[[Image:Matewan_SM1903_cr.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) uses a Mauser Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm during the final shootout. The image has been reversed, possibly to preserve the scene's line of action.]]
[[Image:Matewan_SM1903_cr.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) uses a Mauser Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm during the final shootout. The image has been reversed, possibly to preserve the scene's line of action.]]
[[Image:Matewan_Left.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A striker fires on the hired guns with a [[Mauser Karbiner 98K]] during the final shootout. The left hand side of the same model Mauser is shown in true form.]]
==Mauser Spanish 1916==
==Mauser Spanish 1916==
The [[1916 Spanish Mauser]] in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
The [[1916 Spanish Mauser]] in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
[[Image:Matewan_Left.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A striker fires on the hired guns with a [[1916 Spanish Mauser]] during the final shootout. The left hand side of the same model Mauser is shown in true form.]]
[[Image:Matewan_Danny.jpg|thumb|none|500px|At the river's edge, Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) aims a [[1916 Spanish Mauser]] rifle at an escaping hired gun during the final shootout.]]
[[Image:Matewan_Danny.jpg|thumb|none|500px|At the river's edge, Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) aims a [[1916 Spanish Mauser]] rifle at an escaping hired gun during the final shootout.]]
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Matewan is the 1987 film that is a dramatized account of the battle that occurred between miners and their mining company in Matewan, West Virginia in 1920, during a coal strike. The film was written and directed by John Sayles and the cast included Chris Cooper, Kevin Tighe, James Earl Jones, and David Strathairn.
The following weapons were used in the film Matewan:
Colt Official Police Revolvers in .38 Special are used by Sheriff Sid Hatfield (David Strathairn). Although the Colt Official Police is technically anachronistic, it is most likely standing in for it's predecessor, the Colt Army Special.