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What was the full length stocked lever action rifle that Tom Selleck used in the movie Crossfire Trail. It was the one his friend had ordered but didn't pickup because he was murdered. Been wondering this but always forget to post the question. Thanks in advance.

40/60 or 40/90, I forget, I have the movie, I will see if I can watch it today.

The rifle that was special ordered by the character's friend was a Centennial Model 45/60, in the words of the storekeeper, "Winchester's first big bore", I don't what he meant, but that is what he said.

It was $32 and when he needed it, the character got it on credit.

daveh,the rifle is a model 1876 winchester carbine. the carbines in that model had a full stock coming to within a few inches of the end of the barrel. don

Thanks guys. Not that I'm an Winchester expert but I had never seen that model before.
Dave

dave,i understand that tom selleck bought the rifle then had it restored so he could use it in the movie. i also understand he is an avid gun collector. don

There was an online article posted about Selleck's buying the original '86(?) that he carried in the last TV oater he appeared in. Can't recollect the name of it now, was on last spring. It's the rifle he dumps "Shorty" with at the end. It was a "big bore" of some sort, forget now what it was chambered in, remember them large cartridges in his belt. Actually, I thought the rifle used in Crossfire Trail was also an '86?



The article detailed how much the rifle was worth and that he indeed collects vintage firearms and uses them in the movies he appears in. There was also mention in that article about the Wells Fargo shotgun that was used in that same flick.

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That movie was Monte Walsh, I forget at the moment what the rifle was (.50-110 Action Express), but Shorty's was a lever shotgun, it was also owned by Selleck, as was his own personal atire and sidearms and saddlery. He and Ben Johnson do alot of their own restoring together, and Selleck usually has restored back ups to his authentic props - I think he had over $30K in the last movie for props. I read that article too, it was well done. Goes to show ya, if you are a responsible professional, you are treated professionally by like media people.



Taken from an interview "Shorty Austin, George Eads character, has a twenty-inch barrel, 1887 Winchester lever action shot gun, and it has Wells Fargo stamped on it. It's completely accurate and it's a valuable gun. There have to be doubles because they had to be backed up.�



�A lot of the cowboys got their guns from cavalry guys because the soldiers could sell their pistols to a cowboy for enough money then go back to the post, say that they lost it and they could replace it at a much cheaper price, so a guy could make a lot of money doing that."



�Monte's particular pistol, was a 1873 single action Army but it was a first generation and it's serial numbered to the 7th Cavalry, General Custer's unit."



�The carbine Monte carries, the audience won't see it unless they look really close, but that's a very rare 1886 saddle ring carbine Winchester. And the caliber it's in is a 50-110 Express. That's a very rare gun and I had two of those restored. But a 50-110 Express has an enormous impact. Monte primarily used that rifle in the winter for hunting when he was up in the lineshack, from killing wolves to getting meat to survive through winter in the line shack.�



Here is a link to the article http://www.readthewest.com/tomselleck2003-01B.html

Monte Walsh it is. Ashamed to admit I couldn't remember it, pretty good flick. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

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That is an interesting e-mail address you have - I like it!

John, Clint and Tom are among my favorites, I am in the proccess of collecting the movies in DVD format, when I find them. TS's Twelve Mile Road (aired this past Sunday on TNT)is a good one too, though not a western. He is one of the good guys.

Nobody sits a horse like Monty Walsh.

I own originals of both of those rifles. He used an 1876 Winchester in .45-60 in Crossfire Trail-the standard chambering was .45-75. Tom used an 1886 Winchester Saddlering Carbine in .50-110 in Monte Walsh. Both of these guns are very rare.