I believe the Remington Keene .45-70 grade 'B' sporter used in both 'The Sons of Katie Elder'(1965) and 'Joe Kidd'(1972) is the same rifle with minor changes to the optics & the magazine tube. It was probably provided by Stembridge Arms, the Hollywood prophouse source for movie weapons. The rifle used in 'Crossfire Trail' was on display at the NRA museum a couple of years ago in a display titles, "Gun of the silver screen" & the American Rifleman article errantly listed it as a .45-70 Govt. caliber. I'm not sure if this rifle is different from the .40-60 Marlin & Ballard Remington Keene in the NRA collection. The rifle pictured in this thread is a .45-70 Frontier/U.S.I.D. Indian Police rifle with a 24" round barrel & straight grip stock. The grade 'B' sporters differed with a 24-1/2" half round/half octagonal barrel, upgraded wood stock with pistol grip & checkering. Other rare chamberings for these rifles included .43 Spanish & .44-40 WCF.

Last edited by 3dtestify; 10/05/09.