Alaska Kid: Difference between revisions
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Alaska Kid: Difference between revisions
[[File:Alaska Kid-E6-Winchester1895-7A.jpg|thumb|none|500px|One of the gold prospectors, firing at escaping Kid, holds a single barreled shotgun (the barrel is seen at far left) (Ep.6).]]
[[File:Alaska Kid-E6-Winchester1895-7A.jpg|thumb|none|500px|One of the gold prospectors, firing at escaping Kid, holds a single barreled shotgun (the barrel is seen at far left) (Ep.6).]]
[[File:Alaska Kid-E8-SingleShotgun-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A prison warden holds a sinle barreld shotgun (Ep.8). It seems to be an IZh shotgun, possibly [[IZh-18]].]]
[[File:Alaska Kid-E8-SingleShotgun-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A prison warden holds a single barreld shotgun (Ep.8). It seems to be an IZh shotgun, possibly [[IZh-18]].]]
Alaska Kid (Polish title Zloto Alaski ("Gold of Alaska") is a 1993 co-production German-Polish-Russian adventure TV series based on the short stories anthology Smoke Bellew (1912) by Jack London, set during the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska.
The following weapons were used in the television series Alaska Kid:
A pair of custom Nagant M1895s are used throughout the series, seen in hands of various characters, including Chris "Alaska Kid" Bellew (Mark Pillow), Shorty (Donovan Scott), Sprague (Edward Zentara) and Stine (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) (these two characters, episodic in the original work, in the series turned into recurring villains, the main enemies of the main characters). The revolvers have heavy long barrels, possibly of a target version, and wide Colt-style grips. The result distantly resembles such revovlers as Colt New Army & Navy or Colt New Service, fitting for Alaska gold fever era.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSmith & Wesson No 3 Russian Model - .44 RussianError creating thumbnail: File missingOne-eyed bandit's (uncredited) custom Nagant, seen in previous moment, switches to a Smith & Wesson Russian model revolver (Ep.2).Error creating thumbnail: File missingError creating thumbnail: File missingAnother view of the revolver. The position of fingers of the bandit allows to guess that the revolver has a spur on trigger guard that in turn allows to identify the gun as Russian model. Also note that the walls of the barrel look too thick for a standard revolver of this model, and the chambers of cylinder are closed; possibly this revolver is a kind of mockup.Error creating thumbnail: File missingWhat appears to be a Smith & Wesson Russian model revolver is seen in Shorty's holster on the wall of a hotel room where Kid and Shorty stay (Ep.8). When Shorty later holds his revolver in this episode, it is not a Smith & Wesson but a custom Nagant.Error creating thumbnail: File missingError creating thumbnail: File missingStine holds a Smith & Wesson Russian model revolver (instead of his usual custom Nagant) during his conflict with Sprague (Ep.13).
Webley .38 Mk IV "Duty" model
In Ep.11 one of Big Jim's henchmen uses a Webley .38 Mk IV "Duty" model revolver. Later in same episode same revolver is seen in hands of a swindler, posing himself as British Duke Robert Somerset (John Phillip Law), and his "sister" Victoria (Edie Lehmann Boddicker).
The only model of rifle, seen in the series, is Winchester Model 1895. The screen guns are of Russian contract model, out of time of the events of the series.
Gold prospectors carry Single Barreled Shotguns of unclear model(s) in Eps.1 and 6. In Ep.8 a single barreled shotgun is seen in hands of a prison warden.