Travis (The Alamo) gun question..

[michael dismukes]

Hey everybody. I have a quick question for all the flinter experts out there... I caught "The Alamo" on AMC the other night and I was wondering about that double barrel flinter that (Lt)Colonel Willam Travis (played by Patrick Wilson) was sporting.... Just how PC is that? Were they commonly available in 1839? Does anyone out there own one? If so, can you post a picture to share?
Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[davy]

If I remember correctly that was a Pedersoli replica that he used for the film, as told to me by one of the armorers on the film. Shotguns were supposedly the arm that Travis and all mounted Texas calvary used as a long arm! :thumbsup:

Davy

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

Double barreled rifle guns were there at this time.
They had them in the rev war many years earlier.
They were not common by any means but they were there. Timothy Murphy was said to have shot General Simon Fraser with a double barreled rifle
gun. There may have been more swivel breach rifles
than double barrel rifles. Not sure, just pulling stuff off the top of my head, not from the other end!
:bow:

 

[michael dismukes]

Thanks fellas. I knew I could count on you guys for info. I'll see if I can find one at Dixie Guns Works.... I wouldn't mind having one of those in the safe!!

 

[davy]

Davy

 

[michael dismukes]

Thanks Davy... That is soooo freakin' cool!

 

[davy]

http://www.davide-pedersoli.com/default.aspx?item=ArmiCategoriaDettaglio&CategoriaId=245&lang=en

Davy

 

[Homesteader]

Are we sure that's a rock-lock? From that angle, and from what I thought when I watched the movie, it looks one heckuva lot like my percussion 12 ga. SxS. Could easily be wrong, of course...

 

[jimmytheshank]

It's a rock-lock. After watching that movie a jillion times, I double-checked anyway. It's a flinter allright.