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==Kentucky Flintlock Rifle== | ==Kentucky Flintlock Rifle== | ||
The [[Kentucky Flintlock Rifle]] is | The [[Kentucky Flintlock Rifle]] is prominently seen in the hands of the defenders of '''The Alamo''', and is the only identifiable flintlock rifle used in the film. | ||
[[Image:Kentuckyrifle.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Kentucky Flintlock Rifle - .36, .45, and .50 caliber.]] | [[Image:Kentuckyrifle.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Kentucky Flintlock Rifle - .36, .45, and .50 caliber.]] | ||
[[Image:Alamo-KentuckyRifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Boy pours powder in the flashpan of his Kentucky rifle to fire off a signaling shot to the Tennessee soldiers.]] | [[Image:Alamo-KentuckyRifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Boy pours powder in the flashpan of his Kentucky rifle to fire off a signaling shot to the Tennessee soldiers.]] | ||
[[Image:Alamo-KentuckyRifle-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Colonel Davy Crockett ([[John Wayne]]) with his .36 caliber Kentucky Rifle wrapped in deerskin.]] | [[Image:Alamo-KentuckyRifle-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Colonel Davy Crockett ([[John Wayne]]) with his .36 caliber Kentucky Rifle wrapped in deerskin.]] Crockett's "Kentucky" rifle looks more like a flint lock Hawken rifle with that half stock for the foregrip | ||
[[Image:Alamo-KentuckyRifle-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crockett and his men fire their rifles on the attacking Mexican soldiers.]] | [[Image:Alamo-KentuckyRifle-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crockett and his men fire their rifles on the attacking Mexican soldiers.]] | ||
[[Image:Alamo-KentuckyRifle-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crockett fires his Kentucky rifle.]] | [[Image:Alamo-KentuckyRifle-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crockett fires his Kentucky rifle.]] | ||
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[[Image:NockVolleyGun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nock Gun - .52 Caliber.]] | [[Image:NockVolleyGun.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nock Gun - .52 Caliber.]] | ||
[[Image:Alamo-NockGun-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bowie armed with his seven-barreled Nock Gun.]] | [[Image:Alamo-NockGun-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bowie armed with his seven-barreled Nock Gun.]] | ||
[[Image:Alamo-NockGun-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The immense muzzle flash of Bowie's Nock Gun as he fires it, taking out | [[Image:Alamo-NockGun-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The immense muzzle flash of Bowie's Nock Gun as he fires it, taking out multiple Mexican soldiers in one shot.]] | ||
[[Image:Alamo-NockGun-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crockett gives Bowie back his Nock Gun.]] | [[Image:Alamo-NockGun-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crockett gives Bowie back his Nock Gun.]] | ||
[[Image:Alamo-NockGun-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bowie armed with his Nock Gun during the final battle at the Alamo.]] | [[Image:Alamo-NockGun-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bowie armed with his Nock Gun during the final battle at the Alamo.]] | ||
Revision as of 00:41, 23 September 2011
The following guns were used in the film The Alamo (1960):
Kentucky Flintlock Rifle
The Kentucky Flintlock Rifle is prominently seen in the hands of the defenders of The Alamo, and is the only identifiable flintlock rifle used in the film.
Crockett's "Kentucky" rifle looks more like a flint lock Hawken rifle with that half stock for the foregrip
French 1766 Charleville Infantry Muskets
Flintlock Pistol
Officers in the film keep dress officer's Flintlock Pistols in cross draw holsters throughout the film. Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) holds a smaller model on Colonel Davy Crockett (John Wayne) before he takes it from him. Bowie is also seen wielding two pistols during the last stand. Colonel William Travis (Laurence Harvey) also wields one during the fighting.
Nock Gun
Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) carries a 7-barreled Nock Gun as his main weapon in the film.
Trapdoor Springfield 1873
Some soldiers defending The Alamo use Trapdoor Springfield 1873 rifles mocked up as flintlock rifles, likely due to the ease of using metallic blanks cartridges instead of blank shot.
Bowie Knife
While not a firearm, Jim Bowie's (Richard Widmark) knife is unveiled for the first time in the Alamo, and admired by Davy Crockett (John Wayne).
