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Series70 · February 25, 2011, 11:01 PM

But are you telling me that the Duke and his movie property master/firearms provider used a Walker and called it a Dragoon?

I just read True Grit again a few days ago, and Mattie had her father's Dragoon. The line in the movie came from the book, I'd bet, and the prop master probably didn't think the Dragoon looked unwieldy enough.

Gus McRae carried a Dragoon in Lonesome Dove, too, as I recall. See the saloon scene where he tosses a shot glass and shoots it in the air to get the attention of some smart-alecks.

February 25, 2011, 11:01 PM	#27
Series70 Member Join Date: January 29, 2010 Posts: 78	Movie refs But are you telling me that the Duke and his movie property master/firearms provider used a Walker and called it a Dragoon? I just read True Grit again a few days ago, and Mattie had her father's Dragoon. The line in the movie came from the book, I'd bet, and the prop master probably didn't think the Dragoon looked unwieldy enough. Gus McRae carried a Dragoon in Lonesome Dove, too, as I recall. See the saloon scene where he tosses a shot glass and shoots it in the air to get the attention of some smart-alecks.