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Appaloosa: Difference between revisions
Both Randall Bragg ([[Jeremy Irons]]) and Virgil Cole ([[Ed Harris]]) carry [[Winchester Model 1873|Winchester 1873]] "Short Rifles" with 20" Octagonal barrels.
Both Randall Bragg ([[Jeremy Irons]]) and Virgil Cole ([[Ed Harris]]) carry [[Winchester Model 1873|Winchester 1873]] "Short Rifles" with 20" Octagonal barrels.
[[Image:Winchester1873short.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Winchester 1873 "Short Rifle" with 20" octagonal barrel - .44-40.]]
[[Image:Winchester1873short.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Winchester 1873 "Short Rifle" with 20" octagonal barrel - .44-40.]]
[[Image:Appaloosa18.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Randall Bragg aiming his Winchester 1873 from the second floor of the jail house.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaWin73-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bragg shoots a deputy at the beginning of the film with his Winchester 1873 "Short Rifle".]]
[[Image:AppaloosaWin73-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bragg then proceeds to shoot Marshall Jack Bell ([[Robert Jauregui]]) and his other deputy with his Winchester.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaWin73-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Virgil waits to arrest Bragg as he exits his outhouse, armed with his Winchester 1873. Note the octagonal barrel.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaWin73-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Virgil aims his Winchester 1873 at Ring Shelton ([[Lance Henriksen]]) and his gang from the train.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaWin73-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good shot of the brass dropping block.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaWin73-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Virgil fires his Winchester 1873 at the Appache pack horse.]]
[[Image:AppaloosaWin73-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Virgil points with his Winchester 1873.]]
[[Image:Appaloosa18.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bragg aiming his Winchester 1873 from the second floor of the jail house in a promotional image.]]
==Colt 1873 Single Action Army==
==Colt 1873 Single Action Army==
Revision as of 02:03, 10 May 2009
The following guns were used in the film Appaloosa:
Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) carries an 8 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun in the film, refered to only as "The 8 Gauge" in the dialogue. To handle the vicious recoil of the massive weapon, Everett has a leather pad build into the shoulder of his coat to help absorb it. Since the only existing 8 Gauges today are antiques and are unsafe or too expensive to fire, an ingenious alternative was made. Armorer and gunsmith Steve Karnes built three "8 Gauges" for Gibbons Ltd. out of reproduction Colt 1878 shotguns, two of which fired 12 Gauge blanks with 8 Gauge sleeves over the barrels to increase the bore diameter and hide its real caliber, while one was built to chamber 8 Gauge inert rounds for scenes in which the gun was loaded, as the size between 8 and 12 Gauge is far too different for no one to notice. To see more on the production of the shotguns, visit the SK 1878 shotgun page.
Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy"
Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) carries a Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" as his rifle in the film. Sheriff Clyde Stringer (Rex Linn) carries one while escorting Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) on the train. One of the Appaches is seen using one with tribal decorations as well.