The guns in "True Grit"

[bellevance]

Here's a good discussion, with pictures, of the firearms used in the Coen brothers' remake of "True Grit," based with some gratifying accuracy on Charles Portis's novel (1968).

True Grit (2010) - imfdb :. guns in movies :. movie guns :. the internet movie firearms database

 

[Texas Star]

Thanks. Prob. not a film that I'll see, but good info.

T-Star

 

[Rangerpat]

Thanks a lot, I saw the new version of True Grit and liked it very much, I also bought the book yesterday and plan to read it to compare it to both movies. I also liked the John Wayne original movie way back when I was in high school.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

How's this for nitpicking. It looks like Rooster's Colt SAA has a "smokeless" frame with the spring loaded button to remove the cylinder pin. Not invented yet!! Brolin's Henry appears to be loaded even when he's just holding it. That's a good touch. And those percussion Colts sure have minty finishes for having been used through the civil war (the girl's dragoon) and riding in a pommel holster for years (Rooster's Navies). All that nonsense aside, A great movie! Including the guns.

 

[bellevance]

How's this for nitpicking. It looks like Rooster's Colt SAA has a "smokeless" frame with the spring loaded button to remove the cylinder pin. Not invented yet!! Brolin's Henry appears to be loaded even when he's just holding it. That's a good touch. And those percussion Colts sure have minty finishes for having been used through the civil war (the girl's dragoon) and riding in a pommel holster for years (Rooster's Navies). All that nonsense aside, A great movie! Including the guns.

You're right, Wyatt--and that Texas Ranger (Matt Dillon) sure recovers mighty fast after taking a slug through the shoulder from Rooster's Win .44-40.

But that's the Coen brothers for you--anti-realistic, if anything.

 

[hiram2005]

You ever see any movie with everything right?

Last night I watched "Shenandoah" with Jimmy Stewart. AGAIN!
I didn't know the Civil War was fought with 1873 Springfield trapdoors......

 

[6thtexas]

I always liked the '92 Winchesters with the forearms removed and the receivers brass colored to look like Henrys or the trapdoors with the dummy flintlocks on them.

There's not too many authentic looking gun scenes in the westerns.
One, though is in the original "Stagecoach". Watch close and you'll see an "Apache" reloading a trapdoor carbine on a horse at a dead run. Just seconds from that scene, the Duke fires once and three "Apaches" go down at the same time!

 

[6thtexas]

I think John Millius (sp?) is the only movie maker to get firearms right. i love watching "The Wind and the Lion" just for that-Krag rifles, '97 riot guns, and a Colt 'potato digger".

Michael Mann's movies are generally accurate as to the firearms, too.