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Lt. John J. Dunbar ([[Kevin Costner]]) keeps a [[Colt 1851 Navy]] as his sidearm throughout the film. Also seen in the hands of some high ranking Union officers.
Lt. John J. Dunbar ([[Kevin Costner]]) keeps a [[Colt 1851 Navy]] as his sidearm throughout the film. It is actually converted to fire metallic cartridges which is safer then using blanks on a percussion revolver. Also seen in the hands of some high ranking Union officers.
[[Image:1851Navy.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1851 Navy - .36 caliber.]]
[[Image:1851Navy.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1851 Navy - .36 caliber.]]
[[Image:DWWColt1851-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Major Fambrough commits suicide with a Colt 1851 Navy revolver.]]
[[Image:DWWColt1851-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Major Fambrough commits suicide with a Colt 1851 Navy revolver.]]
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[[Image:DWWColt1851-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dunbar points his 1851 Navy at Wind in His Hair ([[Rodney A. Grant]]) when he confronts him.]]
[[Image:DWWColt1851-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dunbar points his 1851 Navy at Wind in His Hair ([[Rodney A. Grant]]) when he confronts him.]]
[[Image:DWWColt1851-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dunbar fires his 1851 Navy at the attacking Pawnee indians, although Costner fakes the recoil a little too much.]]
[[Image:DWWColt1851-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dunbar fires his 1851 Navy at the attacking Pawnee indians, although Costner fakes the recoil a little too much.]]
[[Image:DWWColt1851-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dunbar struggles to shoot a Pawnee indian with his 1851 Navy when he attacks him.]]
[[Image:DWWColt1851-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dunbar struggles to shoot a Pawnee indian with his 1851 Navy when he attacks him. It can be seen that the cylinder is one that houses metallic cartridges, but the rest of thge revolver is untouched, to make the colt look like a genuine Colt 1851 Navy from the Civil War period]]
[[Image:DWWColt1851-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dunbar fires his 1851 Navy at the Pawnees while on horse back. He then terribley tosses it away when empty.]]
[[Image:DWWColt1851-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dunbar fires his 1851 Navy at the Pawnees while on horse back. He then terribley tosses it away when empty.]]
Revision as of 18:53, 30 July 2010
The following weapons are used in Dances With Wolves
All the guns in this film were supplied by Aldo Uberti Inc. of Italy.
Lt. John J. Dunbar (Kevin Costner) keeps a Colt 1851 Navy as his sidearm throughout the film. It is actually converted to fire metallic cartridges which is safer then using blanks on a percussion revolver. Also seen in the hands of some high ranking Union officers.
Henry 1860
Lt. John J. Dunbar (Kevin Costner) keeps a polished brass frame Henry 1860 rifle, or as the Rebels called it, "That damned Yankee rifle you load on sunday and shoot all week", as his main weapon of choice throughout the film.
Springfield 1861
Union soldiers carry Springfield 1861 rifles as their standard issue weapons. Some Confederate soldiers are also seen using it.
Enfield 1853
Confederate soldiers carry Springfield 1851 and Enfield 1853 rifles as their standard issue weapons.
Union soldiers are seen armed with Colt 1860 Army revolvers as their sidearms.
Sharps 1863
To prepare for the attacking Pawnee Indians, Dunbar gives the Sioux indians Sharps rifles, which based on the time are 1863 models.
Sharps 1863 Saddlering Carbine
Dunbar also gives many of the Siouxs Sharps saddlering carbines, also assumed to be the 1863 model. Union soldiers are later seen almost entirely armed with Sharps Carbines in the film, and use them to sadly shoot down Dunbar's pet wolf, Two Socks.
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Muzzleloaders are seen used by some of the Confederate soldiers at the beginning of the film and Timmons (Robert Pastorelli) keeps one at his side while driving Dunbar in his coach. They are noted as muzzle loaders based on the ramrod underslung under the barrels.