The following guns were used in the movie Silverado
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Pistols
Single Action Army
The gun used mostly by just about everyone in the film is the Single Action Army revolver in the various barrel lengths and calibers. Many look to be in far too good condition to be the guns of Frontiersman and have obviously newer color case hardening as evident by the fact it isn't worn in the slightest. Back during that day, they used Cyanide to color case harden, unaware how unsafe it was to use. Today, more conventional and longer lasting methods are used. It is likely these guns were supplied by Aldo Uberti Inc., a major 19th century firearms company today. Due to the extreme frequency of these guns' appearances in the film, there are a lot of screenshots for them.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army w/ 5 1/2" Artillery barrel. -.45 Long Colt. This model has a color case hardened frame and the original hard rubber grips. (Great pic MoviePropMaster2008 ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Emmet (Scott Glenn ) packs a 4 3/4" barrel "Quickdraw" model Single Action Army with a color case hardened frame. Here he fires it at assassins trying to kill him in his shed.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Emmet follows the shadow outside the shed with his SAA.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Emmet with his SAA at the ready.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paden (Kevin Kline ) tries to buy a nickel plated 5.5" Artillery SAA in the gun store after having his own gun stolen, but doesn't have nearly enough for the gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jake (Kevin Costner ) keeps two matching Nickel plated 4 3/4" Quickdraw SAAs with pearl grips in a fancy mexican holster rig. Costner was clearly taught how to spin like a pro.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jake fires his two SAAs at a town member, shooting out the steps as he rushes to climb up them. Obviously breaking stealth, Paden turns to him and says, "Shhh!".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paden fires his Quickdraw SAA with Ivory grips at a town member shooting at him.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the Ivory grips on Paden's SAA.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dawson (James Gammon ) fires his 5 1/2" Artillery SAA with a color case hardened frame. A rare sight to see, he uses a two handed grip in a western.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff Cobb (Brian Dennehy ) fires his Nickel Artillery SAA with original hard rubber grips at Kelly (Richard Jenkins ) after Cobb fires him from the bar and Kelly comes back to kill him.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jake fires his SAAs from the hip.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Emmet fires his SAA.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paden pulls Deputy Tyree's (Jeff Fahey ) SAA from his holster and holds it on him.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Deputy Garth (Sam Gauny ) is armed with a 7.5" SAA before having his hand shot. Note how he is clearly wearing fake skin to hide the blood squib.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing When this guy gets shot, he drops his SAA on this poor horse's head.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ethan McKendrick (Ray Baker ) points his Quickdraw SAA with color case hardened frame at Jake.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing J.T. Hollis (Earl Hindman ) fires a Quickdraw SAA. Note how half his face is covered up, a strange foreshadowing of his later-famous work on Home Improvement , where half his face was always hidden.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Malachi 'Mal' Johnson (Danny Glover ) uses a deputy's foot to try to reach a dropped 7 1/2" Cavalary SAA in the jail. he's trying to use the deputy's foot to get the keys so he can unlock the cell and help his sister.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The wounded Emmet uses a Cavalary SAA while hiding in Mal's cave.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Emmit points the SAA at Mal.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Scruffy (Pepe Serna ) at the McKendrick ranch wears Jake's SAA holster rig.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Deputy holds Augie Hollis (Thomas Wilson Brown ) hostage with his SAA.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paden with his SAA at the ranch.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hoyt (Ted White ) with a Quickdraw and Artillery akimbo style.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jake takes out two deputies, one being Tyree, with his two SAAs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Emmet is grazed in the leg and drops his SAA. Note color case hardened frame and how new and unworn it looks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of Paden's SAA during the showdown with Cobb.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of Cobb's SAA during the showdown with Paden.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paden holsters his SAA after beating Cobb.
Enfield Mk. II
Sheriff John T. Langston (John Cleese ) uses an Enfield Mk II revolver, the predecessor to the Webley, as his sidearm in the film.
File:EnfieldMkII.jpg Enfield Mk. II - .476 Enfield.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff Langston aims his Enfield Mk. II revolver at Mal while Deputy Kern (Todd Allen ) aims his Winchester 1873 rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Langston fires his Enfield Mk. II at Jake and Paden when they escape the prison.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Langston pursues Emmet, Pedan, and Jake with his Enfield Mk. II drawn.
Remington 1875
When Pedan (Kevin Kline ) tries to buy a gun in the gun store, several Single Action Armies are seen in the glass case, but one of the guns is a Remington 1875 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 1875 - .45 Long Colt.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Remington 1875 revolver is seen farthest left.
Remington 1866 Derringer
"Slick" Calvin Stanhope (Jeff Goldblum ) keeps a Remington 1866 Derringer hidden in his sleeve and does a neat trick to flip the gun out, instantly readying it for use.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 1866 Derringer - .41 R.F. Caliber. Polished Steel with yellow pearl grips
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Slick" whips out his Remington 1866 derringer from his sleeve.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Armed with his Remington 1866 derringer, Slick finds that Mal's sister is being secretly treated in a shed.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Slick then decides to wait for someone to come, and hides his Derringer back in his sleeve.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Slick tries to shoot Mal in the back with his Derringer but Mal catches him. Slick struggles with him to shoot his sister, but Mal pushes the gun out of the way before it goes off.
Webley No.5
When Paden (Kevin Kline ) runs into the gunshop to buy a gun to kill the man who stole his horse, his lack of money leaves him with a worn-out Webley No.5 revolver. The gun has an Adams patent ejector instead of the standard fixed rod, but the gun is so beat-up, the cylinder falls off the rod when it is pulled out.
File:0bd1cce5c59b8d2ac79a613bc71209e2.jpg Nickle-plated Webley No.5 with Adams type ejector.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gun shop owner (Marvin J. McIntyre ) hands Paden the shoddy revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paden open the ejector rod and the cylinder falls off the gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paden readies the revolver as the horse-thief approaches on his horse, gun blazing.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paden shoots the horse-thief off his horse with the revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Paden keeps the revolver tucked in his pants when he confronts the man who took his hat and gun.
Rifles
Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" (mocked up as Henry 1860)
Malachi "Mal" Johnson (Danny Glover ) uses a Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" rifle mocked up like a Henry 1860 by removing the fore-end. The dead give aways are the loading gate on the receiver and the lack of a magazine tube slit and spring follower under the magazine tube. It is rather strange that he would use this fake Henry when his father uses an actual Henry rifle in the movie.
It's believed that this was done so Danny Glover didn't have to deal with the spring guide handle sliding into and pinching his finger while firing multiple rounds, multiple times during filming.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" - .44RF.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Henry 1860 - .44 RF.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing When the bartender refuses to serve Mal for being black, some men in the bar gang up on him and take his Winchester 1866 rifle. Note how it has a loading gate unlike a genuine Henry rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal fires his Winchester 1866 rifle at the outlaws in the canyon. Note how it lacks a magazine tube slit and spring follower.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal fires his Yellow Boy.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal shoots a corrupt deputy beating Emmet with his Yellow Boy with a somewhat impractical hip shot.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal with his Yellow Boy and his father's Henry 1860 rifle. Damn thats beastly
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal sniping from the roof at the ranch with his Yellow Boy.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal comes to visit his sick sister in the shed with his Yellow Boy in hand.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal's mock Henry is seen resting against the wall as "Slick" Calvin Stanhope (Jeff Goldblum ) dies from being stabbed with his own boot-knife by him.
Henry 1860
Ezra Johnson (Joe Seneca ), Mal's father, uses a Henry 1860 rifle with an engraved reciever. When murdered by some of Cobb's thugs, the gun is used by one of them until that man is killed by Emmet (Scott Glenn ). Emmet then uses the gun when preparing for a fight, shooting the prickers off a cactus plant. The rifle is then given to Mal and he uses both the Henry and his fake Henry (made from a Winchester 1866 rifle) during the gunfight at the ranch.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Cobb's hired thugs wields Ezra Johnson's Henry 1860 rifle when they raid the town people's party. The gun is clearly only half cocked.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Emmet fires the Henry 1860 rifle and like a smart shooter, wears a thick glove to protect his hand from the hot barrel (which is due to the lack of a fore-end.). Note the engraved receiver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the muzzle on the Henry as Emmet fires it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal sits with his father's Henry in his lap.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Henry rifle sits against the wall.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal holds both his father's Henry and his fake Henry.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mal dives through the air firing the Henry rifle and unrealistically sends a thug flying off the roof.
Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy"
An unmodified Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" is seen in the gunshop on the wall rack along with a Winchester 1873 rifle and a side-by-side shotgun.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Winchester 1866 rifle on the top of the wall rack.
Winchester 1873
Both the Rifle and Saddle Ring Carbine versions of the Winchester 1873 rifle are seen used by several characters in the film, most notabley Emmet (Scott Glenn ) and Pedan (Kevin Kline ), who both keep the rifles as saddle guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1873 - .44-40.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Emmett racks the lever on his Winchester 1873 rifle after defeating all the assassins in the shed.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheriff Langston aims his Enfield Mk. II revolver at Mal while Deputy Kern (Todd Allen ) aims his Winchester 1873 rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Roscoe (Rusty Meyers ), Hannah's husband, armed with a Winchester 1873 rifle before being shot by an outlaw.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pedan with his '73 rifle at the ranch.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Deputy Tyree (Jeff Fahey ) armed with a '73 rifle in the town when searching for Jake.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Emmet's '73 rifle is hit in the side, jamming the inside mechanisms, showing a nice close up of the color case hardened reciever. Note how a semi-camouflauged metal plate is attached to the reciever to protect the gun from the bullet squib.
Shotguns
Colt Model 1878
A Colt Model 1878 is seen used by several extras in the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1878 - 12 Gauge.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An assassin at the film's start falls through the shed ceiling with his Colt Model 1878 shotgun, which somehow lands on top of him despite how him firing it mean it would be under him. No reason to complain though, it gave us a clear shot of the gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bartender tries to shoot Mal with his Colt 1878 shotgun but gets whacked with a statue.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing When Cobb's thugs attack the town member's party, they throw torches into the buildings. One member shoots a torch out of the air with his Colt 1878 but gets shot for his good deed.
J. Stevens & Company 1878
The two coach drivers who rob the stage coach members of their money keep a J. Stevens & Company 1878 shotgun with indian decorations on the stock as their weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun 1878 - 12 Gauge.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the stage coach drivers armed with a decorated J. Stevens & Company 1878 shotgun.