
All of the Regulators carry at least one Single Action Army as their sidearm. Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez) is also seen using one for the start of the film.
During the opening credits (shot in original 19th century style film), one of the Regualtors is seen firing two Colt New Service revolvers, even though these are highly anachronistic to the era.
Several characters in the film are seen using Winchester 1873 saddle ring carbines. Of the Regulators who use the gun, "Dick" Brewer (Charlie Sheen), Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), and "Charley" Bowdrey (Casey Siemaszko) are of notable mention.
Historians have pointed out that the actual photograph is inconsistent with reality, the loading breech on the rifle is on the wrong side, indicating the "real" picture is a flip copy of the actual photo. this also disproves the left handedness of Billy the Kid as his primary revolver would be on his right hip if the photo was flipped true to put the loading gate back on the right of the rifle. So the fake picture in the movie is actually consistent with history.
