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Blondie (Clint Eastwood) carries a Colt 1851 Navy revolver with a Richards-Mason cartridge conversion kit (which is anachronistic for the time) throughout the film, his being outfitted with wooden grips inlaid with silver rattlesnakes, of which all his revolvers where fitted with in the Leone trilogy. It is based off the same grips used by Clint as Rowdy Yates in "Rawhide". Tuco (Eli Wallach) also carries a Cartridge converted Navy, his being fitted with a lanyard loop, which instead of a holster, is stuck in his pocket (because Eli Wallach had trouble holstering a revolver without looking at the holster.) Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) also used a Navy Cartridge to murder a sickley old man towards the beginning of the film, firing it through his pillow. He keeps this Navy when serving in the Union, but carries a Remington 1858 for his own use. Throughout the film, it becomes obvious that if they have a cartridge revolver, they are going to fire it in the scene. In any other scene, the revolvers changes to an unloaded Percussion models (with the exception of Blondie's).
This side-by-side shows how Tuco's revolver switchs from a cartridge revolver to a precussion revolver in the scene. A goof also worth noting is how his revolver is capable of firing under water, while he is in the bath tub.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingTuco with his Navy. To the left, it is a cartridge revolver, which he fires to kill the one armed assassin. To the right, it is a percussion, because he doesn't have to fire it.
Colt 1851 Navy Percussion
Seen used by Tuco (Eli Wallach) when firing the gun is not required or he must point the gun at a fellow actor.
Angel Eyes/Sentenza (Lee Van Cleef) carries a Remington 1858 "New Army" as his personal sidearm. When not carrying his 1858, he is carrying his Union issued Colt Navy (cartridge converted, since it is the only gun he fires in the film). He is never seen firing the Remington because it is a percussion revolver only with no cartridge conversion to fire blanks. It is a somewhat notable goof that he keeps a cartridge belt depsite using a percussion revolver. Also, a common continuity is the that the gun is loaded or unloaded with percussion caps.
Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" (mocked up as a Henry 1860)
Blondie (Clint Eastwood) uses a Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" rifle, with both ladder-elavated sights and a side folding scope. He is prominantly seen using it as a means to con law officials by giving up Tuco, a wanted criminal, for a bounty. He then uses the rifle to shoot the rope before Tuco is hanged, and they split the reward. He also is seen with it when a man named "Shorty" is to be hung, but Tuco doesn't allow him to shoot the rope, and poor Shorty hangs. A bounty hunter is also seen using one to shoot out Tuco's horse towards the begining of the film. It should be noted that while the gun is anachronistic to the time, it is made to look like a Henry 1860 rifle by removing the wooden forend. The dead give aways are the loading gate on the right side, the lack of a magazine tube loading break switch, and the lack of slits in the mag tube which allows the user to see bullets left in the gun.
Blondie shoots the rope Tuco hangs from in the grave yard at the end of the film with a Sharps 1874 rifle with a ladder elevated sight. While it could be an older, more accurate depiction of a Sharps rifle for the time, it is most likely a cartridge model 1874 so it could fire blanks, making it yet another anachronism.
One of Angel Eye's thugs tries to shoot Tuco with a Remington 1858 "Cattleman's Carbine", a rifle version of the Remington 1858 revolver before being shot by Blondie. This gun actually appears to be one of the few percussion guns actually fired in the film as opposed to cartridge guns.
Union soldiers are seen utilizing Colt Gatling Guns during the battle scene, some fitted with 20 round vertical magazines, some fitted with 100 round drum magazines.
Many reports have said the movie messed up by putting Dynamite in a film taking place in 1862 since Dynamite was invented in 1867 but upon closer inspection, they are more likely black powder charges wrapped in paper and not Dynamtite.
Howitzer Cannons are seen several times during the battle scene and Blondie (Clint Eastwood) uses one to fire on Tuco as he attempts to run away on his horse.
Cauldron shaped Mortars mounted on sled-bases are used mainly by the Union soldiers throughout the film, most prominantly seen used during the battle scene, and one manages to interupt Tuco from hanging Blondie when a Mortar ball destroys the floor, allowing Blondie to escape.
Tuco inspects a Galand Revolver in the gunstore. It is an anachronism for this gun to be in Tuco's hands as the gun was invented in 1868, this film takes place in 1862.
Tuco picks up a Colt M1917 .45 ACP revolver, which has to be the most anachronistic firearm in film history, not having been invented for another 55 years. It is noted as a 1917 and not a New Army Service as it has a lanyard loop.
