3:10 to Yuma... lots of spencer closeup shots

[Dakota Widowmaker]

I saw the movie with the the Mrs. (she RARELY goes to cowboy movies, but, thought it couldn't be all bad with Bayle and Crow in it)

She liked it and even commented, "Don't you have a rifle like what Christian Bayle had in the movie?"

Yup, I replied and took it out of the safe to show her. (she doesn't enjoy shooting sports like I do, but, she lets me collect)

Anyhow, pretty decent movie with some good action scenes and they did a REALLY good job of making things period correct.

Near as I could tell, the movie was set 14 years after the end of the Civil War. (they had SAA six guns and were still working on the Sothern Pacific railroad, which would put it around the early part 1880s) Southern Pacific had a railroad that went to Yuma AFTER 1877.

Yes, the good guy carries the Spencer. (I don't think he used it much, though)

[Mossyrock]

Great movie!  I think he only actually pulled the trigger on it once.  So, do you think that was an "aged" Armi Sport?

[Wild Ben Raymond]

Howdy! did you notice the pump action spencer shotgun one of the lawdawgs had. This would have put the time period at or after 1884 as that is when they were introduced. WBR

[Dakota Widowmaker]

I believe it was an "antiqued" Armi Sport.

I need to clean up the action on mine and get it out of the safe at least ONCE this fall. only shot it once last spring.

It sure is fun to shoot... Brother-in-law wanted to shoot it on the 4th at his farm, but, we didn't get up there this year for the celebration.

And here I am with molds to cut for bullets...

Some times I feel I do more loading that shooting this year.

[Mossyrock]

Yeah, I know how you feel.  I spent over four hours Sunday casting bullets for my Spencer and my 50-70 and 45-70 Rolling Blocks, and not a range day in sight...  <sigh>

[Fox Creek Kid]

I saw the movie today. It was OK. There were more things I liked than disliked but again Hollywood was overly dramatic. Gatling gun on the iron stagecoach?  The firearms appeared amazingly to defy physics: no recoil.  The final shootout scenes in the town have no historicity. C'mon, not everyone in the Old West was a scumbag who would do anything for $200. Also, why the hell do we have to have Limey actors starring in a Western?    Are the Americans on strike?    I give it a belated 7 out of 10. Again, Hollywood (the cradle of "gamerism") just can't seem to get it straight about fanning revolvers, i.e. it didn't happen in the Old West. Hollywood has yet to make a great Western since Lonesome Dove.

[General Lee]

Two other good movies with spencers in them are Clint Eastwoods "Unforgiven" where he and Morgan Freeman (who owns the spencer) refer to how good a shot Morgan is "he can hit a crow on the wing"!!! anyway a more difficult to find movie is UTU about the maori revolt in New Zealand during the late 1800's, the young lieutenant uses one to authentically good results.  Tells how he was given the gun for saving a higher ups son from drowning, the real star of that movie is a multi barreled multi triggered shotgun!
general lee

[Two Flints]

Hello SSS,

Check out this link on UTU.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B0000541WF/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful/002-7402409-0673624?ie=UTF8&n=130#customerReviews

Two Flints

[General Lee]

If you look carefully on the DVD cover for Utu (from Two Flints provided link) you can see the Spencer in the hands of the young Lieutenant (kind of hard to see)
General Lee

[Deadeye Don]

UTU not on Netflix