Mal's Gun

POSTED BY: DRE
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 01:42
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DRE

Saturday, February 14, 2004 7:30 AM

Can anyone here tell me the model for Mal's
sidearm/revolver? It looks like a moded buntline or such, but I know not enough about firearms to tell anything by looks alone (yet!)

Thanks!

IKIYO
DRE

GRAVITYDRIVE

Sunday, February 15, 2004 8:14 PM

Reminds me of the very first Colt revolver...a Navy issue just prior to the Civil War--- long barrel & relatively small cylinder, with a neat little doohick underneath the barrel flaring out to connect with the cylinder.

Sorry...(I'm not that much of a gunnie)...but it's a neat reference.

MALSDOXY

Sunday, February 15, 2004 8:24 PM

I believe its totally original...on the commentary of one of the eps ( 'War Stories', I think ) Nathan Fillion says he wanted to keep it but they ( Fox, of course ) said no...but he said the made him a copy or somesuch...

Haven't you killed me enough for one day ?

RANGER

Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by GravityDrive:
Reminds me of the very first Colt revolver...a Navy issue just prior to the Civil War--- long barrel & relatively small cylinder, with a neat little doohick underneath the barrel flaring out to connect with the cylinder.

Sorry...(I'm not that much of a gunnie)...but it's a neat reference.

My understanding is that it is a modified Colt Navy... The cylinder was removed and replaced with a magazine (you can actually see Mal checking the magazine and sliding it back into place when they first get off of Serenity as they head over to Badger's place on the original pilot).

Traveller, if you go to Sparta, tell them you have seen us lying here as the Law commands.

DRE

Monday, February 16, 2004 3:32 AM

I thought it might be a Navy, but it seemed a little to different (which is why I guessed a buntline with the long barrel). I also haven't rewatched Serenity yet, so I didn't see whether it had a magazine or revolver barrel (though I assumed it was magazine loaded). Thanks for the help so far!

IKIYO.
DRE

LOADANDMAKEREADY

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:30 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by GravityDrive:
Reminds me of the very first Colt revolver...a Navy issue just prior to the Civil War--- long barrel & relatively small cylinder, with a neat little doohick underneath the barrel flaring out to connect with the cylinder.

The grip looks like a Remington model 1858, it has an octagonal barrel as did most guns of that era, but as for the rest of it, who knows. As usual, most of the guns are made for movie specials.

If you want to see a Colt Navy model 1851, use this link:

http://www.angelfire.com/vt/milsurp/51nv.html

As for its having a magazine like an automatic, I'll have to look at the program again, but I haven't seen any place for a magazine to fit!

Slight correction: A buntline has a barrel that is about 12 inches long. The longest production barrel Colt made was 7-1/2 inches. Ned Buntline's long barreled guns were a special order from Colt ... and they were all round barrels.

For the truly weird, see Jayne's guns. Note the revolver he is holding in the opening scenes of OUR MRS. REYNOLDS. When he points it toward the camera, you can see that it's an 8-shot, instead of the usual 6. The only company that currently produces an 8-shot revolver is Smith & Wesson.

loadandmakeready

ANTHONYT

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:11 PM

Taurus (taurususa.com) has been making 8 shot revolvers for a while.

--Anthony

LOADANDMAKEREADY

Thursday, March 18, 2004 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Taurus (taurususa.com) has been making 8 shot revolvers for a while.

--Anthony

So I have recently learned. Also, -- you may already know this -- Taurus is, and S&W was, a part of the Bangor-Punta Group, and has copied a lot of Smith & Wessons designs . . . done a pretty good job of it too I might add.

Taurus isn't terribly common where I live, so I haven't worked on many of them. All the 8-shots I've worked on have been Smiths.

Ennyway,

thanks for the "heads up."

Loadandmakeready

IZAZOMBIE

Monday, November 8, 2004 3:57 AM

Hey all,
Jaynes gun is a Lemat. Very little modification has been done to it, just a stanag rainl on the top.

Mal's gun does have magazine, but I couldn't figure out what the frame was...
will keep looking

GUILDSISTER

Monday, November 8, 2004 4:01 AM

Quote:
Mal's gun does have magazine

Notice it has no hammer? Makes an electronic whine when he cocks it.

Guildsister

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