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Sheriff Matt Dillon of gunsmoke
« on: May 25, 2013, 04:54:06 AM »
Does anyone know of the model # of the Colt 45 army handgun used by Matt Dillon on gunsmoke?
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Re: Sheriff Matt Dillon of gunsmoke
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2013, 07:35:44 AM »
The good Marshall (not sheriff) carried a Colt Single Action Army with a 7 1/2 inch barrel.

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Re: Sheriff Matt Dillon of gunsmoke
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2013, 07:43:56 AM »
Probably .44-40
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Re: Sheriff Matt Dillon of gunsmoke
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2013, 09:20:04 AM »
The Rabbit is right in .45 Colt.

My understanding is it was an actual 1895 Colt SAA and not a movie prop!
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Re: Sheriff Matt Dillon of gunsmoke
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2013, 02:00:26 PM »
A good source for those kinds of questions is the Internet Movie Firearms Data Base; http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page

and the companion Internet Movie Data Base; http://www.imdb.com/

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Re: Sheriff Matt Dillon of gunsmoke
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Re: Sheriff Matt Dillon of gunsmoke
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2013, 06:40:40 PM »
I'm almost positive I just saw that gun a week ago. Its in the wild bill museum in Cody, Wy.
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Re: Sheriff Matt Dillon of gunsmoke
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2013, 12:38:50 PM »
As a side note about Arness, I was just reading about him and saw that actor Peter Graves was his brother....

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