Yep. I'm OK with showing my age to know all these old movies and TV shows. Did the fast draw and levered lots of rounds in my day, Heh..Heh!John Wayne, Alan Ladd, Randolph Scott, Audie Murphy, Clint Eastwood, Gene Autrey, Roy Rogers and many others all made great westerns back in the day.
In no particular order, Rio Bravo, Rio Lobo, McLintock, Chisum, Son's of Katie Elder, El Dorado, Tall in the Saddle, The Fighting Kentuckian, Rooster Cogburn, The Cowboys, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Rio Grande, The Tall T, Tall Man Riding, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Once Upon a Time in the West, High Plains Drifter, Red Badge of Courage.
Just to name a few.
There were so many good, and not so good, westerns made that I can never get tired of them. Not to mention the 100 or so TV shows that were made. Tales from Wells Fargo, Zane Grey Theater, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Maverick, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, The Rebel and many many more.
Yeah, but that was before the lead bullet ban. Nowadays the bullets spark in all the films.Yep. I'm OK with showing my age to know all these old movies and TV shows. Did the fast draw and levered lots of rounds in my day, Heh..Heh!
Yeah, these so-called modern westerns are so phony that I will not even watch them!Yeah, but that was before the lead bullet ban. Nowadays the bullets spark in all the films.![]()
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but there was at least one episode of The Rifleman when they showed the details of Lucus' .44-40 win. He had modified the trigger so that it would fire as he worked the lever. I think of it as holding the trigger on a single action revolver and fanning the hammer. I've always wondered why he was able to swing it around like in the opening intro and it not fire? I know, I know...it's HollywoodI watched the fastest gun alive last week. Great movie! A while back I checked out some old rifleman episodes and man could Chuck Conners work that lever action. Any of you guys watch that kind of stuff? What are some of your favourites?