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Big Jake
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Film directed by George Sherman in 1971, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. When Martha McCandle's grandson is kidnapped and his ranchers slaughtered by John Fain and his men, her husband Jake, their sons Michael and James, the indian Sam and Jake's dog Dog, go after the badguys, who are holding Jake's grandson for a ransom of one million dollars.
Colt Single Action Army
Jake McCandles (John Wayne) uses a Colt Single Action Army as his sidearm in a quickdraw holster. He only uses it in the end gunbattle, which he uses to wound Fain in the arm moments before being wounded himself. When Jake runs out of bullets for his Colt, he draws a pitchfork and kills one of Fain's men.
James McCandles (Patrick Wayne), Jake's son, uses a Colt SAA for the first half of his film before switching to Michael's Bergmann 1911.
John Fain (Richard Boone) uses his SAA for the majority of the fight scenes in the film. In the beginning, he guns down several ranchers with his SAA. In the end gunbattle, after being wounded by Jake, he returns fire and wounds Jake in the arm. He also uses his SAA in the end gunbattle to wound Jake's dog in the shoulder and Sam (Bruce Cabot) in the chest.
Several of Fain's men keep SAA's as well.
One of Fain's men guns down a rancher with a Colt SAA in the opening scene.
"Greener Coach Guns"
Jake (John Wayne) uses 2 twin double-barrel shotguns in the movie. He refers to them as "my Greeners". Greener was and still is a British maker of fine shotguns. He gives one to Sam (Bruce Cabot), who, along with his knife, uses it as his main weapon. Sam (Bruce Cabot) uses the shotgun to kill one of Fain's men (even though it takes two shots to kill the badguy, Sam fires from a long distance away). Jake uses it to kill Fain's brother.
After Fain's brother is killed by Jake's shotgun, Fain asks for his brother's shotgun and fires it at Jake but then runs out of rounds.
According to Hollywood Guns and Props. Stembridge Gun Rental invoices to Batjac Productions for Big Jake indicates the rental of 5 American Gun Company (Crescent F.A.) short barrel shotguns to the production, not actually "Greeners."
Martha presents Big Jake's shotguns to him (the Remington Derringer is in the case as well).
Liberty Arms .38 Cal Copy of Classic Remington Derringer
While this was previously listed as an Remington 1866 Deringer. Hollywood Guns and Props has a copy of the invoice for the gun rental on this picture and it is listed on that invoice as Liberty Arms .38 Cal Deringer #14XXX.
Jake McCandles (John Wayne) carries a Double-barrel, Remington 1866 Derringer, as a backup to his Colt SAA, which he loans to his grandson at the end of the movie. His grandson wounds one of Fain's men.
When Jake pulls his Remington from his vest he asks his grandson, "you ever fired a gun before?" His grandson replies with "no, sir" but Jake hands the Derringer to him anyway.
Jake hands his Remington over to his grandson while shooting it out with Fain in the end gunbattle.
Movie prop: "Bergmann 1911"
Jake's son, Michael (Christopher Mitchum), carries a semiauto pistol, which is suposed to be a "Bergmann 1911". Actually, it is a movie prop, made using a Walther P-38:
The gun has been modified to look similar to this pistol: a Bergmann 1896
Winchester 1892
In the second scene in the film, Jake (John Wayne) is seen aiming a Winchester 1892 at the guys who are about to hang the Scottish sheepherder. Fain and several of his men use Winchesters to ambush the car convoy.
Sniper rifles
Michael's main weapon is a bolt action sniper rifle which he uses to shoot a deer, the badguy sniper and Fain in the back. The badguy sniper uses one as well, and wounds Jake in the leg moments before being shot twice by Michael.
Batjac Productions rental invoices from Stembridge Gun Rentals indicate 4 scoped hunting rifles were rented. 2 Qty Mauser Danzig Sporting Rifles 30/06 are listed on invoice, which were used by Dean Smith as the bad guy in the raid on the ranch and shooting from the bell tower. The other two guns listed on this invoice were 1 Qty Springfield and 1 Qty Remington M721 scoped rifles which were used by Christopher Mitchum in his role as Michael.