Wild Bill

The following firearms were used in the film Wild Bill:

Wild Bill (1995)

Colt 1851 Navy (Richards-Mason)

James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (Jeff Bridges) carries, as the real Wild Bill did, two Colt 1851 Navy revolvers, sometimes using a red sash around his waist in lieu of a holster. However, the Colt Navys used in the film are the Richards-Mason cartridge-converted models, which would be anachronistic to the earlier scenes of Wild Bill firing his revolvers in the 1860s (However, the two Navys he fires during the Deadwood shootout, retrieved for him by Jane, aren't cartridge-converted). Several other characters, notably Jack McCall (David Arquette), Phil Coe (Dennis Hayden), and Ed Plummer (John Dennis Johnston) all have cartridge-converted Navy revolvers.

Colt 1851 Navy with Richards-Mason cartridge conversion - .38 Long Colt.

Wild Bill draws his Colt Navys when he is assaulted by a group of soldiers in Hays, Kansas during his time as city marshal in 1870.

Wild Bill with his revolvers during his time with Buffalo Bill Cody's (Keith Carradine) "Wild West Show" in 1875.

Wild Bill checks his Colt Navy when Will Plummer calls him out.

The man who draws on Calamity Jane in Deadwood has a Colt Navy, which Bill takes from him and knocks him out with.

Wild Bill holds up the man's Colt Navy as his own two revolvers stick out from his belt.

During a flashback to 1861, a McCanles Gang member fires at Wild Bill with a Colt Navy.

McCall surprises Wild Bill and Calamity Jane during a moment of intimacy in Nuttall & Mann's No. 10 saloon.

McCall holds his Colt Navy on Wild Bill and Calamity Jane.

McCall unloads his Colt Navy before handing it to Wild Bill.

Wild Bill holds McCall's unloaded Colt Navy to his own head.

Calamity Jane retrieves Wild Bill's two engraved Colt Navys after McCall and his assassins leave.

Wild Bill kills Donnie and the others, firing at least 26 shots from his two six-round Colt Navy revolvers.

Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy"

An Indian encountered by Wild Bill while buffalo-hunting in the 1860s has a Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy". Will Plummer (Bruce Dern) also has one in a flashback to Wild Bill's duel with Ed Plummer.

Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" - .44 RF.

The Indian with his Yellow Boy.

The Indian rides towards Wild Bill, Winchester in hand.

Will Plummer aims his Winchester '66 at Wild Bill after the latter kills Ed Plummer.

Will Plummer falls, his Yellow Boy falling out of his hand.

double-barreled shotgun

Will Plummer (Bruce Dern) carries a side-by-side double-barreled shotgun when he calls Wild Bill out in Kansas City.

Will Plummer calls Wild Bill out to fight him.

Will Plummer fires his shotgun when Wild Bill takes his time exiting the bar.

Single Action Army

Calamity Jane (Ellen Barkin) keeps a nickel Quickdraw Single Action Army as her primary sidearm, best seen when Wild Bill first arrives in Deadwood in August 1876. Will Plummer (Bruce Dern) also uses an SAA, an Artillery Model, during his duel with Wild Bill in Kansas City.

Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model.

Will Plummer fires his SAA during his duel with Wild Bill.

Calamity Jane fires her SAA into the air upon Wild Bill's arrival in Deadwood.

A drunk whorehouse patron (John Richard Petersen) fires his Cavalry SAA at a prostitute's feet to get her to dance.

One of the men with McCall and Donnie holds his Artillery SAA on Wild Bill and Calamity Jane.

Remington 1866 Derringer

Lurline Newcomb (Christina Applegate) keeps a Remington 1866 Derringer which she gives to Jack McCall (David Arquette) who ties it up his sleeve and uses to assassinate Wild Bill inside Nuttall & Mann's No. 10 (even though the real McCall had used a double-action .45 revolver, although this film makes many historical errors for the sake of its storytelling).