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Originally Posted by Alpo
Easy to explain. Older westerns - up to maybe the 60s, used Hollywood Henrys. 92 Winchesters (which were everywhere, and nobody really wanted them since there were much newer, more powerful guns around, and they were in obsolete calibers), with the forearm removed and the receiver painted yellow or brass plated.
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Thanks... that sounds reasonable. However... both rifles that I referred to above and posted pics of were '66 Yellowboys. In
GB&U... here is the link in the IMFDB...
Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Didn't focus on it much... just watched the movie. Also fascinating... he also had a scoped rifle with an off-set mount on it in one of the early scenes.