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The Wild Bunch: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 09:03, 18 July 2008
Colt M1911 pistol
Used by William Holden's character as well as others in the bunch. In actuality though they were not used in the film because they couldn't be made to function with blanks so stand-ins were used. A Star model B was used in those scenes were the pistols had to be fired
M1897 Trench shotgun
Used by various members of the bunch as their shotgun of choice.
M1903 Springfield Rifle
Wielded by the few US Army soldiers in the film as well as some of the posse including Strother Martin's character.
Colt Single Action Army
Seen as a second sidearm on many through the film.
M1898 Mauser
Many of the Mexican soldiers use these at the end of the film.
Winchester Model 1892
Ernest Borgnine's character uses one while robbing the train and members of the posse use it as well. The image below shows actor Robert Ryan with a Model 92 during the opening ambush.
This rifle is frequently mistaken for the Winchester Model 94, but in fact all of the lever-guns in this movie are the Model 92. (The shape of the receiver is similar but differs near the trigger, with the Model 94 being more squarish and the Model 92 having a slight downward bulge.)
Like all the Winchester lever-action rifles, the Winchester 92 was designed by John Moses Browning (who also designed the Colt 1911 pistol). It was the last Winchester designed for black powder cartridges, and was manufactured from 1892 up into the 1930s. The Model 92 remains a favorite of Hollywood prop men even today because it easily cycles various types of black powder blank cartridges used during film productions, unlike the much more finicky mechanism of the Model 94, which was designed with the tighter tolerances required by smokeless powder.
M1917 Browning Machine Gun
The machine gun looks a lot like the .30-06 M1917 water cooled machine gun. But the movie takes place before then as Pershing is referenced to still be operating in Mexico. So it just might be an anachronism.
Webley Revolver
Used by one of the Mexican soldiers
