Montana Smith
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Some guns are pretty, some are just damn ugly.
Being brought up on western movies they fill my mind with images of action and adventure. Primarily, I like guns the way some people like fine pieces of porcelain. It started back in the early '80s when there was a company making dry-firing 1:1 replicas with the correct weight of the originals. I only kept one gun from that period, a Colt .45. After reading The Outlaw Josey Wales (and then seeing the movie) I wished that I'd kept the Colt .44 as well.
Most of the replicas available today are made of ABS plastic with metal filings, but they still only weigh about half as much as the originals. So I've kept myself to the older replicas, apart from the airsofts).
This week, after so many years, I finally re-acquired that missing replica.
Over the years I've been slowly collecting replica guns, and holsters, when they come my way. Having already taken most of the photos, I thought I'd share my collection here. To those living in countries with the right to bear arms (including pistols and revolvers), and where the real versions of some of these can be bought over the counter, this may seem trite.
They reside as exhibits among my personal museum of collectables, and never leave the house. Guns are becoming an ever more touchy subject in the UK, and even replicas have to be treated with extreme caution and respect.
There are a few Indiana Jones references along the way...
1860 Army Colt .44 heavy weight replica:
1860 Griswold & Gunnison .36 heavy weight replica (The Confederate Army’s iron and brass copy of the .36 Colt):
1866 Winchester .45 heavy weight replica:
M1869 Smith & Wesson Schofield .45 ‘top break’ heavy weight replica:
1873 Colt .45 Peacemaker heavy weight replica and western holster (as used in countless westerns, and during the circus train chase in The Last Crusade):
1873 Colt .45 US Cavalry heavy weight replica:
Smith & Wesson Model 19 .357 Combat Magnum 4” barrel blank firer (the closest replica I've been able to find to Indy's 4" S&W 1917):
Heckler & Koch 9mm MP5 airsoft replica:
Walther 9mm P99 airsoft replica (Bond’s replacement for the PPK, and with a toe-bustingly heavy magazine if you accidentally trigger the release mechanism!):
Military holster for a large frame .455 Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector or .455 Webley Mk VI (i.e. Indy style):
Western holster:
Unknown holster:
The George Lawrence Co., Portland, Oregon, left-handed holster:
Price Western Leather shoulder holster for a K or L Frame Smith & Wesson:
Being brought up on western movies they fill my mind with images of action and adventure. Primarily, I like guns the way some people like fine pieces of porcelain. It started back in the early '80s when there was a company making dry-firing 1:1 replicas with the correct weight of the originals. I only kept one gun from that period, a Colt .45. After reading The Outlaw Josey Wales (and then seeing the movie) I wished that I'd kept the Colt .44 as well.
Most of the replicas available today are made of ABS plastic with metal filings, but they still only weigh about half as much as the originals. So I've kept myself to the older replicas, apart from the airsofts).
This week, after so many years, I finally re-acquired that missing replica.
Over the years I've been slowly collecting replica guns, and holsters, when they come my way. Having already taken most of the photos, I thought I'd share my collection here. To those living in countries with the right to bear arms (including pistols and revolvers), and where the real versions of some of these can be bought over the counter, this may seem trite.
They reside as exhibits among my personal museum of collectables, and never leave the house. Guns are becoming an ever more touchy subject in the UK, and even replicas have to be treated with extreme caution and respect.
There are a few Indiana Jones references along the way...
1860 Army Colt .44 heavy weight replica:
1860 Griswold & Gunnison .36 heavy weight replica (The Confederate Army’s iron and brass copy of the .36 Colt):
1866 Winchester .45 heavy weight replica:
M1869 Smith & Wesson Schofield .45 ‘top break’ heavy weight replica:
1873 Colt .45 Peacemaker heavy weight replica and western holster (as used in countless westerns, and during the circus train chase in The Last Crusade):
1873 Colt .45 US Cavalry heavy weight replica:
Smith & Wesson Model 19 .357 Combat Magnum 4” barrel blank firer (the closest replica I've been able to find to Indy's 4" S&W 1917):
Heckler & Koch 9mm MP5 airsoft replica:
Walther 9mm P99 airsoft replica (Bond’s replacement for the PPK, and with a toe-bustingly heavy magazine if you accidentally trigger the release mechanism!):
Military holster for a large frame .455 Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector or .455 Webley Mk VI (i.e. Indy style):
Western holster:
Unknown holster:
The George Lawrence Co., Portland, Oregon, left-handed holster:
Price Western Leather shoulder holster for a K or L Frame Smith & Wesson:
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