The guns shown have post front sights (Navy) not blades as in the Walkers and in the second link show 3 screws on the right side of the frames with what looks like the shadow of a lever catch (Navy) where the Walker lever would have a tapered but rounded point without a latch on the end of the barrel. Walkers only have one screw going all the way through for the hammer. I'm still sayin' thems Navies albeit with rounded Dragoon like barrels.
Van Damme uses a pair of Navies in Assassination Games
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Alas... Griswold wins
Finding http://www.vincelewis.net/griswold.html , I'd have to agree with the Griswold, the oxidation rate of the frame vs. the trigger guard of the weapon pictured there is almost identical to the pair in the movie. So oxidized brass, not colored case hardened... as the Leech.
Finding http://www.vincelewis.net/griswold.html , I'd have to agree with the Griswold, the oxidation rate of the frame vs. the trigger guard of the weapon pictured there is almost identical to the pair in the movie. So oxidized brass, not colored case hardened... as the Leech.
I wrote several times about me owning one of these that I bought in a roadside antique store near Agusta. I remember saying there was an X stamped on the hammer hand. I, after years of thinking realized it might have been a fake until now seeing XX's on main spring. Now I'm sad because I sold it for 100 dollars. Damn that X is now etched in my head!
WBH
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Bill Akins
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Whoever wrote that Van Damme was using Walkers doesn't know what they are talking about. They must have "Josey Wales" on their mind. Here's almost the same angle pic of Clint as Josey as in the angle pic of Van Damme. Now we can clearly see that those are Walkers Clint is holding. Notice the length of the cylinders and how big they are. With Van Damme being a small guy, if he were holding Walker Colts, they would look HUGE in his hands. They do not look huge in Van Damme's hands in the second photo following the below one do they?
How could IMFDB be so sloppy ignorant as to call Van Damme's G&G's or Leech and Rigdon's as Walkers? I am tired of movie people and writers being ignorant and lacking in proper research. Reminds me of an old t.v. episode of "Tales of the Gold Monkey" when Corky (Jake's mechanic) heard Jake's .455 Webley revolver firing and Corky's line was....
wait for it............
"Hey, that's Jake's Weatherby".
I never could figure out how Jake got a Weatherby rifle into his Webley revolver holster
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We don't need more gun control in this country, we need more gun EDUCATION!
Just had this pointed out to me by another member.....
In below photo Van Damme's revolvers aren't even cocked! Yet in the movie he is facing an opponent who appears to be using a double action revolver (not the other guy with the semi-auto w silencer in below photo under Van Damme in same photo). As the member from here (who clued me to Van Damme's uncocked hammers in a P.M.) noted, maybe the property master and writers intended Van Damme to use them double action! ROFL!
Uncocked.
Before Van Damme could cock them, the other guy could double action his revolver. Not a Mexican standoff at all. Without his single actions cocked, the double action guy would have the edge, know it, take it, and win.
As black powder fans we should say to IMFDB and the movie writers...."I knew Josey Wale's Colt Walkers. I respected Josey Wale's Colt Walkers. You're Van Damme revolvers are no Colt Walkers". (To steal a phrase from a political oriented comment regarding Clinton and JFK). Lol.
Another nice rendering of Josey's Walkers.
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How could IMFDB be so sloppy ignorant as to call Van Damme's G&G's or Leech and Rigdon's as Walkers? I am tired of movie people and writers being ignorant and lacking in proper research. Reminds me of an old t.v. episode of "Tales of the Gold Monkey" when Corky (Jake's mechanic) heard Jake's .455 Webley revolver firing and Corky's line was....
wait for it............
"Hey, that's Jake's Weatherby".
I never could figure out how Jake got a Weatherby rifle into his Webley revolver holster
. We don't need more gun control in this country, we need more gun EDUCATION!
Just had this pointed out to me by another member.....
In below photo Van Damme's revolvers aren't even cocked! Yet in the movie he is facing an opponent who appears to be using a double action revolver (not the other guy with the semi-auto w silencer in below photo under Van Damme in same photo). As the member from here (who clued me to Van Damme's uncocked hammers in a P.M.) noted, maybe the property master and writers intended Van Damme to use them double action! ROFL!
Uncocked.
Before Van Damme could cock them, the other guy could double action his revolver. Not a Mexican standoff at all. Without his single actions cocked, the double action guy would have the edge, know it, take it, and win.
As black powder fans we should say to IMFDB and the movie writers...."I knew Josey Wale's Colt Walkers. I respected Josey Wale's Colt Walkers. You're Van Damme revolvers are no Colt Walkers". (To steal a phrase from a political oriented comment regarding Clinton and JFK). Lol.
Another nice rendering of Josey's Walkers.
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OutlawJoseyWales
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Man O Man, you just made my day (little Dirty Harry lingo there) I thought I had at least 2 or every Josey Wales picture out there...and here you come with this beauty. I copied that puppy to My Pics faster than a Road Agent's Spin or if you prefer-faster than a Border Roll 
In the Movie, Clint is so awesome, he doesn't even need sites on the end of them ol' hog legs to knock men down at 50 yards, he's that good. But holding up 2 Walkers all day filming? that's pretty tough stuff.
Bill, it's obvious that Van Damme's pistols are not Walkers. Just wondering what the idea was to use this particular model? I think they look like Brassers to me, but other guys here say that's just the lights. I don't know, but it is great to see them on camara anyway, I reckon so.
Take Care,
OJW
In the Movie, Clint is so awesome, he doesn't even need sites on the end of them ol' hog legs to knock men down at 50 yards, he's that good. But holding up 2 Walkers all day filming? that's pretty tough stuff.
Bill, it's obvious that Van Damme's pistols are not Walkers. Just wondering what the idea was to use this particular model? I think they look like Brassers to me, but other guys here say that's just the lights. I don't know, but it is great to see them on camara anyway, I reckon so.
Take Care,
OJW
Bill Akins
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Now spit. (As the old Indian said to Josey) Lol.
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OutlawJoseyWales
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Great pic, and you are right about that.
Saw the movie back in '76 when it came out and just got to be one of my favorite things. It was my freshman year in college, so there were a number of things that got added to that list.
Saw the movie back in '76 when it came out and just got to be one of my favorite things. It was my freshman year in college, so there were a number of things that got added to that list.
prof marvel
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Bill Akins wrote:
>Whoever wrote that Van Damme was using Walkers doesn't know what they
> are talking about....
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>How could IMFDB be so sloppy ignorant as to call Van Damme's G&G's or
>Leech and Rigdon's as Walkers? I am tired of movie people and writers being
> ignorant and lacking in proper research.
I too noted that Van Damme appeared to have G&G or L&R based on a number of video snips.
Over a month ago, I pointed this out to the guy at IMFDB who wrote the article (an admin BTW), and I was ignored.
I obtained a login and corrected the article, siting supportive evidence & photos. For my efforts, the article was reverted and I was permanently banned as a troll!
I protested politely and in detail to another admin (the eldest on the site by his own admission ~ 40 ish) and was still ignored.
I can only conclude that the IMFDB is being run by a band of youngsters whose expertise amounts to some modern weapons and 'Net searches. I have found other entries in the IMFDB that contradict the defintive entries by industry experts in "Janes", but I no longer care.
I have decided to adopt the approach of "Mind Over Matter" -
I don't mind, 'cuz they don't matter.
“you may find you will have a more harmonious outcome.”
>Whoever wrote that Van Damme was using Walkers doesn't know what they
> are talking about....
...
>How could IMFDB be so sloppy ignorant as to call Van Damme's G&G's or
>Leech and Rigdon's as Walkers? I am tired of movie people and writers being
> ignorant and lacking in proper research.
I too noted that Van Damme appeared to have G&G or L&R based on a number of video snips.
Over a month ago, I pointed this out to the guy at IMFDB who wrote the article (an admin BTW), and I was ignored.
I obtained a login and corrected the article, siting supportive evidence & photos. For my efforts, the article was reverted and I was permanently banned as a troll!
I protested politely and in detail to another admin (the eldest on the site by his own admission ~ 40 ish) and was still ignored.
I can only conclude that the IMFDB is being run by a band of youngsters whose expertise amounts to some modern weapons and 'Net searches. I have found other entries in the IMFDB that contradict the defintive entries by industry experts in "Janes", but I no longer care.
I have decided to adopt the approach of "Mind Over Matter" -
I don't mind, 'cuz they don't matter.
“you may find you will have a more harmonious outcome.”
Bill Akins
New member
I know what you're saying ProfMarvel. But the only problem with ignoring them is that they then disseminate wrong information to others who might believe what they read because they don't know better. I laud you for trying to correct their error and hold them in contempt for banning you for doing so.
Now of course a technically incorrect article by some ignorant writer who by inference claims to know guns, but actually doesn't, giving the public wrong information, is not going to highly impact our country, raise taxes or impact the price of gas. But still....we should as you did, take every opportunity to correct misstatements by people writing about guns. Most importantly so when it comes to refuting anti-gunners. It may seem like a small and perceived as unimportant in the instance of were they Colt Walkers, or were they G&G's or L&R's, but misinformation is misinformation and when it comes to misinformation being written about guns, we should always strive to correct that.
What's that old saying? "The only thing necessary for evil to prevail, is for good men to do nothing".
You're a good man ProfMarvel because at least you tried to do something to correct it.
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Now of course a technically incorrect article by some ignorant writer who by inference claims to know guns, but actually doesn't, giving the public wrong information, is not going to highly impact our country, raise taxes or impact the price of gas. But still....we should as you did, take every opportunity to correct misstatements by people writing about guns. Most importantly so when it comes to refuting anti-gunners. It may seem like a small and perceived as unimportant in the instance of were they Colt Walkers, or were they G&G's or L&R's, but misinformation is misinformation and when it comes to misinformation being written about guns, we should always strive to correct that.
What's that old saying? "The only thing necessary for evil to prevail, is for good men to do nothing".
You're a good man ProfMarvel because at least you tried to do something to correct it.
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Hollywood "movie people" pick firearms purely for the look of the gun itself.... nothing more. That was the only reason the "agents" in the Matrix had 50AE Desert Eagles over say....a Ruger P85. because of the "Impressive on screen dynamic of the firearm" as the director put it.
I saw the jacket of some B (or more like C
) action movie at the local video store last week; with the guy on the cover stoically aiming his Beretta 96G Elite....with the slide release in the "un-locked" position and the slide about two inches forward on the frame! Yeesh... you'd think QC would catch that before the photo was approved for production.
Wonder is Van Dame with load those suckers with lead balls and a powder flask while under fire
I won't be wasting money going to see it so I'll never know, but I'm betting he'll just shoot about 5000 rounds out of it without so much as unlatching the loading levers
I saw the jacket of some B (or more like C
) action movie at the local video store last week; with the guy on the cover stoically aiming his Beretta 96G Elite....with the slide release in the "un-locked" position and the slide about two inches forward on the frame! Yeesh... you'd think QC would catch that before the photo was approved for production.Wonder is Van Dame with load those suckers with lead balls and a powder flask while under fire
I won't be wasting money going to see it so I'll never know, but I'm betting he'll just shoot about 5000 rounds out of it without so much as unlatching the loading levers