Old Henry movie.

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Tycer
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Old Henry movie.

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I finally got around to watching it. Great suggestion. Thanks 🙏🏼
Tim Blake Nelson is Avery good actor.
alnitak wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:28 pm I rented Old Henry tonight...not bad! I liked it, and generally agree with the industry rating of about 7.7 out of 10.

I don't want to give anything away, but found it interesting that a few characters were using double action pistols, including the protagonist. In researching, it seems that these were introduced during the 1870's and 1880's, and gained pretty wide acceptance relatively quickly (movie set in 1906). Can anyone tell me the make and models of the pistols used? From reading, it seems that a number of the DA models utilized a swing out cylinder or top break action. Yet the movie guns all seemed to be side loading. Were these Colt Lightnings?
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Re: Old Henry movie.

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Both the Model 1877 and the Model 1878 were single load and single eject ala the Colt SAA.

Model 1877 - called "Lightning"
colt-1877-lightning-38-c16462.jpg
Model 1878
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