Spare Ammo in the movies

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

"...multi-barreled flintlock carbine, or whatever it was...it was impressive, but what a drag to reload in a fight!"

The Nock volley gun.  If you read Bernard Cornwell's Rifleman Sharpe, his sergeant uses one.

I remember The Last Outlaw.  I also remember what the Company Sergeant Major taught us during my recruit training.  Always have toilet paper, and always count your rounds. both on loading and on firing.

[RickB]

The Last Outlaw with Mickey Rourke is all about spare ammo.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110307/

I'd like to see a bad guy get it from the shot barrel of a LeMat from underneath a poker table.

Another movie that had the guys reloading their weapons during a heated fight was The Culpepper Cattle Company. The final scene had the guys trying to reload when the fight was getting heated. A good movie that is often over looked when westerns are brought up.

Another good one to check out is Bad Company. A good example of a running fight scene like most probably were.

[The Elderly Kid]

Not a fighting scene, but in "Nevada Smith" Brian Keith teaches Steve McQueen how to use a pistol, employing a S&W breaktop for the purpose. You not only see reloading, but Keith barks "Pick up that brass!"

[Stillwater]

Not a fighting scene, but in "Nevada Smith" Brian Keith teaches Steve McQueen how to use a pistol, employing a S&W breaktop for the purpose. You not only see reloading, but Keith barks "Pick up that brass!"

Keith, as Jonas Cord, also said the brass cost a "cent and a half a piece." I just watched the movie, "Nevada Smith," Friday...

Wish those good old days of good brass prices, were back...

Bill