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Difference between revisions of "Hell on Wheels - Season 2"
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== Colt 1851 Navy (Brass Frame)== | == Colt 1851 Navy (Brass Frame)== | ||
In "The Railroad Job" (S2E05), fallen gunmen still holding their revolers. These appear to be brass-framed copies of the [[Colt 1851 Navy]] revolver, which did not exist until the Italians started making them during the 1960s. | In "The Railroad Job" (S2E05), fallen gunmen still holding their revolers. These appear to be brass-framed copies of the [[Colt 1851 Navy]] revolver, which did not exist until the Italians started making them during the 1960s. | ||
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[[Image:1860Army.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Colt 1860 Army - .44 Percussion.]] | [[Image:1860Army.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Colt 1860 Army - .44 Percussion.]] | ||
[[File:HOWS2E01 05.jpg|thumb|none|601px|(S2E01).]] | [[File:HOWS2E01 05.jpg|thumb|none|601px|(S2E01).]] | ||
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==Sharps 1874== | ==Sharps 1874== | ||
In "Scabs" (S2E04), Bohannon uses a a "long rifle" to shoot a railroad worker tortured by the Sioux. The rifle seen appears to be a [[Sharps 1874]] fitted with a Malcolm-style scope, which is again a problem of dating since the railroad was completed in 1869 and the 1874 model came . . . well . . . later. | In "Scabs" (S2E04), Bohannon uses a a "long rifle" to shoot a railroad worker tortured by the Sioux. The rifle seen appears to be a [[Sharps 1874]] fitted with a Malcolm-style scope, which is again a problem of dating since the railroad was completed in 1869 and the 1874 model came . . . well . . . later. | ||
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[[File:HOWS2E04 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In "Scabs" (S2E04), the rifle is used.]] | [[File:HOWS2E04 03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In "Scabs" (S2E04), the rifle is used.]] | ||
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== Gatling Gun == | == Gatling Gun == | ||
A Gatling gun is used to defend the bridge in "Blood Moon Rising" (S2E10). | A Gatling gun is used to defend the bridge in "Blood Moon Rising" (S2E10). | ||
Revision as of 13:46, 7 May 2015
The following weapons were used in Season 2 of the television series Hell On Wheels:
Handguns
In "The Railroad Job" (S2E05), fallen gunmen still holding their revolers. These appear to be brass-framed copies of the Colt 1851 Navy revolver, which did not exist until the Italians started making them during the 1960s.
Colt 1860 Army
A Colt 1860 Army is used throughout the series. The 1860 was the most common handgun in the United States at the time, most had a brass trigger guard (see photo), they were not manufactured with a brass frame like the Griswold above.
Rifles
Sharps 1874
In "Scabs" (S2E04), Bohannon uses a a "long rifle" to shoot a railroad worker tortured by the Sioux. The rifle seen appears to be a Sharps 1874 fitted with a Malcolm-style scope, which is again a problem of dating since the railroad was completed in 1869 and the 1874 model came . . . well . . . later.
Henry 1860
In "Scabs" (S2E04), a Henry rifle is seen used.
Machine Guns
Gatling Gun
A Gatling gun is used to defend the bridge in "Blood Moon Rising" (S2E10).
