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surprise_i'm_armed wrote:
If it's extra ammo for the Colt Detective Special, NIckel, 3rd generation,
why did the cop have .38's in his belt? The Colt was used earlier in the film
to kill Harlan, the attempted rapist. Then it was used to shoot the tanker truck.

SIA

For his backup gun?

I just watched a Sherlock Holmes movie where a Mauser C96 was fed from the bottom with an external magazine, instead of from the top with a stripper clip. Supposedly this happened 5 years before the Mauser went into production.

joe817 wrote:

TxRVer wrote:Chuck Connors had the same problem with a shell falling out. They added a plunger to prevent that.

Like the Rifleman, Steve McQueen's rifle shot .44-40s. Some genius thought .45-70s would look better in his belt. Still, the rifle only held 3 + 1.

What I thought! Thanks for chiming in!

I forgot to add, my 1892 was also in 44-40.

My pleasure. I love facts and trivia about the old westerns. I don't know about Bat Masterson's extended barrel, but I've been watching the old show Restless Gun. Vint Bonner carries, in his saddlebags a shoulder stock and long barrel for his hand gun. It looks like there is a cylinder attached to the barrel. He changes it out for distance work.

Chuck Connors had the same problem with a shell falling out. They added a plunger to prevent that.

Like the Rifleman, Steve McQueen's rifle shot .44-40s. Some genius thought .45-70s would look better in his belt. Still, the rifle only held 3 + 1.

Far from a mistake but I wanted to post one of my favorite scenes from Have Gun Will Travel.