In the new production of The Walton's Homecoming, which is stated as taking place in 1933, a rifle is referred to as a Winchester Model 70. The Model 70 was introduced in 1936.

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It's a movie. We're lucky it wasn't referred to as a 3 liter straight 6.

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If they had mentioned a Winchester Model 54 they would have been more correct. And a Model 70 would have been a little out of their price range.

I agree, but if it wasn't for remakes and reboots there would be so little new TV to watch. Hollyweird has been out of new ideas for quite some time now.

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That it's mentioned at all, is like a breath of fresh air in a room full of stank.

I was disappointed to say the least. I wondered how many homes at
that time in the mountains had electricity, and radio. I didn't pick up
on the mdl 70. I doubt anyone in Hollywood knew or cared.
Overall out of 0 to 10 I give it a 4, 5 at best.

By old Hollywood standards, a mere three years on an otherwise real gun is golden.

Now extras in a movie about the French-and-Indian War carrying bolt action surplus rifles, THAT is anachronistic

I don’t recall whether it was the old “Last of the Mohicans” or “Northwest Passage” with Spencer Tracy where that caught my eye.

I'd have predicted a Krag, 03 Springfield or a 1917 Enfield all surplus of course as John Walton didn't make much $ running a saw mill on Walton's Mountain!

Given what most of their new ideas are, probably better off

Iffen I get jaded at all the above. I just pop in the ORIGINAL Wild Bunch move and in a short time I'm happy.

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Aside from the M1903A3 and the M1917 Browning, it wasn't too bad. 99.99% of the viewers wouldn't have known or cared.

"If they had mentioned a Winchester Model 54 they would have been more correct."

If they had called it a Winchester Model 54 it would have been OK. I think they were made as early as the mid-20s. There used to be a Model 54 (in .270 as I remember) on display in the Smithsonian which went with Charles Lindbergh on one of his flights, but not his solo flight across the Atlantic.

Well, I'm re-watching Narcos on Netflix...... Getting close to killing Pablo....
Gotta love CIA Bill

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Being Hollyweird I wouldn't be suprised if they called it a Glock.

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Hey i saw a 1990s "remake" of Bonanza tv movie.. it was set in 1889 and "little joe" was carrying a 1911

I learned long ago that you need to be able to turn off your gun nerd brain when watching movies where gun accuracy isn't a goal.

Michael Mann gets something wrong? Sure, I notice. Platoon gets the wrong carbines for the NCOs? Ayup, ill notice. A reboot of an old sitcom not about shootouts and gunplay misses the mark on a generic hunting rifle by three years? I wouldn't even make a passing mental note.