What mistakes have you noticed in movies/tv shows that happen in the BP era like Daniel Boone, Patriot etc?

[jackstanton]

I reckon all those revolvers made by Colt, Remington, Smith and Wesson and others had no use then eh? Revolver is pretty handy to have when the rifle is in the scabbard....

I agree with the quick draw rig part of his comment. Alot of the holsters were the Army style flap holsters (less apt to loose your pistol in the brush) Hollyweird has always ignored facts and history.

 

[jackstanton]

I’ve seen pictures from the 1930’s Appalachia with many holding an old muzzleloader. Great Depression. Those people were dirt poor. Still using 100 yo guns handed down thru the family.

If it ain't broke why replace it? It is 2024 and we here still use flintlock and percussion rifles.

 

[vibraphonusrex]

Someone had to have mentioned the crates of Hawken rifles in the 1770s, on Daniel Boone.

 

[CaptainVane]

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[CaptainVane]

I remember watching The Comancheros with my Dad and the blonde lady character tells Paul Regret character something like it's 5 years after Texas independence.
So 1841? So I said they should be using muzzleloaders instead of lever actions and single action armies and I think Dad thought I was nitpicking.

I could never watch movies especially westerns with my father-in-law. He never ‘watched’ a movie, he would watch for mistakes and loudly point them out. Annoying as piss.

 

[stephenprops1]

Festus made Gunsmoke! Him and Doc were epic!
You know, most of that hill billy jargon he called Doc was ad libbed.
And Ruth was a male (as are all mules).

I don't believe all mules are male. I do know that they are usually sterile.

 

[stephenprops1]

Festus made Gunsmoke! Him and Doc were epic!
You know, most of that hill billy jargon he called Doc was ad libbed.
And Ruth was a male (as are all mules).

Here is some information regarding mules that documents my prior statement.
https://www.luckythreeranch.com/lucky-three-ranch-training/mule-facts/

 

[mhb]

How about 1883 where Tug Mcgraw's son has a High wall, introduced in 85?

John Browning's single shot rifle was available from Browning Brothers several years before Winchester bought the patent rights and built it as a slightly altered Winchester 1885.

PRD1 - mhb - MIike

 

[sportster73hp]

This pic was sent to me forwarded from another forum. Don’t know what film it came from but the gun is really badly done.

 

[Some_Mook]

I could never watch movies especially westerns with my father-in-law. He never ‘watched’ a movie, he would watch for mistakes and loudly point them out. Annoying as piss.

My wife will watch movies with me, but I pay a price for the privilege.

She tripped me up the other day by asking "How do you KNOW that?" and I unthinkingly replied "Because I have one" which led to a whole different conversation...

 

[Some_Mook]

View attachment 308837This pic was sent to me forwarded from another forum. Don’t know what film it came from but the gun is really badly done.

Needs to have a box magazine to go along with the apparent pistol grip.

 

[Zapadach]

And locations way out of whack. The old Gunsmoke series with mountains within half a days ride of Dodge City.

I like how in the TV series Bonanza, they would ride back and forth from the Ponderosa to Virginia City several times a day. They had some very fast horses.

 

[Eutycus]

Ever notice the big tall Saguaro cactus when the setting is supposed to be Texas? They only grow in Arizona and Mexico.

 

[Pratt]

Gail Davis Annie Oakley carried a Smith and Wesson model 10 with colt ejectors added to the barrel to make then look like six guns. I had the chance to meet her and Gene Autry at the Laporte, Indiana county fair back in the 50s. Bell telephone sponsored them there. It was a thrill to meet them both. I was seven at the time. Yes, she was really pretty.

 

[Muley Gil]

View attachment 308837This pic was sent to me forwarded from another forum. Don’t know what film it came from but the gun is really badly done.

What, you've never seen a trapdoor Charleville musket before????

Kind of a different grip too.

 

[Muley Gil]

Here is some information regarding mules that documents my prior statement.
https://www.luckythreeranch.com/lucky-three-ranch-training/mule-facts/

I have her book and have read it several times. I see no reference to mules only being male.

Here is a picture of my FEMALE molly mule, Betty Boop.

 

[Jeffrey Gardner]

Surprised no one has mentioned it, but in the movie "Light in the Forest", there is a scene where one of the 'indian' extras is standing knee deep in the river and flips open the trapdoor of his flintlock gun, ejecting the 45-70 blank into the water. Dang those guys were more advanced than we give them credit for.

 

[Polecat_Tom]

What about the buckskin outfit Elsa Dutton was wearing in 1883?

 

[A34]

Hollywood has never let historical accuracy get in the way of a good story.

They can't even get modern weapons right, let alone black powder/antique ones.

 

[Big Tom 52]

I didn't read through the whole post so this may be a repeat. In the movie "The Alamo" one scene during the first battle shows John Wayne firing a flintlock from behind the short wall that the Tennesseans defended. In the next scene it shows him up on the north wall telling Bowie to get more men, if you look closely, he takes a shot, and it looks like a percussion. At least that what it looked like to me. Also, in most of those period movies it shows guys dumping powder down the barrel of a smooth bore musket from their powder horn then hitting a Indian on horseback at a couple hundred yards ! lol

Like A34 said, " Hollywood never let historical accuracy get in the way of a good story."