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Old 06-15-2009, 04:01 PM
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What about the ones in the movies about the War of Northern Aggression. A lot of them shoot '73 Colts, Trapdoor rifles, and some even use '92 and '94 Winchesters. Maybe the late unpleasantness wasn't as long ago as my history book said it was. Larry
If you look closely, there are Trapdoor Springfields in "Captain Blood" with Errol Flynn. That was long before the days of Italian repros, and being able to reload quickly between takes was for more important than realism.
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