manbearpig
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both double rifles, sold for $150,000 each.
colt walker, sold for $500,000
Wow...
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both double rifles, sold for $150,000 each.
colt walker, sold for $500,000
If memory serves me right (and I've been wrong at least once before - ask my wife
), there were only about 1000 made, and they all saw hard use as military side arms. Most didn't survive, and of those that did most are in very rough shape. That combined with that 4 letter word (C-O-L-T) and the fact it was one of the guns that actually started Colt's empire, makes them pretty desireable. Cheapest one I remember seeing at auction over tha last couple years was around $380,000.- Location
- Calgary, AB
Wow, love that engraving!
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yeah the Walker Colt is like the holy grail of Colts.
there were very few made, and this one is possibly the best surviving example of them. its also the most powerful/largest black powder handgun ever made - and that alone would make it more sought after by Americans, hehe.
i thought thats what Clint used in the movie Unforgiven, but after going back and watching it again he actually uses an old Starr revolver:
was hard to make out in the film. Little Bill uses an old Peacemaker
i love the old cap & ball revolvers.
there were very few made, and this one is possibly the best surviving example of them. its also the most powerful/largest black powder handgun ever made - and that alone would make it more sought after by Americans, hehe.
i thought thats what Clint used in the movie Unforgiven, but after going back and watching it again he actually uses an old Starr revolver:
was hard to make out in the film. Little Bill uses an old Peacemaker
i love the old cap & ball revolvers.
Yup, Clint used a double action Starr, probably the 3rd or 4th most common revolver during the Civil War.
As an aside - it's nice to see more and more westerns using something other than Winchesters and Colts. Did anyone else notice the shotgun used to arrest Russell Crowe's character in 3:10 to Yuma?
As an aside - it's nice to see more and more westerns using something other than Winchesters and Colts. Did anyone else notice the shotgun used to arrest Russell Crowe's character in 3:10 to Yuma?
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didnt really look closely at the sawn-off.
this one?
i seem to recall a colt revolving rifle in the film - if i recall the spanish sharpshooter was using it.
btw - just remembered Clint used a pair of Walker Colts in The Outlaw Josie Wales
this one?
i seem to recall a colt revolving rifle in the film - if i recall the spanish sharpshooter was using it.
btw - just remembered Clint used a pair of Walker Colts in The Outlaw Josie Wales
The Mexican sharpshooter did have a Roots sidehammer. Took me a while to get a good look at it though (at first it kinda looked like a Krag).
The shotgun I was referring to was the pump used when they arrested Crowe in the saloon. First time I had ever seen a Spencer shotgun in a movie (maybe they wanted it to go with the Spencer rifle )
The shotgun I was referring to was the pump used when they arrested Crowe in the saloon. First time I had ever seen a Spencer shotgun in a movie (maybe they wanted it to go with the Spencer rifle
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im just upset that they cant get more historically accurate in these 'wild west' movies.
theyre getting better with using the right guns for the period, but there was no smoke at all when they were firing their guns, peter fonda didnt #### the hammers on his shotgun, the guy gets shot in the stomach at point blank range and hes running around fine an hour later, etc. oh and the sharpshooter making shots from like 500 yards away on erratically moving targets - with the rifles and ballistics of the period that was nigh impossible.
i was watching Barry Lyndon last night. theyre firing muskets, FFS, and there wasnt even a smudge of smoke after like 5-6 volleys. wtf?! cant they hire someone who isnt retarded to just watch the film and point out these mistakes? a lot of them cant be that hard to fix, especially if theres someone just standing around set during filming that can just yell out 'hey, #### the hammers on the shotgun bub'..
theyre getting better with using the right guns for the period, but there was no smoke at all when they were firing their guns, peter fonda didnt #### the hammers on his shotgun, the guy gets shot in the stomach at point blank range and hes running around fine an hour later, etc. oh and the sharpshooter making shots from like 500 yards away on erratically moving targets - with the rifles and ballistics of the period that was nigh impossible.
i was watching Barry Lyndon last night. theyre firing muskets, FFS, and there wasnt even a smudge of smoke after like 5-6 volleys. wtf?! cant they hire someone who isnt retarded to just watch the film and point out these mistakes? a lot of them cant be that hard to fix, especially if theres someone just standing around set during filming that can just yell out 'hey, #### the hammers on the shotgun bub'..
I think if they were true to life with the BP smoke, you wouldn't see anything on the screen
I can't see a damn thing after 6 fast rounds of 45Colt, so a bunch of guys firing the same in a small area - all you'd see would be a grey cloud.
I have to agree with you though, there are a lot of stupid little mistakes that wouldn't take much to fix.
I can't see a damn thing after 6 fast rounds of 45Colt, so a bunch of guys firing the same in a small area - all you'd see would be a grey cloud.
I have to agree with you though, there are a lot of stupid little mistakes that wouldn't take much to fix.
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there was an older movie that i had remarked looked very accurate and the mood set by the use of realistic black powder smoke on the battlefield, and in the other shooting scenes, really took the movie to a whole other level.
i seem to recall it was 'last of the mohicans'? it wouldnt have been the same without the smoke.
not saying thats the only movie that used it, far from it, but it really makes a huge difference when they do. it creates a new filming challenge in filming around the smoke, but IMO its essential to create the right mood for that period.
or at least tone it down a little and have like.. 'half-realistic smoke', heh. as opposed to the complete absence of it.
i seem to recall it was 'last of the mohicans'? it wouldnt have been the same without the smoke.
not saying thats the only movie that used it, far from it, but it really makes a huge difference when they do. it creates a new filming challenge in filming around the smoke, but IMO its essential to create the right mood for that period.
or at least tone it down a little and have like.. 'half-realistic smoke', heh. as opposed to the complete absence of it.
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to give people an idea of how big a walker colt is compared to a 1911...
keep in mind a 1911 isnt exactly a small gun
**shrunk it down a bit, the original pic was huge.
keep in mind a 1911 isnt exactly a small gun
**shrunk it down a bit, the original pic was huge.
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Awsome! Wouldnt be nice to afford one of them...
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well, you can afford a replica walker, and at least you could shoot it
the Uberti replicas are quite nice and around $340 (US). not sure how much that would be in Canada, never asked.
