Silverado: Difference between revisions
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Silverado: Difference between revisions
[[Image:SilveradoJstevens.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the stage coach drivers armed with a decorated J. Stevens & Company 1878 shotgun.]]
[[Image:SilveradoJstevens.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the stage coach drivers armed with a decorated J. Stevens & Company 1878 shotgun.]]
==Winchester 1873==
Both the Rifle and Saddle Ring Carbine versions of the [[Winchester Model 1873|Winchester 1873]] rifle are seen used by several characters in the film, most notabley Emmet ([[Scott Glenn]]) and Pedan ([[Kevin Kline]]), who both keep the rifles as saddle guns.
[[Image:SilveradoWin73-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Emmet racks the lever on his Winchester 1873 rifle after defeating all the assassins in the shed.]]
[[Image:SilveradoWin73-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hannah's ([[Rossana Arquette]]) husband armed with a Winchester 1873 rifle before being shot by an outlaw.]]
[[Image:SilveradoWin73-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pedan with his '73 rifle at the ranch.]]
[[Image:SilveradoWin73-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Deputy Tyree ([[Jeff Fahey]]) armed with a '73 rifle in the town when searching for Jake.]]
[[Image:SilveradoWin73-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Emmet's '73 rifle gets shot, showing a nice close up of the color case hardened reciever. Note how a semi-camouflauged metal plate is attached to the reciever to protect the gun from the bullet squib.]]
Revision as of 02:37, 23 October 2008
The following guns were used in the film Silverado:
The gun used mostly by just about everyone in the film is the Single Action Army revolver in the various barrel lengths and calibers. Many look to be in far too good condition to be the guns of Frontiersman and have obviously newer color case hardening as evident by the fact it isn't worn in the slightest. Back during that day, they used Cyanide to color case harden, unaware how unsafe it was to use. Today, more conventional and longer lasting methods are used. It is likely these guns were supplied by Aldo Uberti Inc., a major 19th century firearms company today. Do to the extreme frequence of these guns in the film, there are a lot of screenshots for them.
I hate uploading guns when I can't I.D. them but I just can't figure this one out. When Paden (Kevin Kline) runs into the gunshop to buy a gun to kill the man who stole his horse, his lack of money leaves him with a hunk of junk revolver which I cannot identify. The gun clearly has a swing open action (anachronistic to the time), but the gun is so shoddy, the cylinder falls off the action when opened. Anyone who has seen The Quick and the Dead would know that this scene was replicated somewhat in that film. (I'm ordering that movie off eBay to screencap as well. Leave this comment on so people know not to screen it.) -GM.
Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" (mocked up as Henry 1860)
Malachi "Mal" Johnson (Danny Glover) uses a Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" rifle mocked up like a Henry 1860 by removing the fore-end. The dead give aways are the loading gate on the reciever and the lack of a magazine tube slit and spring follower under the magazine tube. It is rather strange that he would use this fake Henry when his father uses an actual Henry rifle in the movie.
Ezra Johnson (Joe Seneca), Mal's father, uses a Henry 1860 rifle with an engraved reciever. When murdered by some of Cobb's thugs, the gun is used by one of them until that man is killed by Emmet (Scott Glenn). Emmet then uses the gun when preparing for a fight, shooting the prickers off a cactus plant. The rifle is then given to Mal and he uses both the Henry and his fake Henry (made from a Winchester 1866 rifle) during the gunfight at the ranch.
When Pedan (Kevin Kline) tries to buy a gun in the gun store, several Single Action Armies are seen in the glass case, but one of the guns is a Remington 1875.
A Colt Model 1878 is seen used by several extras in the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt Model 1878 - 12 Gauge.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAn assassin at the film's start falls through the shed ceiling with his Colt Model 1878 shotgun, which somehow lands on top of him despite how him firing it mean it would be under him. No reason to complain though, it gave us a clear shot of the gun.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe bartender tries to shoot Mal with his Colt 1878 shotgun but gets whacked with a statue.Error creating thumbnail: File missingWhen Cobb's thugs attack the town member's party, they throw torches into the buildings. One member shoots a torch out of the air with his Colt 1878 but gets shot for his good deed.
J. Stevens & Company 1878
The two coach drivers who rob the stage coach members of thier money keep a J. Stevens & Company 1878 shotgun with indian decorations on the stock as their weapon.
Both the Rifle and Saddle Ring Carbine versions of the Winchester 1873 rifle are seen used by several characters in the film, most notabley Emmet (Scott Glenn) and Pedan (Kevin Kline), who both keep the rifles as saddle guns.
