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[[Image:Matewan_browning_M1917.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hired guns wait with a Winchester 1892 rifle and a [[Browning M1917]] machine gun during a strikers' meeting.]] | [[Image:Matewan_browning_M1917.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hired guns wait with a Winchester 1892 rifle and a [[Browning M1917]] machine gun during a strikers' meeting.]] | ||
==Mauser | ==Mauser Karbiner 98K== | ||
The [[ | The [[Mauser Karbiner 98K]] in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mauser98-Amberg1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser 1895 Short Rifle - 7x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[Image:Matewan_SM1903_cr.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) uses a Mauser Rifle Model M1895 during the final shootout. The image has been reversed, possibly to preserve the scene's line of action.]] | [[Image:Matewan_SM1903_cr.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) uses a Mauser Rifle Model M1895 during the final shootout. The image has been reversed, possibly to preserve the scene's line of action.]] | ||
[[Image:Matewan_Left.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A striker fires on the hired guns during the final shootout. The left hand side of the same model Mauser is shown in true form.]] | [[Image:Matewan_Left.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A striker fires on the hired guns during the final shootout. The left hand side of the same model Mauser is shown in true form.]] | ||
Revision as of 10:15, 24 May 2014
Matewan is the 1987 film that is a dramatized account of the battle that occurred between miners and their mining company in Matewan, West Virginia in 1920, during a coal strike. The film was written and directed by John Sayles and the cast included Chris Cooper, Kevin Tighe, James Earl Jones, and David Strathairn.
The following weapons were used in the film Matewan:
Colt Official Police
Colt Official Police Revolvers in .38 Special are used by Sheriff Sid Hatfield (David Strathairn). Although the Colt Official Police is technically anachronistic, it is most likely standing in for it's predecessor, the Colt Army Special.
Colt Police Positive Special
Bill Hickey (Kevin Tighe) uses the smaller Colt Police Positive Special as his main sidearm.
Smith & Wesson Military & Police
Numerous people involved in the shootout use a Smith & Wesson Military & Police .38 Special revolver, including Griggs (Gordon Clapp).
Single Action Army
Colt Single Action Army revolvers in .45 Colt are used by various actors in the film.
Browning M1917 Machine Gun
Mauser Karbiner 98K
The Mauser Karbiner 98K in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
Winchester Model 1892
Winchester Model 1892 in .44-40 calibre appears throughout the film
Winchester Rifle Model 1892 "Saddle Ring"
The Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring rifle in .44-40 calibre appears throughout the film.
