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[[Image:Mauser98-Amberg1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm.]] | [[Image:Mauser98-Amberg1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm.]] | ||
[[Image:Matewan_SM1903_cr.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) uses a Mauser Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm 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 Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm 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_Danny.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) aims his Rifle during the final shootout.]] | ==Mauser Spanish 1916== | ||
The [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#1916_Spanish_Mauser]] in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film. | |||
[[1916-Spanish_Mauser-.jpg|thumb|none|400px|The M1916 Spanish Mauser - 7.92x57mm.]] | |||
[[Image:Matewan_Left.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A striker fires on the hired guns with a [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#1916_Spanish_Mauser]] during the final shootout. The left hand side of the same model Mauser is shown in true form.]] | |||
[[Image:Matewan_Danny.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) aims his [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#1916_Spanish_Mauser]] Rifle during the final shootout.]] | |||
==Winchester Model 1892== | ==Winchester Model 1892== | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 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 Gewehr 1898 in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
Mauser Spanish 1916
The Mauser_Rifle_Series#1916_Spanish_Mauser in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film. thumb|none|400px|The M1916 Spanish Mauser - 7.92x57mm.
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.
