Matewan (1987)Matewan Chris Cooper , Kevin Tighe , James Earl Jones , and David Strathairn .
The following weapons were used in the film Matewan :
Handguns Colt Official Police 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 its predecessor, the Colt Army Special.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff Sid Hatfield (David Strathairn ) dry fires after cleaning his revolvers. The rounds he uses are shown. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff Sid Hatfield (David Strathairn ) uses 2 Colt Official Police Revolvers in .38 Special during the final shootout scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff Sid Hatfield (David Strathairn ) uses 2 Colt Official Police Revolvers in .38 Special during the final shootout scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff Sid Hatfield's (David Strathairn )'s left hand gun is shown in more detail. Colt Police Positive Special Bill Hickey (Kevin Tighe ) uses the smaller Colt Police Positive Special as his main sidearm.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Police Positive - .38 Special. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bill Hickey (Kevin Tighe ) uses a Colt Police Positive Special during the final shootout. Smith & Wesson Military & Police Numerous people involved in the shootout use a Smith & Wesson Military & Police .38 Special revolver, including Griggs (Gordon Clapp ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tom Griggs (Gordon Clapp ) holds a Smith & Wesson Military & Police in .38 Special on Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper ) at the miners' camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tom Griggs (Gordon Clapp ) uses a Smith & Wesson Military & Police in .38 Special during the final shootout. Single Action Army Colt Single Action Army revolvers in .45 Colt are seen in the hands of both CE Lively (Bob Gunton ) and Few Clothes (James Earl Jones ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing CE Lively (Bob Gunton ) holds a Single Action Army Colt Revolver in .45 Colt while he talks with Joe Kenehan during an establishing scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper ) talks with Few Clothes (James Earl Jones ) who brandishes a Single Action Army Revolver in .45 Colt during a politically tenuous scene. Rifles Mauser Karabiner 98K The Mauser Gewehr 1898 in 7.92 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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. For dramatic purposes the shop appears to have been positioned over rail tracks that show signs of recent use. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A striker fires on the hired guns with a Mauser Karabiner 98K during the final shootout. The left hand side of the same model Mauser is shown in true form. Mauser Spanish 1916 The 1916 Spanish Mauser in 7 x 57mm calibre appears throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The M1916 Spanish Mauser - 7 x 57mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the river's edge, Danny Radnor (Will Oldham) aims a 1916 Spanish Mauser rifle at an escaping hired gun during the final shootout. Winchester Model 1892 Winchester Model 1892 in .44-40 calibre appears throughout the film
Error creating thumbnail: File missing . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shooter uses a Winchester Rifle Model 1892 in .44-40 calibre during the final shootout scene. Winchester Rifle Model 1892 "Saddle Ring" The Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring rifle in .44-40 calibre appears throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 - .38-40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing An hired gun armed with an 1892 saddle ring Winchester fires on the miners during the final shootout. Garate El Tigre One of the men is seen firing a Garate El Tigre rifle, a Spanish copy of the Winchester 1892 lever action.
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Machine Guns Browning M1917 Machine Gun A Browning M1917 machine gun is seen being manned by hired guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M1917 .30-06 Machine Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hired guns wait with a Winchester 1892 rifle and a Browning M1917 machine gun during a strikers' meeting. Shotguns Double Barrel Shotgun Elma Radnor (Mary McDonnell ) is seen using a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun during the final shootout.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Elma Radnor (Mary McDonnell ) discharges a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun during the final shootout. Note the hammerless boxlock design. Double Barrel Percussion Shotgun One of the mountain people is armed with a Percussion Shotgun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Double Barreled Percussion Shotgun - 10 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing A hired gun armed with a Winchester and one of the mountain people armed with a Percussion Shotgun in confrontation at the miners' camp. Note the ramrod visible under the barrels of the shotgun indicating that it is a muzzle loader. 
