Talk:Shaun of the Dead

I'll try to rent and screencap this eventually. -GM

It seems strange that the army uses G36Cs in this movie, as they are in Britain, and the rifle of the British Army is the SA-80. Any thoughts on this? -Dannysaysnoo

Well, G36s are pretty common for British police, and Royal Ordnance did own H&K for a period of time, so I would imagine there would be no shortage of G36s in the UK. I believe the British even considered using G36 to replace SA-80 at one time before H&K come up with SA-80A2. But yeah, the regular British Army should be using SA-80s.

You can't always rationalize things like this in films. In all likeliness the G36 was chosen just because it was A> What was available and or B> because it looks cool --AdAstra2009 19:44, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Winchester Model 1866

Looks like it's actually a Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy" instead of a Winchester Model 1873. So I've changed it. --Jcordell 00:38, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't know..... the 1866 rifle has a securing brace on the handguard. the 1873 rifle dosn't have that, nor does the one in the movie..--TravisTee 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)

Look at the reciever. It doesn't have that step where it meets with the rifle stock. It's also missing the hatch or panel that the 1873 has. Can't explain the lack of the support band. But I believe it's an 1866. --Jcordell 10:15, 19 October 2011 (CDT)

Look, i may have watched the movie only once, but the yellow boy is my favourite rifle. i know what it looks like. i've gone over it with a friend of mine who's muc better at weapons than i am, and he agreed it's a '73. the '66 don't have the metal ring at the very front of the hand guard. and just as a bonus, here's a link to a replica of a Winchester 1973 with engravings made by Denix.

http://www.denix.es/images/1253L.jpg

--TravisTee

I understand you're going off of the forestock, but I don't see the hatch on the side of the receiver that Winchester installed on the 73. In that regard it looks like a Winchester Model 1866 - possibly with an 1873 forestock. It might be some type of odd-ball hybrid. It was filmed in England. Not a country known for easy access to firearms.It's been noted in the text. --Jcordell 09:25, 23 October 2011 (CDT)

The best course of action would be to get a third party to decide. Until then, i see no reason to let it go just yet. But, since changing it back and forth between a '66 and a '73 is futile, especially since the page automatically reverts back to a '66, i'll refrain from changing it. as much as i value your opinion, i still believe it's a model '73.

Sounds good. I've asked a couple people for their opinions as well, but so far I've gotten no response. --Jcordell 12:36, 29 October 2011 (CDT)

Well except for the foregrip it looks like a 1866 Yellow Boy. - Mr. Wolf 15:39, 29 October 2011 (CDT)

Foregrip looks like it might be from a Winchester Model 1876. --Funkychinaman 15:50, 29 October 2011 (CDT)

Perhaps it is a Frankengun?--Jcordell 21:19, 29 October 2011 (CDT)

It looks like the Uberti 1866 Yellow Boy with a 24 1/4 barrel 17:45, 22 September 2012 (CDT)