Another "What is it?"

[Badgersmilk]

What's the man shooting here?

[Timothy]

1874 Sharps....

[ericire12]

assault rifle

[Badgersmilk]

1874 Sharps....

Nope.

[TacticalTennessean]

1860 Henry

[Sponsor]

[Timothy]

Nope.

Well, ya better tell Blondie cuz, that's what HE thought it was.  Unless of course you don't believe nearly every link to the movie that references that particular scene!

Show your proof.....

[tombogan03884]

 Clint Eastwood westerns were USUALLY pretty good about using era appropriate weapons. Since "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly takes place before April 1865 I doubt if it is an 1874 anything. There were other breech loading rifles available such as the Spencer, Ballard, and Burnside. I seem to recall there being an Earlier version "2 Trigger" Sharps used by Union snipers, I could be wrong about that.

[BAC]

Then how about an 1863 Sharps?

[Timothy]

Clint Eastwood westerns were USUALLY pretty good about using era appropriate weapons. Since "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly takes place before April 1865 I doubt if it is an 1874 anything. There were other breech loading rifles available such as the Spencer, Ballard, and Burnside. I seem to recall there being an Earlier version "2 Trigger" Sharps used by Union snipers, I could be wrong about that.

I never said it was correct for the period Tom.  I suggest that anything out of the Italian "Spaghetti Westerns" in the '60's might just be as inaccurate as a the DC-3 flying in the background.  Those old westerns were terrible, entertaining but terribly produced.  I believe there is one scene were Wallach is breaking open a Colt 1917 Revolver.....kinda tough to do in 1865...

Lee VanCleef, Clint and Eli didn't win any acting awards for those old movies either but they did probably have fun making them.

[Majer]

they used a 1866 Yellow boy with the front stock taken off so it looked like a 1860 Henry in the opening scene but used a 1874 Sharps later in the film
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