Steve McQueen And His S&W In "Nevada Smith"

[Wyatt Burp]

I really like the guns McQueen packs in Nevada Smith. This Schofield in particular and later a 7 1/2" Colt Bisley that he draws real fast.
.45 Smith and Wesson Schofield

 

[Alpo]

What I liked the most about that movie was that, prior to Quigley Down Under, it was the only movie I ever saw where they mentioned reloading the empties.

Matter of fact, I believe Quigley is the ONLY other western that mentions it.

 

[Roadtrash]

The only one that I can think of as well. And he is shown "actually" loading them at the table. Probably not the real stuff but he was loading a few.

One of my favorite movies, old Tom made a good cowboy.

 

[Jack Flash]

Nevada Smith is a heck of a movie.

My favorite line needs a little set up:
McQueen is being stitched up after an incredibly vicious knife fight with an expert knife-handler (played by Martin Landau).

As the he finishes the long task of stitching up McQueen's numerous wounds, the doctor says "Next time you get in a knife fight, don't call me, send for a sail-maker."

 

[Wyatt Burp]

In "The Last Hunt" Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger are sitting around a campfire loading ammo for their buffalo rifles. And I saw a Bonanza once where Little Joe was at their dining room table loading ammo. I think Burt Lancaster reloaded for his Sharps in Valdez is Coming, too. That's all I can think of at the moment.

 

[jimmyj]

Burt Lancaster started to reload Sharps' cases by melting lead toy soldiers for the bullets in "The Unforgiven" with Audrey Hepburn, Doug McClure, and Audie Murphy.

In "The Last Hunt" Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger are sitting around a campfire loading ammo for their buffalo rifles. And I saw a Bonanza to reloak Burt Lancaster reloaded for his Sharps in Valdez is Coming, too. That's all I can think of at the moment.

 

[Alpo]

Come to think of it, Richie Cunningham, in some "made for TV" movie was gonna kill his best friend. He'd been in an accident (I think) and was either in a coma or was paralyzed, so Ron Howard was gonna shoot him and put him out of his misery. He cut a single-shot 20 gauge down to pistol-size, an opened up some birdshot and poured melted lard into the shot, to make it solid, and then recrimped he shell.

That MIGHT be considered "hand-loading".

I believe he got off, if anyone is curious. The defense showed that he had several guns that would have been much more efficient for this killing, so going through all that showed that he was insane with grief, and they won with "temporary insanity".

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

NV Smith is one of my favorites! Everything about it. Remember Brian Keith as his mentor?

 

[feralmerril]

Wyatt, this one is for you. Yeah, I know I have posted it a number of times but humor me. Its about a 1871 american. The barrel has been sawed back and the gun is about three years before any civilian could get their hands on a colt saa. It was found hidden in a old barn being tore down in montanna that once was a stage coach stop. A fellow guard friend of mine was given it from a old couple he went to church with. They told him you like guns, gave it to him with the story. It took a fine old marlin mountie I had to get it.
This gun just has to have some storys!

 

[Fishslayer]

What I liked the most about that movie was that, prior to Quigley Down Under, it was the only movie I ever saw where they mentioned reloading the empties.

Matter of fact, I believe Quigley is the ONLY other western that mentions it.

There was an episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel" where Paladin had a guy putting together ammo for him with some newfangled smokeless gunpowder.

Many years ago I saw a movie where the good guys were defending the remote farmhouse from the noble savages and were reloading their empties between attacks.

 

[jimmyj]

Nevada Smith (Steve McQueen) was a "Gun Trader/User". He carried several different makes/models.
At the beginning of the movie when he first met "Brian Keith" and attempted to rob him with a revolver that he found in a trash heap. "Brian" took a look at the revolver and stated, "Cartridges hasn't been made for that in 30 years"! Anyone know what revolver this was, or supposed to be ?

 

[sipowicz]

I learned to eat canned peaches from that movie...

 

[dcxplant]

Not a cartridge, but Mel Gibson's character in "The Patriot" melted his murdered son's lead toy soldiers into bullets.

 

[Walter Rego]

Charles Bronson is shown reloading for his .475 Magnum Wildey automatic in Death Wish 3 with what I believe was a Rock Chucker press. Rumor has it that the Wildey was Bronson's personal handgun.

 

[george minze]

Steve McQueen was one of those actors that seemed to fit into any charactor he played. Was a real car guy and from what I heard he really was a gun guy, and made it his responciblity to see things were as accurate as was possible in Hollywood....Not always easy...He was and is missed.......The chase scene in SF, was way a head of the times...I think it actually shocked viewers. The studio system sure wasn't all bad.......

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

I learned to eat canned peaches from that movie...

cool, my dad did and then I did from the movie as well

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Nevada Smith (Steve McQueen) was a "Gun Trader/User". He carried several different makes/models.
At the beginning of the movie when he first met "Brian Keith" and attempted to rob him with a revolver that he found in a trash heap. "Brian" took a look at the revolver and stated, "Cartridges hasn't been made for that in 30 years"! Anyone know what revolver this was, or supposed to be ?

Yeah. As I recall it was a standard colt Single action Army with a 5 1/2" barrel. Either Brian Keith was B.sing him or they thought we wouldn't notice. And what cartridge gun in the 1880s would be an obsolete caliber since all cartridge handguns were only around for 15 years or so by 1885?

 

[Jack Flash]

I learned to eat canned peaches from that movie...

"Al's done broke out the peaches."

Name that quote...