The following guns were used in the film High Plains Drifter:
High Plains Drifter (1973) Single Action Army
The Stranger (Clint Eastwood) carries a 7 1/2" Cavalary Single Action Army as his sidearm in the film. Many other characters carry 5" Artillery models, such as Stacey Bridges (Geoffrey Lewis) and his gang. Mordecai (Billy Curtis) buys himself a nickel plated Cavalary model once Stranger makes him the new Mayor of the town.
Colt Single Action Army 7 1/2" Cavalary - .45 Long Colt.
Colt Single Action Army 5" Artillery - .45 Long Colt.
Stranger kills the three men in the barber shop with his Single Action Army.
Stranger holsters his Single Action Army.
Mordecai picks out a Nickel Cavalary Single Action Army.
Stranger decapitates the human figurines with his Single Action Army as the town trains firing at them.
FPS view of one of Bridge's thugs shooting a man in the woods.
Stranger uses his Single Action Army to kill the men trying to kill him in the hotel.
Stacey Bridges aims his Single Action Army as Stranger uses dynamite to spook him and his gang in the valley. Note how the rounds loaded are hollow points, not very accurate for the time.
Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine
As Stranger (Clint Eastwood) trains the town to become a fighting militia to combat Stacey Bridges (Geoffrey Lewis) and his gang, he arms many of them with Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbines. Stranger uses one himself to shoot off one of Bridges' men's ears while in the valley.
Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine - .38-40 WCF.
Stranger examines a rack of Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbines in the gun shop.
Towns people holding Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbines.
A Town Member fires a Winchester 1892 at is what quite possibley the most unsafe training system ever.
A Town Member fires a Winchester 1892.
Stranger fires a Winchester 1892 at Bridges' gang.
Town Members prepare to face Bridges and his gang.
A Town Member in the bell tower with a Winchester 1892.
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotguns are used by many characters in the film, mainly the townspeople.
J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 Gauge.
A prison guard holds a shotgun on Bridges and his gang after releasing them from prison. It seems rather foolish to face three men with a two shot weapon.
The barber with a shotgun.
A Town Member readies his shotgun.
One of Bridges' thugs with a shotgun.
The thug with the shotgun.
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