squidsix
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Reading the 5th of 7 "Dark Tower" books by Stephen King, and wondering what you folks would choose as Roland Deschain's six shooter?
What revolver for Roland of Gilead?
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Wait till you get to the last book 
I love this series!
I love this series!
CAJUNLAWYER
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I would reccomend a 4" stainless revolver-it's what Boudreaux of Coteau uses.
Gunslinger808
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Colt Peacemaker in .45LC with Sandalwood grips.
bloo
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So you can believe all the parts about finding a door on the beach and walking into a parallel universe, a land that has a cowboy and knights of old mixed, not to mention vampires and all the rest but you have a problem with his revolver! Sounds like the guy that stopped reading the series because Roland found a gun shop in New York city. The Sullivan act you know. Sit back and enjoy the book. Look at all of the mistakes in Clint Eastwood's westerns. Drago buying a cap and ball revolver and then telling the shop owner to toss in a box of cartridges. Give King a break.
Ted
Webley Fosbery. Kind of suits the tone of the books.
Edit: Something about .45 Winchester rang a bell so I googled it. Winchester did make a lengthened version of the .45 ACP and called it the .45 Winchester Magnum. I doubt that's what King was thinking of though.
Edit: Something about .45 Winchester rang a bell so I googled it. Winchester did make a lengthened version of the .45 ACP and called it the .45 Winchester Magnum. I doubt that's what King was thinking of though.
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speedyquad
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when king wrote the the dark tower, the gunslinger, there was no internet(back in the 70's). i love this series read each at least twice...working through the third now...my first snake was named roland...
RightArm
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Intrested. Are these sci-fi or horror. The only sci-fi I've read are the Butcher Dresden Files. I recently started reading horror, due to John Connolly's Charlie Parker series. You should read these. Parker carries a 1076 which started my love of Smith's.
More like scifi/fantasy. Lots of anachronisms. Good reading.
speedyquad
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Roland of Gilead is the last gunslinger on an "alter earth" in what may be considered another dimension. there is dimension jumping that causes, or is a result if time travel, magic, and basically anything that could be thought of in a horror/sci-fi/fantasy story. to sum up the whole story would take forever. it is a 7 part series with the shortest being no less than 600 pages if i remember correctly. there are references to many of kings other books, but none need to have been read to understand. it just makes you realize his skill in writing to cross genres and characters. great reading.
if you like these books, read "under the dome". it has replaced this series as my favorite king work.
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It's an interesting series, but I would have Roland carry an engraved Model 27 with a 6 1/2 inch barrel with an ivory insert in the front sight and a pair of elephant ivory grips that were scrimshawed with a dragon on one side and a sword on the other. Now that's a gun for the ages.
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I read the gunslinger series and loved it. I hated it when it ended, but I don't read a book twice. Same with movies once is enough for me. I'm not sure, but I think I have read all of King's and maybe all of Koontz' novels.
As far as a gun for Roland, I like the one King gave him. I don't know enough about different types of revolvers to notice anything wrong with it. I guess ignorance is bliss in my case.
keep on reading,
gordon.
As far as a gun for Roland, I like the one King gave him. I don't know enough about different types of revolvers to notice anything wrong with it. I guess ignorance is bliss in my case.
keep on reading,
gordon.
dsbock
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I remember an article in one of the gun magazines back in the 1970s where the writer suggested that the best revolver would be a swing out cylinder for loading speed and single action only for accuracy.
On another note, there are ways in which a double action revolver could go wrong leaving the shooter with only the single action option.
And, of course, it's an alternate Earth. Perhaps no one developed a double action revolver or the knowledge was lost.
David
On another note, there are ways in which a double action revolver could go wrong leaving the shooter with only the single action option.
And, of course, it's an alternate Earth. Perhaps no one developed a double action revolver or the knowledge was lost.
David
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Very appreciative of the sci fi posts. I have just started the Dark Tower books. Started to read them years ago, but life happened and I lost interest. Having been an admirer and a critic of King, I must say that I have read more of his work than any other author. Someone said his new favorite was "Under the Dome". I really enjoyed that one too, but my absolute favorite is "The Stand". Good versus evil, supernatural stuff, stupid government projects that get loose, it has it all.
nawilson
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Ahhhh, but there are worlds other than this...
Keep reading. There are lots of little inconsistencies, but there is a perfectly good explanation for all. I have read the series twice. One of my favorite quotes, "First come smiles, then the lies, last is gunfire."
elm_creek_smith
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Merwin-Hulbert .44 Winchester Third Model Single Action.
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geoff40
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I think he knows quite a bit about guns, based on his other books. To the T in others. I think sometimes he just fictionalizes stuff, including the gun Roland uses.
CAJUNLAWYER
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This came up on diary today and it appears that a consensus still has not been formed as to what kind of revolver for Roland of Gilead.
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