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Guns of Pale Rider
I saw the old Eastwood movie "Pale Rider" again yesterday (one of my favorites). I always love the old movie guns. I've read that Eastwood was always diligent to keep the guns in his movies period correct, the preacher's 1858 Remington Conversion not withstanding. Many of the other guns in the movie appeared to be Colt Conversions. I just wonder how many actually carried spare cylinders like the preacher did in the movie. Old west speedloaders seems like a cool idea.
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That "Colt" looks like a Remington to me.
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That is a Remington. I believe I mentioned a '58 Remington Conversion.
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Read it again wog, he said it was a Remington. As far as carrying spare cylinders I doubt many if any did. You simply didn't need that fast of a reload. Not everyday in the old west was like in westerns.
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I had never noticed that it was a conversion cylinder. Seems a bit silly to carry a spare cylinder, if it's not cap and ball.
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No loading gate. Have to remove cylinder anyway to load. Makes sense but most just didn't do it. There's no records of sales of extra cylinders like there would be if was a commom practice. Even during the C.W. cavalry carried up to six revolvers not spare cylinders.
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If I remember correctly....
....The "other" pistols in the movie...Namely John Russell's gang...were mostly 1860 colt coversions.
I believe in Josey Wales, Eastwood carried a couple Dragoons and a couple 1863 Remingtons.
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In old Hollywood westerns, Los Angeles made Great Western revolvers were used by the prop departments of many studios. For close up work they'd add a Colt style hammer (w/ firing pin) since the standard GWs had floating pins. If you're really paying attention, you may see where they've simply added a triangular web attempting to make a Great Western pass for a Remington.
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The carrying of a loaded extra BP cylinder doesn't make sense with a Colt design, due to the need to pull the barrel to change cylinders - not so with the Remmy, as so aptly demonstrated in the film.
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makes me nervous...
I always figured a loaded cylinder, especially percussion, was foolhardy. That would make me more than a little nervous. Must just be a hollywood thing.
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I'm sure a few people did the extra cylinder thing, but VERY few. Took a lot of $$ to get a smith to make and fit a few extra cylinders...most folks just didn't make that much money.
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The historical accuracy/probability of having several spare cylinders aside, I think the filmmaker's intent was to show an alternative to typical SAA-type loading. Obviously, he was successful -- we're still dissecting the scene 25-years later.
Discussing Eastwood's films, non-shooters will often comment on Preacher's reloading sequences -- they recognize there is something different happening, but didn't have a clue about the particulars. Until seeing the OP's pic, I'd always assumed the spare wheels were of the percussion variety. Cap or cartridge, it doesn't change my appreciation of the film. |
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The movie was of course fiction, so why not have a few extra cylinders to fit the character?
"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him", Revelation 6:8, King James verson. BTW, the character Megan is seen in the movie reading that verse to her mother. |
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I have always enjoyed Clint's movies. He was asked what the worst thing about making a film in Idaho was. He relpied , "leaving". (Pale Rider was made near Salmon, Idaho.)
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If it hadn't been for the environs of Salmon, would Elmer Keith have been the Elmer Keith we know?
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[QUOTE]Oh, and the Hungry Onion burger joint has a quote on their menu from him to remind folks that they've got the best burgers in Idaho!
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You guys just gave me a good laugh. For a while I've been following this thread and reading through it and scratching my head because I didn't understand what scenes or characters you all were talking about. Then I realized, I was thinking of High Plains Drifter!
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Here ya go, Thomme: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/
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Oh, no, I'm a big lover of Clint's movies, but the whole time this thread was going on I was thinking "He used a Colt in that, didn't he? I don't remember any Remingtons." And then I realized it was Pale Rider and not High Plains Drifter. I laughed a little at myself.
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