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William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney ([[Emilio Estevez]]) starts carrying a [[Colt 1877 DA Lightning/Thunderer]] revolver with a 6" 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 4 1/2" Lightning and thus wields two Colt Lightning revolvers by the end of the film. The real Billy the Kid carried a [[Colt 1877 DA Thunderer]] revolver in .41 Long Colt, but this is an uncommon blank round so similar Colt 1877 DA Lightnings model in .38 Long Colt were used for simplicity.
William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney ([[Emilio Estevez]]) starts carrying a [[Colt 1877 DA Lightning/Thunderer]] revolver with a 6" 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 4 1/2" Lightning and thus wields two Colt Lightning revolvers by the end of the film. The real Billy the Kid carried a [[Colt 1877 DA Thunderer]] revolver in .41 Long Colt, but this is an uncommon blank round so similar Colt 1877 DA Lightnings model in .38 Long Colt were used for simplicity.
[[Image:ColtLightning.jpg|thumb|none|400px| 1877 Colt Lightning in .38 Long Colt with 4.5" bbl.]]
[[Image:ColtLightning.jpg|thumb|none|400px| 1877 Colt Lightning in .38 Long Colt with 6" bbl.]]
[[Image:YGColtLightning-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Billy the Kid with his Colt Lightning drawn.]]
[[Image:YGColtLightning-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Billy the Kid with his Colt Lightning drawn.]]
[[Image:YGColtLightning-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Billy holds his Colt Lightning on McCloskey ([[Geoffrey Blake]]) when he suspects him of being a traitor.]]
[[Image:YGColtLightning-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Billy holds his Colt Lightning on McCloskey ([[Geoffrey Blake]]) when he suspects him of being a traitor.]]
Revision as of 10:44, 21 August 2010
Young Guns is a semi-historical 1988 Western starring Emilio Estevez as William H. Bonney aka "Billy the Kid", who was taken in under the wing of the rancher, John Tunstall (Terence Stamp), along with other 'wayward' young men. During the Lincoln County Wars of 1878, several groups warred over diminishing land for their cattle herds. When Tunstall is killed after being ambushed, Billy the Kid organizes a group who called themselves 'the Regulators' to avenge the death of their benefactor. Despite being officially 'deputized' at the time, Billy does not arrest the suspected killers (men allied with Rancher Laurence Murphy), Billy just killed them, resulting in him and his 'gang' becoming the hunted fugitives. This film and its sequel did a very interesting job of hypothesizing what happened in the short life of Billy the Kid and offered its own explanations of why real historical characters did what they did (and how they did it). ryan
The following guns were used in the film Young Guns:
William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney (Emilio Estevez) starts carrying a Colt 1877 DA Lightning/Thunderer revolver with a 6" 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 4 1/2" Lightning and thus wields two Colt Lightning revolvers by the end of the film. The real Billy the Kid carried a Colt 1877 DA Thunderer revolver in .41 Long Colt, but this is an uncommon blank round so similar Colt 1877 DA Lightnings model in .38 Long Colt were used for simplicity.
Single Action Army
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.
Colt New Service
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.
Dirty Steve Stephens (Dermot Mulroney) carries a shortened 10 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun as his long arm in the film.
Winchester 1873
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.