Young Guns

The following guns were used in the film Young Guns:

Young Guns (1988)

Colt Lightning 1877

William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney (Emilio Estevez) starts carrying a Colt Lighting 1877 revolver with a 7 1/2" Cavalary barrel towards the start of the film, and uses it along with a Single Action Army in some scenes. After killing Sheriff Brady (Danny Kamin), he takes his 5" Artillery SAA and thus wields two Colt Lightning revolvers by the end of the film. The real Billy the Kid carried a Colt Thunderer 1877 revolver in .41 Long Colt, but this is an uncommon blank round so Uberti replicas of Lightnings in .38 Special were used for simplicity.

Colt Lightning 1877 Cavalary - .38 Long Colt.

Billy the Kid with his Colt Lightning 1877 Cavalary drawn.

Billy holds his Colt Lightning on McCloskey (Geoffrey Blake) when he suspects him of being a traitor.

Billy kills Sheriff Brady with his own Artillery Colt Lightning.

A side shot of the Artillery Colt Lightning.

Billy jumps up and shoots one of the men outside the house between the eyes.

A side shot of Billy's Cavalary Lightning.

After hiding in a trunk thrown out the front window, Billy break open and fires his Lightnings, all while the scene plays in super cool '80s slo-mo.

Billy comes back to finish things.

Billy puts a bullet between the bad guy's eyes.

Single Action Army

All of the Regulators carry at least one Single Action Army as their sidearm. Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez) is also seen using one for the start of the film.

Colt Single Action Army 7 1/2" Cavalary - .45 Long Colt.

Colt Single Action Army 4 3/4" Quick Draw - .45 Long Colt.

Two possey members searching for Billy the Kid are armed with Cavalary Single Action Armies.

Billy points a Quick Draw SAA at John Tunstall (Terence Stamp) when he offers him to join the Regulators.

Billy prepares to shoot a pig that knocked him over with his SAA but is stopped when "Jose" Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips) throws several at him.

Billy spends pretty much the entire beginning of the film pointing his SAA at people because he doesn't trust them.

Billy and "Doc" Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) fires their SAAs in the air during the party.

Billy shoots McCloskey (Geoffrey Blake) in the head with his SAA.

Apparently this isn't enough so he shoots him again in the chest and then he falls down dead.

"Dick" Brewer (Charlie Sheen) points his SAA at Billy after he kills McCloskey.

Billy files down the font sight on his SAA so he can have 1/8ths of an advantge on Sheriff Brady. Billy the Kid was not educated yet somehow he knows fractions. Odd.

A braggadocios gun fighter claims his ornate Cavalary SAA is going to kill Billy the Kid, unaware he's talking to him.

Billy unloads three rounds from his SAA and hands it back to him, then tells him he's The Kid. The gunfighter's gun clicks empty three times before Billy kills him.

Doc with his nickel SAA.

Charley Bowdre (Casey Siemaszko) fires his SAA as he is mowed down by the US Army.

Colt New Service

During the opening credits (shot in original 19th century style film), one of the Regualtors is seen firing two Colt New Service revolvers, even though these are highly anachronistic to the era.

Colt New Service M1917 - .45 ACP.