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freakazoid

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Trying to remember a movie and revolver.
« on: August 06, 2013, 09:13:30 PM »
For no real reason I'm trying to remember what movie I might of scene a certain type of revolver, and what the revolver was. All I remember about it was that it was a western movie, newish I'm almost positive. And the revolver had bird's head grips on it. I had thought it was the new 3:10 to Yuma and it was Charlie Prince's revolvers, but apparently he had actually carried a pair of Schofields.
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Re: Trying to remember a movie and revolver.
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2013, 09:18:29 PM »
Bird's heads are pretty much always Colt SAA's.  Don't think I've ever seen a schofield or Remington with a bird's head.  Definitely not either of those... the backstrap to trigger length is too long.  Colts have the shortest backstrap to trigger length of the western guns without getting into derringers or other weird stuff.

Though I think I saw it on some Colt Lightnings in something.
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Re: Trying to remember a movie and revolver.
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2013, 09:20:28 PM »
I want to say that it was English Bob from Unforgiven, but I don't know for sure...

ETA: Nope, but IMFDB says that Doc Holiday carried one in Tombstone.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Tombstone#Colt_Lightning
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Re: Trying to remember a movie and revolver.
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2013, 10:30:34 PM »
"Bird's heads are pretty much always Colt SAA's."

The only Colts that had a bird's head grip were the .38 Lightning Double Action or the .41 Thunderer Double Action. SAAs didn't have bird's head grips.

Merwin and Hulberts came with bird's head grips.
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Re: Trying to remember a movie and revolver.
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2013, 05:18:23 PM »
It wasn't Tombstone. They weren't nickle plated, or whatever makes it that silver color, and were wood grips from what I remember.
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