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=== Winchester Model 1892 Rifle === | === Winchester Model 1892 Rifle === | ||
Gunner's ([[James Sikking]]) Winchester 1892 carbine switches to a [[Winchester Model 1892]] rifle. Townsmen Will Joslyn ([[Robert Luster]]) and Jerome Selby ([[John Pickard]]) also carry Winchester 1892 rifles. It seems to be that a single prop is reused in all these scenes, and this is a "short rifle" in .38-40 caliber with slightly shortened barrel. | Gunner's ([[James Sikking]]) Winchester 1892 carbine switches to a [[Winchester Model 1892]] rifle. Townsmen Will Joslyn ([[Robert Luster]]) and Jerome Selby ([[John Pickard]]) also carry Winchester 1892 rifles. It seems to be that a single prop is reused in all these scenes, and this is a "short rifle" in .38-40 caliber with slightly shortened barrel. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Winchester1892Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Winchester 1892 Short Rifle - .38-40]] | ||
[[File:Charro-Winchester92Rifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On a closeup, Gunner's carbine switches to a rifle. Note the lack of the front sight, probably because the barrel is slightly shortened, maybe due to a damage. The | [[File:Charro-Winchester92Rifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On a closeup, Gunner's carbine switches to a rifle. Note the lack of the front sight, probably because the barrel is slightly shortened, maybe due to a damage. The top barrel band also looks non-standard.]] | ||
[[File:Charro-Winchester92Rifle-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The rifle switches back to carbine - and then again to rifle.]] | [[File:Charro-Winchester92Rifle-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The rifle switches back to carbine - and then again to rifle.]] | ||
[[File:Charro-Winchester92Rifle-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Winchesters in Sheriff's office. The rifle is second from the left; other guns are carbines.]] | [[File:Charro-Winchester92Rifle-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Winchesters in Sheriff's office. The rifle is second from the left; other guns are carbines.]] | ||
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Charro! is an American 1969 Western movie directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Elvis Presley as Jess Wade, a former outlaw. Jess leaves the gang, led by Vince Hackett (Victor French), but when the gang steals from Mexico a gold-plated cannon, a symbol of victory in Mexican-French war, they falsely accuse Jess in this crime. Now he has to prove his innocence and helps to defend a town against the gang.
The following weapons were used in the film Charro!:
Revolvers
Single Action Army
Single Action Army revolvers of "Civilian" model are used by numerous characters, notably Jess Wade (Elvis Presley), gang boss Vince Hackett (Victor French) and his brother Billy Roy Hackett (Solomon Sturges). Sheriff Ramsey (James Almanzar) and Mexican Army Lt. Rivera (Tony Young) carry SAA revolvers in holsters.
Note: see additional screenshots and promotion stills on talk page.
Rifles
Winchester Model 1892
Winchester Model 1892 Carbine
Anachronistic for 1870s Winchester Model 1892 carbines are seen in hands of Hackett's gang members Gunner (James Sikking) and Heff (Harry Landers), and townsmen Jerome Selby (John Pickard), Henry Carter (J. Edward McKinley) and Martin Tilford (Garry Walberg).
Note: see additional screenshots and promotion stills on talk page.
Winchester Model 1892 Rifle
Gunner's (James Sikking) Winchester 1892 carbine switches to a Winchester Model 1892 rifle. Townsmen Will Joslyn (Robert Luster) and Jerome Selby (John Pickard) also carry Winchester 1892 rifles. It seems to be that a single prop is reused in all these scenes, and this is a "short rifle" in .38-40 caliber with slightly shortened barrel.
Enfield Pattern 1856 Cavalry Carbine
Most Mexican cavalrymen of Lt. Rivera's unit are armed with Enfield Pattern 1856 Cavalry Carbines.
Unidentified rifles
Several Mexicans carry unidenfitied rifles. They are longer than Enfield P1856 carbines, used by most cavalrymen.
Shotguns
Colt Model 1878
Sheriff Dan Ramsey (James Almanzar) carries a double barreled shotgun with exposed hammers, most likely a Colt Model 1878.
Trivia
"Victoria" Cannon
A Napoleonic style smoothbore field cannon with personal name "Victoria" (Victory), gold-plated with silver-decorated wheels, is a plot item. This symbol of Mexican victory in French-Mexican war 1861-1867 is stolen by Vince Hackett's gang. In several scenes they use the cannon to shoot dynamite sticks (a feat, impossible in reality, as the instability of dynamite in combination with the sudden acceleration of the shell would set off the explosive in the barrel of the weapon; real "dynamite guns" were using compressed air for shooting).
