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Offline Doug.38PR

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Broken Arrow (Jimmy Stewart)
« on: January 26, 2015, 10:21:28 PM »
My wife and I watched this one tonight.  I was impressed that they did not arm everybody with repeating rifles (Winchesters) the way most westerns do.  I think I only saw like 3 repeaters the whole movie. 

The soldiers and just about all the Indians were armed with, I think, Springfield Trapdoor carbines or rifles.   Cochise (I think) was armed with a rolling block rifle of some kind. 

Pretty impressive

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Re: Broken Arrow (Jimmy Stewart)
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2015, 03:36:34 AM »
I enjoyed this movie myself.

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Re: Broken Arrow (Jimmy Stewart)
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2015, 11:32:10 AM »
Doug.38PR,

It is hard to see in the few frames you can see it, but, I believe the rifle Jeff Chandler (Cochise) is carrying a Wesson, single shot breech loading, .44 cal. rim fire carbine.
Hope this helps.
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Re: Broken Arrow (Jimmy Stewart)
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2015, 01:23:33 PM »
Blair you are correct. It is a Frank Wesson so called two trigger tilt breech carbine. The forward 'trigger' is actually the barrel lug/frame release. As the Wesson tilt breech rifles made their way through history; succeeding family ownership, we now know them as Harrington & Richardson handi-guns.

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Re: Broken Arrow (Jimmy Stewart)
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2015, 01:28:07 PM »
Cochise gun looked more like this:

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Re: Broken Arrow (Jimmy Stewart)
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2015, 02:12:12 PM »
I just viewed the movie, after posting my last message.
The firearm is indeed a Wesson!
The info and books I have are only for US purchased Military firearms, and the rifle/carbine in the movie fallows the same shape and design as the Civil War carbine I mentioned.
Exception: The one in the movie has silver inlets in the butt stock that wont be found on or in the Military arms.
I can assure you... this weapon is not an 1885 High Wall Winchester.
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God and the soldier we adore.
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God is forgotten and the soldier slighted"
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Re: Broken Arrow (Jimmy Stewart)
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2015, 08:40:40 AM »
Debra Paget in her white buckskin wedding gown.....oh where are my nitro pills.

 

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