What western tv or movie used Marlin leverguns other than Rawhide. All others seem to use Winchester 92's with a occasional 73 thrown in.
Randy

Paladin carried a Marlin carbine in "Have Gun Will Travel".

The only one that didn't use Winchesters that I recall is "Last Stand At Saber River" starring Tom Sellick. IIRC Spencers were used.
Jimmy

I saw Marlins a time or three on Bonanza. Hard to miss that square lever.

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Glen ford carried a Marlin rifle in the remake of Cimarron. On the big Valley on TV it looks like the same Marlins are interchanged between the Barkley's own guns and the bad guys. Also, there's at least one older one in Death Hunt used by one of the idiot trappers.

Tom Selleck being a gun owner & on the NRA Board of Directors is gun savvy. Remember Quigley? All guns were of that era. Same with the movie Charles Bronson & Lee Marvin [Death Hunt]. Most other films just use Winchesters that weren't made yet.

I was thinkin ol Sellick ended up usin' a '76 Winchester in 'Crossfire Trail'


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Willford Grimley used a Evans in Crossfire Trail. Has a 34-round magazine coiled up inside the stock. Made the comment that, "When you're as bad a shot as I am, you need all the ammo you can get"

The Evans Repeating Rifle

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The ones that I really get a kick out of were the M92's that had the handguards removed on Bonanza...

"The Creature from the Black Lagoon" had several Marlins on the boat and think they were mostly .22s. Didn't bother the Creature much either.

Robert Duvall carried a good looking custom 1899 Savage in Joe Kidd. Since the !895/1899 Savages were an offshoot of Marlin, I'd guess that would qualify.

This movie seems to be on TV about three times a day here. and I can't help myself to watch part of it each time. Tons of transitional (old west-turn of the century) hardware used in that movie. I'm a Savage fan and dig Duvall's choice in a rifle. Bronson used a Savage 99 in Death Hunt, too.

I want the one that had a never ending supply of ammo?

Ever notice in the western movies the town's had no out houses? Where did everyone DUMP? LOL

THE UNFORGIVEN got it right.

Many of the movie 92s' were actually El Tigres' made in Eiber Spain,including The Rifleman's.

Once upon a time there was a summer replacement show that starred Brian Keith called IIRC "The Westerner" He carried a Winchester M-1895, and at least part of the time, he had a scope on it. Also, another short lived show, "Arizona Rangers" and they also carried the 1895 carbines. I wish there were more shows like those on TV today.

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My favorite was Steve McQueen in 'Wanted: Dead or Alive'.
He had a little cut-down 'mare's leg' sort of Win. M92. As we all know M92's were all made in some sort of pistol combo-caliber.
And what's in loops all around his belt? .45-70 rounds.
Gotta love Hollywood.

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That was a good series. Sam Peckinpah created it, as well as writing and producing episodes. He also had a lot to do with The Rifleman. You can tell the episodes he wrote and / or directed.

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When I was a kid I saw a movie about the Seminole War in 1839. They had Winchesters!

That's probably why they were never defeated.

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Well, the soldiers had them, too. They were a lot better armed than was Custer's command in 1876.

Old movie, Mckray and I forget other names. They had 95 wins
99 Savage, Rem-8, and old Marlins.

Name the two shows that used a Daisy 1894 BB gun in place of a Winchester, one was a movie and the other was a popular show in the 60's.

In El Dorado, Joey used a 92 Winchester to shoot Jason, at the end. Near the beginning she also used a 92 Winchester to shoot Cole (Duke Wayne). When she went up to him, to make sure he was dead, Duke knocked her down, took her gun and tossed it in the creek. The gun that was tossed in the creek was a Daisy Spittin' Image 94.

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According to the discussion here Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com ? View topic - Rooster Cogburn they used one in Rooster Cogburn and the Lady. Also Duke Wayne, with Kathryn Hepburn.

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There was a tv show called Wagon Train and the scout carried a Henry.

If you get a chance, check out "The Ox-Bow Incident" with Henry Fonda and Henry Morgan (and a lot of really good and familiar character actors). One of the posse/lynch mob members (and old woman who I think played Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath) carried a Marlin.
At least I'm pretty sure she did.

What I got a kick out of were the prop-gun bolt actions, especially the take-down model Clint's character had never fired. He puts together while under fire and proceeds to drop the bad guy with a single long-range shot. The M-99 and 96 Mauser were pretty cool, though.

I recall Woody Strode packing a Marlin 336 in a cheesy western with William Holden. That's about the only thing I remember about that movie, it was really bad.

I never knew Savage 1899's were an off shoot of Marlins. I better re-educate myself.

The movie "Death Hunt" was based on a true character, who like Bronson, carried a 1899 Savage. In the movie Bronson sawed off a shotgun just as the Mad Trapper had done. The part I had a hard time believing was the total hodge podge of guns the Mounties carried. Being very British and their desire for order, I would have believed they would all carry SMLE's.

Well....sort of. Marlin made barrels for the 1895 Savage; the predecessor of the 1899 model.

I think Glenn Ford liked Marlins. He used one in a few movies. Besides Cimarron, he had one in 'Cowboy', the one with Jack Lemmon where he shoots the roach off the hotel bathroom wall. There was also one in 'The Rounders' but he only took it away from a cowboy from a rival ranch. That's a great movie, I recommend it. Henry Fonda keeps a Colt New Service in that one but he doesn't know if it works because he'd never shot it.

Hmm, good point. IIRC, it was set immediately after WWI, also, meaning the Brits should have had ample surplus arms to issue. Also makes me wonder where Lee Marvin would've bought his .30-40 ammo.

They were just three Mounties at a remote post. Maybe they had to provide their own guns, or maybe they just preferred them. Charlie Askins was an early BP agent and wrote that they were issued WWI surplus P17 Enfields, 1917 Colts, and Winchester M97 Trench guns. The guys serious about living to collect their monthly paychecks usually ditched everything but the trench guns and bought Winchester 07 SLRs (.351), Remington M8s, 1911s, etc.

Anyway, identifying the hodge podge did make the movie more interesting, especially Charles Bronson pumping his Winchester M12. Lee Marvin did pack a Colt New Service, was issued to Mounties in .455 Eley.

Besides, proper uniforms & Brit weapons would've given the movie a Dudley Dooright feel.

It was a huge crowd of people at that cabin. I figger most of 'em were locals - it was a posse. That would help explain that differing types of guns.

Used to work with guy whose father had bought a 30/40 Krag rifle from the NRA, years back. He was showing it to me, and showed me the ammo for it. Winchester 303 British. I tried convincing him that that was not the right stuff, but he said that they'd been shooting it in the gun all of HIS life, and his daddy did it for several years before he was born.

If you look at the specs of the two rounds, they are very close, with the 303 being slightly shorter both in OAL and in the neck position. With the head being almost identical, and both being rimmed, the 303 should chamber and fire, and you are pushing a 312 bullet down a 308 hole. I would not expect it to have target accuracy, but it should get the job done.

Perhaps THAT'S how Constable Edgar Millen fed his Krag. With 303 ball.

Constable Edgar Millen | Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Federal

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She had a gun? I never noticed:-)

Maybe she picked her '94 to deliver the coup de grace.

Many of the Win 92's were actually El Tigres from Mexico!

Sid V.

I believe I saw NEW Henry's in the somewhat recent History Channel mini series on the Hatfield's and McCoy's. Also at a local gun show a while back a guy had a Winchester 73 that was modified to look like an original Henry and the kicker was it was stamped 'BatJack Productions' and he claimed to have the provenance that proved it was in fact owned by the Production Company.

Last Stand at Sabre River there was a woman who I guess was tom's girl friend. She used the spencer with the Blakelee loader. Basically it was an octagon wooden box with holes in it for 5 or 6 magazine tubes. She ran dry and whipped out one of the loaders to recharge the spencer. And did it so well you'd think she had been doing it for quite awhile. Great western. Frank

Wonder where all of the handguards from the '92's went? There should be thousands of them around.......

I live in Montana and I cannot seem to find all of the discarded canteens and Colt revolvers that the bad and good guys had to drop...same with all of the Winchester rifles...they should be all over the place as none of them ever seem to get picked up!

Randy

I remember watching Big Valley and seeing a Marlin with a round bolt!

Also an episode of Bonanza when they were deciding if Nevada would go blue or gray, yet they all had the Colt SAA!

At that time, the NWMP rifle was the Winchester M-76. The sidearms were probably still Enfield .476's. The Colt New Service was adopted in 1905 and used until replaced by the S&W M&P .38 in 1954.


Both Winchester M-70's and FN semi-auto rifles have been used, and some No. 4 Enfields. Some were issued mainly as hunting arms, not necessarily for police functions.


WAIT: I was thinking of an earlier case. If this is the 1932 one, SMLE rifles may indeed have been used. I'd have to look that up. I have a book here somewhere, on RCMP guns.

No, Senor. From Espana.


Brazll has also made them by Rossi. Still do make them.


Original M92's were very popular there. There are photos of Sashal Siemel with a M-92 carbine, by a dead jaguar.

My Browning .44 Magnum carbine has a slightly smoother action than my original 92 Win. .44-40. But the Winchester has a bunch of special order features. Shotgun butt, pistol grip, round barrel, tang and folding rear sight, and it's a take down.

My all time favorite movie....I never noticed but will look the next time I watch it.

Dances With Wolves....Kevin Costner carries that unloaded 1860 Henry through most of the movie, watch that magazine loading tab on the underside ....it stays in the down position which means no rounds are in the magazine.
It's Hollywood ! At least it wasn't a model 92 with the fore stock removed...they ain't fooling nobody with that trick .
Gary

So did the props people spray paint the recievers of the converted '92s after removing the handguards?

Randy

PS....I cringe watching the idiotic reloading scenes....the worst was an episode of Laramie when Jess Harper is cocking his revolver to advance the cylinder and then lowering the hammer for each cartridge.

I always wanted a lever action in 50/120 with a 36" octagon barrel. Redesigned for smokeless gun powder. The 45/70 being offered today just doesn't cut it.

I love QDU. One of my all time favorite movie quotes is after Quigley shoots O'Flynn, Dobkin and Marston before any of them can even get off a shot. He walks over to Marston and says: "I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." (Referring of course to his preference for his custom Sharps rifle over a Colt revolver)

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Rifles, whatever. As far as I know, all the shows in the '50's the good guys all used Fanner 50's. That's my story, and I'm stickin to it.

And, their caps never ran out, either!

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The Western Channel today, on Wanted: Dead or Alive, the doctor referred to a bullet wound inflicted by Josh as a .30-30. Josh carried a cutdown .44-40 and later they showed him loading it with .45-70 rounds.

Also today on Laramie, they made several references to .30-30 but specifically said it was six years after the Civil War so 1871. Of course they were using 1873 SAA's and what appeared to be Model 94 Winchesters.

As we all know, the .30-30 was introduced in 1895.

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A lot of movies with "Henry" rifles simply had Model 1892 Winchesters with the forend removed. One had the receiver in a brass color, appeared to simply be paint.

However, real Henrys were carried by supporting actors in the original True Grit and in The Man from Laramie.

Robert Mitchem had a Marlin 1894 in River of No Return.

Lots of Marlins in The Big Valley, some with postwar round bolts.

Glenn Ford had a Marlin in Cimarron. And for something different, even though not a Marlin, he had a Winchester 1892 Musket in The Violent Men.

Jimmy Stewart had a Marlin 1894 in The Naked Spur.

Speaking of faked Henrys, how about the faked up Double Action Single Action revolver? In Firecreek, Jimmy Stewart has what looks like a Colt double action revolver that has had a SAA ejector rod and housing bonded to the crane. When he swings out the cylinder for reloading, the ejector rod and housing opens with it. I've seen this gun or its clone in some other westerns as well. Apparently some actors just could not cock the hammer fast enough with a SAA.