Lonesome Dove: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Lonesome Dove: Difference between revisions
[[Image:LDColtWalker-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|During Part 1 of 4, Gus' Colt Walker rarely leaves his holster, and he only fires it twice in the air to alert the group of his position.]]
[[Image:LDColtWalker-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|During Part 1 of 4, Gus ([[Robert Duvall]])' Colt Walker rarely leaves his holster, and he only fires it twice in the air to alert the group of his position.]]
[[Image:LDColtWalker-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gus holds his Colt Walker on the bartender in part 2 when he is disrespectful to him and Woodrow Call ([[Tommy Lee Jones]]).]]
[[Image:LDColtWalker-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Gus holds his Colt Walker on the bartender in part 2 when he is disrespectful to him and Woodrow Call ([[Tommy Lee Jones]]).]]
[[Image:LDColtWalker-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note how the Colt Walker has been cartridge converted. Cartridge converted guns are typically used in place of percussion revolvers, as it is far safer to fire blank cartridges than percussion.]]
[[Image:LDColtWalker-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note how the Colt Walker has been cartridge converted. Cartridge converted guns are typically used in place of percussion revolvers, as it is far safer to fire blank cartridges than percussion.]]
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[[Image:ColtSAABuntlineSpecial12in.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Single Action Army 12" "Buntline Special" - .45 Long Colt.]]
[[Image:ColtSAABuntlineSpecial12in.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Single Action Army 12" "Buntline Special" - .45 Long Colt.]]
[[Image:LDBuntlineSpecial-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The robber points his Buntline Special at Rosco.]]
[[Image:LDBuntlineSpecial-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The robber points his Buntline Special at Rosco ([[Barry Corbin]]).]]
[[Image:LDBuntlineSpecial-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good shot of the barrel length on the Buntline Special.]]
[[Image:LDBuntlineSpecial-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good shot of the barrel length on the Buntline Special.]]
[[Image:LDBuntlineSpecial-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The robber with his Buntline Special.]]
[[Image:LDBuntlineSpecial-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The robber with his Buntline Special.]]
Revision as of 15:19, 3 October 2009
The following guns where used in the TV mini-series Lonesome Dove:
Several characters keep Colt 1860 Army revolvers as their sidearms, including Woodrow Call (Tommy Lee Jones), Newt Dobbs (Rick Schroder), and Joshua Deets (Danny Glover). It is likely Deets still carries the gun because he is still wearing his Civil War uniform and likely kept the gun too.
In Part 2, one of the robbers is seen using the 10" "Buntline Special" Single Action Army with a nickel finish when he and his partner try to rob Rosco Brown (Barry Corbin).
One of the robbers who holds up Rosco Brown (Barry Corbin) is armed with a 10 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun. He even claims it is a 10 Gauge and aks his partner to shoot him so he won't tear up his clothes with the shotgun blast.
The leader also carries a Colt Lightning 1877 revolver, which he uses to finish off Frog Lip (Julius Tennon) after he is wounded trying to steal horses and then uses it to kill two farmers they come across.
Gus specifically says he doesn't know what kind of Indians they are fighting. If they were Kiowa, he would have recognized them, as he has fought the Kiowa before. Also, generally speaking, the Kiowa didn't range as far north as Montana, having migrated down from Canada some years previous.
Sharps 1874 Long Range
One of Blue Duck's thugs fires shots at Gus (Robert Duvall) while he takes cover behind his horse in Part 2, using a Sharps 1874 Long Range rifle fitted with a telescopic sight.
These are probably Blackfoot Indians. The Kiowa ranged much further south.
Colt New Service
One of Blue Duck's thugs firing at Gus McGrae (Robert Duvall) in Part 2 is seen using a Colt New Service revolver, which is extremely anachronistic for the time, but is tpyically used by actors who cannot fire a single action gun fast enough for film standards.
The first Mexican Cook of the group, Bolivar, carries a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun in Part 1 and 2. Guards outside Blue Duck's (Frederic Forrest) jail cell in Part 4 also carry shotguns.
In Part 3, Big Zwey (Frederick Coffin) uses an unknown rifle to hunt buffalo, before returning to beat Luke (Steve Buscemi) for making advances on "his woman".
Famous to all who have seen the film, Gus comically added this Latin phrase to his sign without any idea as to what it says. Call asks "What if it's an invitation to rob you?" and he replies, "If any man can read that, he's welcome to." While the translation is impossible to translate exactly, the basic translation most people agree on is "A grape changes color (ripens) when it sees another grape."