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The White Buffalo (1977)

The following guns were use in the film The White Buffalo:

Single Action Army

Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson) uses a pair of Single Action Army Revolvers fitted with stag horn grips as his main sidearm. They have 4 3/4" barrels (making them "Civilian" (or "Quickdraw") models). These are likely standing in for the two .36 caliber cap & ball Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolvers that the real Wild Bill Hickok carried. He carries them tucked in a red sash like the real Hickok did with his two Colt Navy six-shooters. In some other scenes though, he has them in his pockets and tucked in his boots. In some scenes, they switch to Colt New Service revolvers with similar stag horn grips, likely because Bronson was unable to fire a single-action revolver quick enough to meet the script's requirements for those scenes. Chief Crazy Horse (Will Sampson) carries a revolver that might be a Colt Single Action Army "Cavalry" Model with a 7 1/2" barrel tucked in his belt, but it is never clearly seen. It is only fired in one scene when "Wild Bill" Hickok uses it near the end of the film. That scene takes place at night, thus it is very dark and identifying this pistol is very hard. The Army officers who ambush Hickok in the saloon also use Single Action Army Revolvers and two of them disarm Hickok of his own revolvers and use them.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, case colored and blued, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model - .45 Long Colt

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model - .45 Long Colt

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Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson) with his two Colt Single Action Army Revolvers tucked in his red sash.

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Wild Bill taking cover with his Colt Single Action Army.

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Wild Bill drawing Chief Crazy Horse's revolver. This is the best shot I could get.

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Wild Bill firing Crazy Horse's revolver at the White Buffalo.

Colt New Service (mocked up to look like a Colt Single Action Army)

In some scenes, Wild Bill Hickok's Single Action Army revolvers switch to Colt New Service revolvers fitted with stag horn grips similar to the ones on the Single Action Army Revolvers in scenes where fast shooting and quick-draw is required. When the actor is unable to fire a single-action quick enough to meet the requirements of the script in some scenes, a double-action revolver is given to them to use, and since a Colt New Service would be an anachronism in this film (because the real Wild Bill Hickok was murdered in 1876 and the Colt New Service wasn't invented until 1898) they added a fake ejector to the gun to make it look like a Colt Single Action Army.

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Colt New Service Revolver - .45 LC. The military version of this revolver is the M1909 (also chambered for .45 Long Colt)

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Wild Bill firing his two mocked up Colt New Services while having a nightmare about a white buffalo

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Wild Bill firing his mocked up New Service

Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver

Charlie Zane (Jack Warden) is seen carrying a Colt 1860 Army.

Sharps 1874 Buffalo Rifle

Wild Bill Hickock (Charles Bronson) carries one along with a Winchester Model 1866 "Yellowboy" rifle. Later on, Cheif Crazy Horse (Will Sampson) offers one he took off a dead man to Hickok, thinking he didn't own a long gun, but Hickok tells him that the long gun that his friend, Charlie Zane (Jack Warden) was using belonged to him, and that Zane didn't own a long gun.

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Sharps 1874 Buffalo - .45-70 Government

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Wild Bill attempts to shoot at the white buffalo with his Sharps.

Winchester Model 1866 "Yellowboy"

Wild Bill Hickock (Charles Bronson) carries a second rifle, a Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy", which he uses to shoot several Indians. Charlie Zane (Jack Warden) is seen using it too and attempts to shoot Crazy Horse (Will Sampson) with it after they kill the White Buffalo.

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Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" Carbine - .44 RF.

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Wild Bill assists Chief Crazy Horse with his Winchester 1866

Winchester Model 1892

Chief Crazy Horse (Will Sampson) is seen with a Winchester Model 1892.

Short Double-Barreled Shotgun

The bartender lends Hickok this shotgun to defend himself against the Army officers that ambushed him.