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===Standard=== | ===Standard=== | ||
The most common version of the Colt Army in the film is the standard version without an obvious conversion such as a Richards-Mason. Even so, almost all of them have a hidden cartridge conversion since it is safer to shoot metallic blank | The most common version of the Colt Army in the film is the standard version without an obvious conversion such as a Richards-Mason. Even so, almost all of them have a hidden cartridge conversion since it is safer to shoot metallic blank cartridges than black powder blank shot. | ||
[[Image:1860Army.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1860 Army - .44 caliber.]] | [[Image:1860Army.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1860 Army - .44 caliber.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Fletcher ([[John Vernon]]) is seen carrying three Colt Army revolvers, and has two pointed at him.]] | [[Image:TOJWColtArmy-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Fletcher ([[John Vernon]]) is seen carrying three Colt Army revolvers, and has two pointed at him.]] | ||
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[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Here the gun is a percussion model, since he's pointing it at a fellow actor and so they can pack the lead balls into the chambers.]] | [[Image:TOJWColtArmy-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Here the gun is a percussion model, since he's pointing it at a fellow actor and so they can pack the lead balls into the chambers.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales draws his Colt Army in his right hand and his Colt Walker in his left when facing the Union soldiers in the town.]] | [[Image:TOJWColtArmy-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales draws his Colt Army in his right hand and his Colt Walker in his left when facing the Union soldiers in the town.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales shoots one of the | [[Image:TOJWColtArmy-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales shoots one of the Commanchero's who tries to take his horse in the desert. Note how the hammer has been modified to strike a firing pin to properly fire center fire blanks.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales faces off with a bounty hunter ([[John Davis Chandler]]), both of them use Colt Army revolvers.]] | [[Image:TOJWColtArmy-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales faces off with a bounty hunter ([[John Davis Chandler]]), both of them use Colt Army revolvers.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Laura Lee ([[Sondra Locke]]) fake fires a percussion Colt Army.]] | [[Image:TOJWColtArmy-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Laura Lee ([[Sondra Locke]]) fake fires a percussion Colt Army.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales tries to shoot Terrill ([[Bill McKinney]]) as he flees but his Colt Army clicks empty. | [[Image:TOJWColtArmy-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales tries to shoot Terrill ([[Bill McKinney]]) as he flees but his Colt Army clicks empty. Similar to his Colt Walker, the hammer falls on half-cock due to a light trigger.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWColtArmy-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales dry-fires his Colt Army and [[Colt 1849 Pocket]] as he approaches Terrill.]] | [[Image:TOJWColtArmy-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales dry-fires his Colt Army and [[Colt 1849 Pocket]] as he approaches Terrill.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWWALESARMORY.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales holsters his Colt Army.]] | [[Image:TOJWWALESARMORY.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wales holsters his Colt Army.]] | ||
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==Colt 1851 Navy== | ==Colt 1851 Navy== | ||
Union "Red Leg" leader Captain Terrill ([[Bill McKinney]]) carries a [[Colt 1851 Navy]] with a brass frame as his sidearm, and is | Union "Red Leg" leader Captain Terrill ([[Bill McKinney]]) carries a [[Colt 1851 Navy]] with a brass frame as his sidearm, and is notably seen using it during the slaughter of the Confederate soldiers. It is not a Griswold and Gunnison 1860 as a previous user claimed, as it has an octagonal barrel, not a round barrel like an G&G. | ||
[[Image:1851Navy.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1851 Navy - .36 caliber.]] | [[Image:1851Navy.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1851 Navy - .36 caliber.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWColtNavy-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Terrill fires his Colt 1851 Navy at the cart Wales was firing the Gatling Gun in. He fires four shots before charging the cart and when he sticks the gun in, you cans see all six lead balls loaded in the chambers.]] | [[Image:TOJWColtNavy-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Terrill fires his Colt 1851 Navy at the cart Wales was firing the Gatling Gun in. He fires four shots before charging the cart and when he sticks the gun in, you cans see all six lead balls loaded in the chambers.]] | ||
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[[Image:TOJWSharpsRifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Union soldiers hold their Sharps 1863 carbines on Fletcher ([[John Vernon]]).]] | [[Image:TOJWSharpsRifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Union soldiers hold their Sharps 1863 carbines on Fletcher ([[John Vernon]]).]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWSharpsRifle-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Union soldier holds his Sharps on Fletcher.]] | [[Image:TOJWSharpsRifle-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Union soldier holds his Sharps on Fletcher.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWSharpsRifle-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[Image:TOJWSharpsRifle-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Union soldiers fire their Sharps Carbines at Wales.]] | ||
==Sharps 1865 Sniper Rifle== | ==Sharps 1865 Sniper Rifle== | ||
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[[Image:Springfield1861.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Springfield 1861 - .58 caliber Miné Ball.]] | [[Image:Springfield1861.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Springfield 1861 - .58 caliber Miné Ball.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWRifles-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Fletcher ([[John Vernon]]) with a Springfield rifle.]] | [[Image:TOJWRifles-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Fletcher ([[John Vernon]]) with a Springfield rifle.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWUnknownRifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A rebel with a | [[Image:TOJWUnknownRifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A rebel with a Springfield rifle.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWRifles-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Confederate soldiers with Springfield rifles.]] | [[Image:TOJWRifles-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Confederate soldiers with Springfield rifles.]] | ||
[[Image:TOJWRifles-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jamie ([[Sam Bottoms]]) with a Springfield 1861 rifle.]] | [[Image:TOJWRifles-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jamie ([[Sam Bottoms]]) with a Springfield 1861 rifle.]] | ||
Revision as of 06:01, 25 January 2012
The following guns were used in the film The Outlaw Josey Wales:
Colt Walker 1847
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) carries two Colt Walker 1847 revolvers in twin holsters as his primary sidearms, although he carries four pistols in total. While not supposed to be known by the audience, the guns are converted to fire metallic cartridges instead of firing percussion cap and ball, since this it is safer to use blanks than firing blackpowder blank shot. While some of the guns are anachronistically seen with conventional metallic conversion kits with ejector rods and loading gates, these guns lack these features to try to hide its conversion. In some scenes though, the guns are non-firing models which do have percussion nipples so the audience can be tricked into thinking the guns are a percussion only. The famous image in which Wales poses with his Colt Walkers is a good example.
Colt 1860 Army
In the film, there are multiple variants of the Colt 1860 Army revolver (despite the fact there was only one available during the Civil War, since cartridge conversions didn't exist at the time), including:
Standard
The most common version of the Colt Army in the film is the standard version without an obvious conversion such as a Richards-Mason. Even so, almost all of them have a hidden cartridge conversion since it is safer to shoot metallic blank cartridges than black powder blank shot.
Loading Gate Conversion
When Wales' family is first murdered by the Red Legs, he retrieves a gun from the ashes of his house, which is a Colt Army with a cartridge conversion and a loading gate only. Due to quick camera cuts, it appears he fires far more than six shots at a time.
Richards Cartridge Conversion
Lone Watie (Chief Dan George) sneaks up on Wales and holds a Colt Army with a Richards Conversion (has a rear sight added to the breech ring instead of the rear sight on the hammer, has a frame-mounted firing pin, and a hammer modified to strike this firing pin. Also had ejector rod and loading gate) on him, boasting that only an Indian can sneak up on someone. Wales agrees and in a second, Watie has a gun to his head from Little Moonlight (Geraldine Keams).
Richards-Mason Cartridge Conversion
Colt Armies with Richards-Mason are used by several characters in the film.
Colt 1849 Pocket
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) carries a Colt 1849 Pocket in a breast-pocket holster, and draws it only when no other option is left.
Union "Red Leg" leader Captain Terrill (Bill McKinney) carries a Colt 1851 Navy with a brass frame as his sidearm, and is notably seen using it during the slaughter of the Confederate soldiers. It is not a Griswold and Gunnison 1860 as a previous user claimed, as it has an octagonal barrel, not a round barrel like an G&G.
Sharps 1863 Cavalry Carbine
The Union soldiers are seen armed with Sharps 1863 Cavalry Carbines in the film.
Sharps 1865 Sniper Rifle
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) carries a Sharps 1865 rifle fitted with a full length J. Stevens brass tube target scope, which he uses to shoot the ferry rope in two, leaving the pursuing Redlegs stranded in the water. He later uses it to tie a white flag to when approaching the Commancheros before using it to shoot one of them off their horse.
Trapdoor Springfield 1873
Another anachronistic firearm in the film, Trapdoor Springfield 1873 rifles are used by Abe (Len Lesser) and Lige (Doug McGrath) when they attempt to capture Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) by the river side. Later in the film, several are used by Wales' allies in the house to shoot at the Red Legs outside.
Colt 1872 Gatling Gun
Union troops use two Colt 1872 Gatling Guns to mow down Josey Wales' (Clint Eastwood) comrades after they surrender, despite being an anachronistic firearm. Wales kills the gunner and loader in one of the gun carts and uses it to mow down Union troops and destroy the other gun. One of these guns was recently sold for a price of roughly $30,000 in a gun auction, in which they listed the gun as a Colt 1872 in .45-70 caliber.
Springfield 1861
Springfield 1861 Rifles are seen throughout the movie in the hands of Confederate soldiers.
Enfield 1853
Enfield 1853 rifles are seen in the hands of Union and Confederate soldiers, as well as used by Lone Watie and Ten Bears.
Howitzer Cannon
Confederate soldiers are seen firing a Howitzer Cannon during a battle.
