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DG45 · March 3, 2010, 02:25 AM

My wife and I watched Oh Brother Where Art Thou? on TV tonight. That was about the 5th time I've seen it and its still funny, but I noticed something in it tonight that I'd never noticed before. In one of the chain gang scenes, one of the guards is on horseback and it sure looks one of these short-barrelled Remington Model 11 or Browning A-5 riot guns he's carrying. In another scene in the movie, the main characters are watching a movie in a theatre when the door opens and this prison officer in a WWI style round brimed campaign hat comes in. Then he blows a whistle and all the prisoners come in. That guard too has what looks like either a Model 11 or A-5 short barrelled riot gun. It fit the picture and the era perfectly.

March 3, 2010, 02:25 AM	#21
DG45 Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2009 Posts: 904	My wife and I watched Oh Brother Where Art Thou? on TV tonight. That was about the 5th time I've seen it and its still funny, but I noticed something in it tonight that I'd never noticed before. In one of the chain gang scenes, one of the guards is on horseback and it sure looks one of these short-barrelled Remington Model 11 or Browning A-5 riot guns he's carrying. In another scene in the movie, the main characters are watching a movie in a theatre when the door opens and this prison officer in a WWI style round brimed campaign hat comes in. Then he blows a whistle and all the prisoners come in. That guard too has what looks like either a Model 11 or A-5 short barrelled riot gun. It fit the picture and the era perfectly.