Well, being as how I'm in the middle of working a deal with Mazo on a Pedersoli Sharps, when I saw this one listed under "free movies" on Encore this month, I just had to....
It's been a long while since I've seen it. And while Laura San Giacomo gets top billing on the credits and Tom Selleck is the leading man, we all know the real star of this movie is really...the Sharps. A gorgeous version in the rare .45/110 caliber with a globe front, rear vernier tang, and silver forearm plate, this thing looks as good as it shoots. I know it's "Hollywierd", but I love when this 'buffler-gun' rolls the bad guys at (impossible) distances that appear to be well over half a mile, in some instances....like someone yanked 'em outta the saddle with a lariat! You just can't watch the antics and not enjoy it; sorry! And if you can, you don't belong here....
But even more interesting was this time around spotting the other hardware used. When Crazy Cora (San Giacomo) is being attacked by dingos, she holds her own with what appears to be a Colt dragoon, also prominent were a Colt Navy brasser which the now-paralyzed bad guy puts to good use easing his own misery, and the evil arch-villain Alan Rickman sports his personal fave, a steel backstrap pair of Colt Army revolvers, with which he considers himself an expert....all in percussion, for some odd reason (Selleck is using cartridges in his Sharps; stands to reason these guys could be shooting '73 Colt Armies). Anyway, good movie except for the smarmy crap, with Selleck playing one pretty badass olde-tyme sniper.
I may have missed a few firearms along the way, because there were a bunch. If anyone gets a chance to watch it, see if you can spot some....
Favorite line:Selleck to Rickman: "You ain't no Bill Hickok"
He wasn't, neither.....
