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==[[Great Western]]==
==[[Great Western]]==
These Single Action Army Replicas, made in the 50's, were the revolvers used by John Wayne in the film. These were a set of 2 engraved revolvers presented to him by the defunct Great Western company.  
These Single Action Army Replicas, made in the 50's, were the revolvers used by John Wayne in the film. These were a set of 2 engraved revolvers presented to him by the defunct Great Western company.  
[[Image:Wayne.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The 2 engraved Great Westerns, belonging to the late John Wayne, seen in "The Shootist"]]
[[Image:Shootist3.jpg|thumb|none|300px|"Great Western" SAA replica in ''[[The Shootist]]'']]
[[Image:Shootist3.jpg|thumb|none|300px|"Great Western" SAA replica in ''[[The Shootist]]'']]
[[Image:Shootist5.jpg|thumb|none|300px|"Great Western" SAA replica in ''[[The Shootist]]'']]
[[Image:Shootist5.jpg|thumb|none|300px|"Great Western" SAA replica in ''[[The Shootist]]'']]
[[Image:Shootist6.jpg|thumb|none|300px|"Great Western" SAA replica in ''[[The Shootist]]'']]
[[Image:Shootist6.jpg|thumb|none|300px|"Great Western" SAA replica in ''[[The Shootist]]'']]
 
According to the well known gunwriter ,John Taffin, the revolver that is thrown through the Saloon by Ron Howard, is not one of the Great Westerns, but a movie prop, made using a Ruger Blackhawk, modified to look like a SAA.
[[Image:Wayne.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The 2 engraved Great Westerns, belonging to the late John Wayne, seen in "The Shootist"]]
http://www.shootmagazine.com/articles/firearms/great_western.htm
http://www.shootmagazine.com/articles/firearms/great_western.htm
According to John Taffin, the revolver that is thrown through the Saloon by Ron Howard, is not one of the Great Westerns, but a movie prop, made using a Ruger Blackhawk, modified to look like a SAA.

Revision as of 18:06, 26 May 2009


John Wayne's last movie, in which he plays a gunfighter who is dying of cancer. We can see several handguns in The Shootist:

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The Shootist (1976)

Smith and Wesson Single Action

The gun is never seen closely. It might be a S&W American, a Schofield...

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Remington 1866 Derringer

John Wayne carries one of these small pistols hidden, and uses it at the beginning of the movie

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Remington 95 Double Derringer with stainless steel finish and ivory grips .41 Rimfire

Winchester 1894

Wayne carries one of these rifles, with a large loop lever, just like the one he used in other films like True Grit, but he doesn't shoot it, and we never see it closely

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Colt Single Action Army

Used by several characters in the film

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"Coach" shotgun

A double, short barreled shotgun, used to kill Wayne in the movie

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Great Western

These Single Action Army Replicas, made in the 50's, were the revolvers used by John Wayne in the film. These were a set of 2 engraved revolvers presented to him by the defunct Great Western company.

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The 2 engraved Great Westerns, belonging to the late John Wayne, seen in "The Shootist"
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"Great Western" SAA replica in The Shootist
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"Great Western" SAA replica in The Shootist
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"Great Western" SAA replica in The Shootist

According to the well known gunwriter ,John Taffin, the revolver that is thrown through the Saloon by Ron Howard, is not one of the Great Westerns, but a movie prop, made using a Ruger Blackhawk, modified to look like a SAA. http://www.shootmagazine.com/articles/firearms/great_western.htm