"By God, Dude, that's a Colt's Dragoon!"

[Wyatt Burp]

 

[feralmerril]

Where do you dig this stuff up matt?

 

[semperfi71]

Very good! I laughed.

 

[Thuer]

Yes. I was very suprised that a 14 year old girl could handle an Dragoon
and that the subject who has hit whit it didnt suffer very much.

Beside that. Good movie.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Yes. I was very suprised that a 14 year old girl could handle an Dragoon
and that the subject who has hit whit it didnt suffer very much.

Beside that. Good movie.

This was mentioned in the first movie and the book. Don't know about the arguably better remake. While drinking confiscated likker, Rooster reloaded the girl's Dragoon (he shot the rat with it in the book). When she shot the bad guy later the ball busted his ribs and knocked her down. Rooster didn't put the right charge or something.
But it was just a great book and two classic movies so I don't know why I dwell on these details!

 

[jimmyj]

I shudder to think what "Big John" is going to do with that Colt Dragoon
and that "Hippy"!

 

[gunblade]

The Dude abides.

 

[ASA335]

I noticed the lighting on the "Dude" wasn't right in this photo shopped image when compared to the other lighting. Then it hit me. He's in the shadow of John Wayne. Of course he "fades" in light of the Duke.

Note: I haven't seen the new movie yet, but I am looking forward to seeing the DVD of it. I hear he did a decent job of playing Rooster in it. No disparage of Mr Bridges abilities is meant by the above.

 

[John Eilertson]

I've fired a few cap and ball revolvers, and a gun the size of a Dragoon would have very little recoil with a normal charge--just too heavy a weapon with too small a projectile. Too technical, likely, but IF overloaded, it would possibly explode as much as have excessive recoil. And your standard 128-grain roundball might not damage someone with a sorta "side hit" as shown. Again, I'm being too serious...I enjoyed each film a lot, but I think I prefer the JW version, cuz maybe it was "Dukified" some, for him. Good stories, each, well acted, each.

 

[stantheman86]

Let me get a White Russian........

I have a repro of the Dragoon.......if not for the loading lever that drops with every shot it would be a neat gun

I had a Walker repro too, and sold it because of the same problem.......then found out Dragoons have the same issue. I'll have to get a Ruger Old Army..........too bad S&W never made a cap and baller.......