The Howling

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The Howling (1981)

WARNING: THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS

The following firearms were seen in the film The Howling:

Remington Model 760/7600 Rifle

Sam Newfield (Slim Pickens) is seen with a Remington 760 pump-action rifle on several occasions.

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Remington 760 - first introduced in 1952

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Sam with his 760 during the wolf hunt. This shot is reversed, as the rifle's ejection port appears on the left side of the receiver.

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Sam racks the pump on his 760.

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Sam aims his 760 as he begins to "change".

Unknown Revolvers

Two separate revolvers are seen in the film that are never seen clearly enough to positively identify.

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A rookie polcie officer shoots Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo).

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Newfield chats with Karen and Donna at The Colony's tennis court. His service revolver can be seen behind his arm.

Savage 99C

Bill Neill (Christopher Stone) owns a Savage 99C which he uses during the wolf hunt.

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Savage 99C

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Karen White (Dee Wallace) with her husband's 99C while investigating the howling noises in the woods.

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One of the other guests at The Colony shows Bill how to use the Savage.

Unidentified Rifles

Several of the residents at The Colony are seen using currently unidentified rifles.

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Parker-Hale 1200 Rifle

Chris Halloran (Dennis Dugan) uses a Parker-Hale Sniper Rifle bolt-action rifle chambered in .30-06 near the end of the film.

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Parker-Hale 1200 series rifle with short barrel, telescopic sight and no iron sights.

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Chris searches Dr. Waggner's office while armed with a Parker-Hale rifle.

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Chris cycles the bolt on his Parker-Hale.

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Karen White (Dee Wallace) holds the rifle while Chris douses the barn with gasoline.

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In a continuity error, Sam's Remington 760 briefly turns into a Parker-Hale rifle.

Bonus - Silver .30-06 Bullets

Before he heads up to The Colony, Chris stops by a bookstore that he and Terri Fisher (Belinda Balaski) had visited earlier in the film, where he picks up a box of .30-06 bullets that the store owner Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) had special ordered for another customer.

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Paisley shows off the box of silver bullets, explaining how the original buyer was unable to pay, leaving him with a box of expensive, impractical ammo that he can't seem to sell.

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A closeup of the silver bullets.