Young Guns: Difference between revisions
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Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock ([[Kiefer Sutherland]]), the obvious sharpshooter of the Regulators, uses a [[Sharps Rifle#Sharps 1874 Cavalary Carbine|Sharps 1874 Cavalary Carbine]] as his long arm in the film.
Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock ([[Kiefer Sutherland]]), the obvious sharpshooter of the Regulators, uses a [[Sharps Rifle#Sharps 1874 Cavalry Carbine|Sharps 1874 Cavalry Carbine]] as his long arm in the film.
[[Image:YGSharpsCarbine-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Doc points his Sharps 1874 Cavalry Carbine at Billy the Kid when they first meet him hiding in a cow pen.]]
[[Image:YGSharpsCarbine-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Doc points his Sharps 1874 Cavalry Carbine at Billy the Kid when they first meet him hiding in a cow pen.]]
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Young Guns is a 1988 Western starring Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid, who bands together with several of his fellow ranchers to exact revenge on the landowner who killed their benefactor.
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" 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), Billy takes his 5 1/2" Lightning 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 Regulators 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.
