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Smith & Wesson Schofield
The Smith & Wesson Schofield is a version of the Smith & Wesson Model 3 revolver adopted for use by the United States Army and incorporating improvements made by Army Major George W. Schofield. One of the said improvements was a redesigned locking system that made the gun easier to load while on horseback. The original Model 3 revolver had been adopted as the standard sidearm of the U.S. Army in 1870 and was the first cartridge-firing revolver adopted by U.S. forces. In 1875, the Army requested a batch of revolvers firing the .45 LC cartridge, which was already extensively used by the military. S&W instead created their own .45 caliber round, .45 Schofield, also known as .45 S&W. It was quickly discovered that .45 LC and .45 Schofield were not interchangeable on the Schofield Revolver, but were interchangeable on the Colt Single Action Army, leading many units to continue using Colt revolvers despite the Schofield revolver and .45 Schofield round being standard issue.
The Schofield was primarily used during the American Indian Wars, although there are reports of it being used as late as the Philippine–American War of 1899-1902. The Schofield was also popular with many figures of the American West, such as Jesse James, Wyatt and Virgil Earp, Pat Garrett, and Billy the Kid. American President Theodore Roosevelt also owned one.
Specifications
(1875 - 1878)
- Type: Revolver
- Caliber(s): .45 Schofield
- Barrel length(s): 7 in (17.8 cm)
- Weight: 2.6 lbs (1.17 kg)
- Capacity: 6-round cylinder
- Fire Modes: Single-Action
The Smith & Wesson Schofield has been seen in the following films, television series, anime and video games used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Prisoner of Zenda | C. Aubrey Smith | Colonel Zapt | 1937 | |
| Shane | Howard Negley | Yank Potts | Nickel plated; in holster | 1953 |
| A Wicked Woman | Katsuko Wakasugi | Oden Takahashi | 1958 | |
| Arata Shibata | Ichizô | |||
| Tetsurô Tamba | Ihei Ôsawa | |||
| The Magnificent Seven | Villagers | 1960 | ||
| El Topo | Juan José Gurrola | 2nd Master Gunfighter | "Wells Fargo" | 1970 |
| The Long Riders | Stacy Keach | Frank James | 1980 | |
| A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) | Mikheil Kherkheulidze | Edwood | 1987 | |
| Black Jack's man | ||||
| Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood | William Munny | 1992 | |
| Jaimz Woolvett | The Schofield Kid | |||
| Tombstone | Sam Elliott | Virgil Earp | 1993 | |
| Dead Man | Gabriel Byrne | Charlie Dickinson | 1995 | |
| Wild Wild West | Musetta Vander | Munitia | 1999 | |
| Purgatory | A gang member | "Wells Fargo" | 1999 | |
| Shanghai Noon | Owen Wilson | Roy O'Bannon | 2000 | |
| The Last Samurai | Tom Cruise | Nathan Algren | 2003 | |
| Van Helsing | Will Kemp | Velkan Valerious | 2004 | |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Casey Affleck | Bob Ford | 2007 | |
| Brad Pitt | Jesse James | |||
| Ted Levine | Sheriff James Timberlake | |||
| 3:10 to Yuma | Ben Foster | Charlie Prince | 2007 | |
| Sukiyaki Western Django | Kaori Momoi | Ruriko | 2007 | |
| Flick | 2008 | |||
| Wanted | Marc Warren | The Repairman | 2008 | |
| The Red Baron | Joseph Fiennes | Captain Roy Brown | w/ nickel finish | 2008 |
| Lone Rider | Tom Schanley | Mike Butler | 2008 | |
| Nude Nuns with Big Guns | Asun Ortega | Sister Sarah | engraved nickel version | 2010 |
| True Grit | Bruce Green | Harold Parmalee | 2010 | |
| Big Money Rustlas | Violent J | Big Baby Chips | 2010 | |
| American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James | Tim Abell | Frank James | 2010 | |
| George Stults | Jesse James | |||
| Jeffrey Combs | Ed Bass | |||
| 6 Guns | Geoff Meed | Lee Horn | 2010 | |
| Sage Mears | Selina Stevens | |||
| The Artist | Jean Dujardin | George Valentin | 2011 | |
| Shinobido | Samurai | 2012 | ||
| Unforgiven | Yûya Yagira | Goro Sawada | 2013 | |
| Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Giancarlo Esposito | Jorge | 2015 | |
| Bone Tomahawk | Kurt Russell | Sheriff Hunt | 2015 | |
| Forsaken | Justin Michael Carriere | Ed Tealy | "Wells Fargo" | 2015 |
| The Magnificent Seven (2016) | Ethan Hawke | Goodnight Robicheaux | nickel-plated with pearl grips | 2016 |
| In a Valley of Violence | Burn Gorman | Priest | "Wells Fargo" | 2016 |
| Ethan Hawke | Paul | |||
| Laplace's Witch | Etsushi Toyokawa | Saisei Amakasu | 2018 | |
| The Ninth | Evgeniy Tsyganov | Sergey Rostov | 2019 | |
| police | ||||
| The Kid | Adam Baldwin | Deputy Bob Olinger | 2019 | |
| Deadwood: The Movie | Tony Curran | James Smith | "Wells Fargo" | 2019 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossfire Trail | Tom Selleck | Rafe Covington | 2001 | |
| Deadwood | Ian McShane | Al Swearengen | 2004-2006 | |
| Flashpoint (2008) | "He Knows His Brother" (S1E07) | 2008-2012 | ||
| Top Shot - Season 3 | Multiple contestants | 2011 | ||
| The Son - Season 1 | Carlos Bardem | Pedro Garcia | 2017 | |
| Godless | Sam Waterston | Marshal John Cook | With ivory grips, seen in holster | 2017 |
| Russell Dennis Lewis | Daryl Devlin | Nickel plated "Wells Fargo" Schofield | ||
| Tess Frazer | Callie Dunne | |||
| Women of La Belle | Standard and "Wells Fargo" Schofield | |||
| V.I.P. Murders | "V moci démonů" (S2E02) | 2018 | ||
| Sherlock: The Russian Chronicles (Sherlok v Rossii) | Maksim Matveev | Sherlock Holmes | CO2 ASG Schofield | 2020 |
| Kirill Gordleev | Podporuchik Arkadiy Koshko | |||
| Paris Police 1900 | Hubert Delattre | Jules Guérin | "Wells Fargo" | 2021 |
| 1883 | LaMonica Garrett | Thomas | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porco Rosso | Donald Curtis | with ornate engravings | 1992 |
| Baccano! | 2007 | ||
| Appare-Ranman! | Dylan G. Ordene | 2020 | |
| Chase the Bad |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Barker's Undying | "Revolver" | 2001 | |
| Gun | 2005 | ||
| Hitman: Blood Money | "Six Shooter" | 2006 | |
| Call of Juarez | "Quickshooter" | 2007 | |
| Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood | "Quickshooter" | 2009 | |
| Red Dead Redemption | "Schofield Revolver" | 2010 | |
| Call of Juarez: Gunslinger | "Quickshooter" | 2013 | |
| Fistful of Frags | "SW Schofield" | Only holds 5 rounds | 2014 |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | S&W Schofield | 2014 | |
| Dying Light | "Quickshooter" | 2015 | |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "Schofield Model3" | Chambered in .44-40 WCF | 2016 |
| Red Dead Redemption II | "Schofield Revolver" | 2018 | |
| Hunt: Showdown | "Scottfield Model 3" | Added in Update 1.6.2 (2021) | 2018 |
| Resident Evil 4 (2023 VG) | "Broken Butterfly" | 2023 |
Animation
| Title | Voice Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 | "Wells Fargo", seen on caps; "Three Robots: Exit Strategies" (S3E01) | 2022 |
See Also
- Smith & Wesson - A list of all firearms manufactured by Smith & Wesson.