The Wild Bunch: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Wild Bunch: Difference between revisions
[[Image:Wildb-spring03e.jpg|thumb|none|500px|U.S. Army soldiers on the weapons train armed with Springfields.]]
[[Image:Wildb-spring03e.jpg|thumb|none|500px|U.S. Army soldiers on the weapons train armed with Springfields.]]
[[Image:Wildb-spring03f.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier fires his Springfield just as he takes an accidental bullet from one of Thornton's posse.]]
[[Image:Wildb-spring03f.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier fires his Springfield just as he takes an accidental bullet from one of Thornton's posse.]]
[[Image:Wildb-spring03g.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Mexican soldier fires at another Mexican soldier for instigating a fight when the Wild Bunch reveals the Browning M1917.]]
[[Image:Wildb-spring03g.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Mexican soldier shoots another Mexican soldier for instigating a fight when the Wild Bunch reveals the Browning M1917.]]
[[Image:Wildb-spring03h.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gen. Mapache ([[Emilio Fernandez]]) looks over the Springfield rifles the Wild Bunch stole for him.]]
[[Image:Wildb-spring03h.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gen. Mapache ([[Emilio Fernandez]]) looks over the Springfield rifles the Wild Bunch stole for him.]]
[[Image:Wildb-spring03i.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Coffer fires his Springfield M1930A3.]]
[[Image:Wildb-spring03i.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Coffer fires his Springfield M1930A3.]]
Revision as of 17:07, 25 March 2009
The following firearms were used in the film The Wild Bunch:
Some of the U.S. Army and Mexican Army soldiers in the film use Springfield M1903A3 rifles. Tector (Ben Johnson) uses one while dressed as an Army corporal and in some scenes after. Coffer (Strother Martin), a member of Thornton's posse, uses one as well, at one point telling one of the other posse members to dig a bullet out of a corpse to see if it is one of his .30-06 rounds. Coffer's M1903A3 is the World War II variant, making it anachronistic for a film taking place between 1913 and 1916. The rifles used on the film were made by National Ordnance.
Winchester Model 1892
Characters on both sides of the law use Winchester Model 1892 carbines. Of the "Wild Bunch" itself, Pike, Dutch, Tector, Angel, and Freddie Sykes (Edmond O'Brien) can all be seen using Winchester '92s. Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan) leads his posse with a Model 1892. Some members of the posse, including T.C. (L.Q. Jones) use '92s as well.
The members of the "Wild Bunch", most notably Pike Bishop, Dutch Engstrom, Lyle Gorch, and Angel, use Colt M1911 pistols. As with many other films made during this time, 9 mm Star Model B pistols were used instead as they were more reliable with blanks. The German government official with Gen. Mapache notes that the "Wild Bunch" are carrying them, noting to tell them that they cannot be acquired legally by private citizens.
Pat Harrigan (Albert Dekker) fires a lever-action rifle when he sits on the rooftop with the posse he hired.
Single Action Army
Of the "Wild Bunch", Pike Bishop, Dutch Engstrom, and Tector Gorch keep a Single Action Army as a secondary sidearm. Deke Thornton and the rest of his posse pack SAAs and they seem to be the standard sidearm of the Mexican Army. Other anonymous characters use them as well.
Colt New Service
Some of the Mexican soldiers carry Colt New Service revolvers. In both flashbacks, a lawman arresting Thornton and a jealous husband who wounds Pike each use a New Service. Pat Harrigan also keeps one in his waistband.
One of Mapache's soldiers holds a Smith & Wesson Model 10 on Angel during the gang's first night in Agua Verde.
Browning M1917
The Wild Bunch steals a .30-06 water-cooled Browning M1917 machine gun and gives it to Mapache "as a gift". Mapache (Emilio Fernandez) fires it wildly when trying to find out how to use it. Later in the film, Pike, Lyle, and Tector each fire it at the Mexicans during the final shootout. This gun is most likely an anachronism as the film takes place during Pershing's time in Mexico, which was before the M1917's development.
Webley Mk IV
Some of the Mexican soldiers are armed with British Webley Mk IV revolvers.
Luger P08
The Mexican prostitute that shoots Pike in the back during the final shootout uses a Luger P08.