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The Colt Lightning was Colt's first double action revolver, produced from 1877 to 1909 in a variety of calibers.
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Also know as the '''Model 1877''' or '''Model 1877 Lightning''', the Colt Lightning was Colt's first double action revolver, produced from 1877 to 1909 almost exclusively in .38 Short Colt (and, later on, in .38 Long Colt).  The '''Colt Thunderer''' was a slightly larger version chambered for .41 Colt, and later .41 Long Colt.
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This is not to be confused with the pump action rifle also named the [[Colt Lightning Carbine|Colt Lightning]].
  
 
'''The Colt Lightning has appeared in the following films and television shows used by the following actors:'''
 
'''The Colt Lightning has appeared in the following films and television shows used by the following actors:'''
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[[Image:ColtThunderer.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Colt Lightning, blued and color case hardened, in .38 Special and .45 Long Colt.]]
 
 
[[Image:ColtLightning.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Colt Lightning 1877 Cavalry - .38 Long Colt.]]
 
[[Image:ColtLightning.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Colt Lightning 1877 Cavalry - .38 Long Colt.]]
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[[Image:Lightning.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Colt Lightning, similar to the one used by [[Val Kilmer]] in ''[[Tombstone]]'', with a full-length ejector rod housing.]]
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[[Image:Lightning.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Colt Lightning, similar to the one used by [[Val Kilmer]] in ''[[Tombstone]]'', with a full-length ejector rod housing - .38 Long Colt]]
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[[Image:DSC02878.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Colt Lightning, Shopkeeper model]]
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[[Image:DSC02878.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Colt Lightning, Shopkeeper model - .38 Long Colt]]
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[[Image:3669 0.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Colt 1877 "Lightning" - .38 Long Colt]]
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[[Image:Thunderer.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Colt 1877 "Thunderer" Double Action revolver. - .41 Colt.]]
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[[Image:ColtThunderer.jpg|thumb|right|350px|'''For comparison:''' Colt Single Action Army with blued/case-hardened finish and backstrap and grip altered to be visually similar to the Colt Lightning - .45 Long Colt]]
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==Specifications==
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(1877 - 1909)
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* '''Type:''' Revolver
  
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===Film===
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* '''Caliber(s):''' .38 Short Colt, .38 Long Colt, .41 Colt, .41 Long Colt
  
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* [[Emilio Estevez]] as "Billy the Kid" in ''[[Young Guns]]''
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* '''Barrel length(s):''' 1.5 in (3.8 cm) - 10 in (25.4 cm)
  
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* [[Robert Urich]] as Jake in ''[[Lonesome Dove]]''
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* '''Capacity:''' 6
  
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* [[Val Kilmer]] as Doc Holliday in ''[[Tombstone]]''
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* '''Fire Modes:''' SA/DA
  
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* [[Joanna Pacula]] as Kate in ''[[Tombstone]]'' (Shopkeeper model)
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* [[David Carradine]] as Bill in ''[[Kill Bill Vol. 1]]''
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===Film===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Note'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
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|-
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| ''[[Sherlock Holmes Faces Death]]'' || [[Nigel Bruce]] || Dr. Watson || Shopkeeper Model; supposedly Thunderer || 1943
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|-
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| ''[[The Spider Woman]]'' || [[Vernon Downing]] || Norman Locke || Shopkeeper Model; supposedly Thunderer || 1944
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|-
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|''[[Gaslight]]'' || [[Charles Boyer]]||Gregory Anton|| ||1944
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|-
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| ''[[Dressed to Kill (1946)|Dressed to Kill]]'' || [[Frederick Worlock]] || Colonel Cavanaugh || Shopkeeper Model; supposedly Thunderer || 1944
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|-
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| ''[[Shane]]'' || [[Van Heflin]] || Joe Starrett || Supposedly a Belgian "Cowboy Ranger" || 1953
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|-
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|''[[Hombre]]''||[[Fredric March]]||Dr. Favor|| ||1967
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|-
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|''[[Hombre]]''||[[David Canary]]||Lamar Dean||||1967
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|-
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|''[[Millionairess, The|The Millionairess]]''||[[Sophia Loren]]||Epifania Parerga|| stainless with pearl grips ||1960
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|-
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|''[[Will Penny]]''||[[Charlton Heston]]||Will Penny|| ||1968
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|-
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|''[[Will Penny]]''||[[Anthony Zerbe]]||Dutchy|| ||1968
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|-
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|''[[The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid]]'' ||[[Elisha Cook Jr.]]||Alonzo Bunker || ||1972
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|-
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| ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' || [[Bernard Fox]] || Dr. Watson || Nickel plated, lacks the ejector rod with its housing and the front sight || 1972
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|-
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|''[[Young Guns]]''|| [[Emilio Estevez]]||"Billy the Kid"|| ||1988
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|-
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|''[[Tombstone]]'' || [[Val Kilmer]] ||Doc Holliday|| ||1993
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|-
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| ''[[Purgatory]]'' || [[Randy Quaid]] || Doc Woods / Doc Holliday || Nickel plated with pearl grips || 1999
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|-
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|''[[Monte Walsh (2002)|Monte Walsh]]''||[[Keith Carradine]]||Chet Rollins|| ||2002
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|-
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|''[[Kill Bill Vol. 1]]''|| [[David Carradine]]||Bill|| ||2003
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|-
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|''[[Kill Bill Vol. 2]]''||[[David Carradine]]||Bill|| ||2004
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|-
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| ''[[6 Guns]]'' ||  || A posse member || Short-barreled || 2010
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|-
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| ''[[Forsaken (2015)|Forsaken]]'' || [[Brian Cox]] || James MacCardy || Nickel plated || 2015
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|-
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| rowspan=4|''[[Kid, The (2019)|The Kid]]'' || [[Dane DeHaan]] || Billy "The Kid" || rowspan=4|Cimarron replica<br> with 3 1/2" barrel || rowspan=4|2019
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| Jake Schur || Rio Cutler
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| Leila George || Sara Cutler
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| [[Ethan Hawke]] || Sheriff Pat Garrett
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| rowspan=2|''[[Deadwood: The Movie]]'' || [[Sean Bridgers]] || Johnny Burns || w/3 1/2" barrel, possibly Cimarron replica || rowspan=2|2019
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| [[Brent Sexton]] || Harry Manning || "Cavalry"
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|-
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|}
  
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* [[David Carradine]] as Bill in ''[[Kill Bill Vol. 2]]''
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=== Television ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Note/Episode'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
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|''[[Lonesome Dove]]''|| [[Gavan O'Herlihy]]||Dan Suggs|| ||1989
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|''[[Return To Lonesome Dove]]''||[[Oliver Reed]]||Gregor Dunnigan||nickel plated. No ejector rod||1993
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|-
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|''[[Deadwood]]''||[[Sean Bridgers]]||Johnny Burns||Shopkeeper Model||2004-2006
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|''[[Wynonna Earp]]''||[[Tim Rozon]]||Doc Holliday|| Nickel plated with ejector rod || 2016 -
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| ''[[Godless (2017)|Godless]]'' || Russell Dennis Lewis || Daryl Devlin || Lightning or Thunderer || 2017
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|-
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|}
  
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===Television===
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===Video Games===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Appears As'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
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| [[Assassin's Creed Syndicate]]|| M1877 Lightning, Thunderer|| anachronistic appearance || 2015
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|}
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* [[Sean Bridgers]] as Johnny Burns on ''[[Deadwood]]'' (Shopkeeper model)
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=See Also=
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* [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt.
  
 
[[Category:Gun]]
 
[[Category:Gun]]
 
[[Category:Revolver]]
 
[[Category:Revolver]]

Revision as of 17:27, 24 March 2022

Also know as the Model 1877 or Model 1877 Lightning, the Colt Lightning was Colt's first double action revolver, produced from 1877 to 1909 almost exclusively in .38 Short Colt (and, later on, in .38 Long Colt). The Colt Thunderer was a slightly larger version chambered for .41 Colt, and later .41 Long Colt.

This is not to be confused with the pump action rifle also named the Colt Lightning.

The Colt Lightning has appeared in the following films and television shows used by the following actors:

Colt Lightning 1877 Cavalry - .38 Long Colt.
Colt Lightning, similar to the one used by Val Kilmer in Tombstone, with a full-length ejector rod housing - .38 Long Colt
Colt Lightning, Shopkeeper model - .38 Long Colt
Colt 1877 "Lightning" - .38 Long Colt
Colt 1877 "Thunderer" Double Action revolver. - .41 Colt.
For comparison: Colt Single Action Army with blued/case-hardened finish and backstrap and grip altered to be visually similar to the Colt Lightning - .45 Long Colt

Specifications

(1877 - 1909)

  • Type: Revolver
  • Caliber(s): .38 Short Colt, .38 Long Colt, .41 Colt, .41 Long Colt
  • Barrel length(s): 1.5 in (3.8 cm) - 10 in (25.4 cm)
  • Capacity: 6
  • Fire Modes: SA/DA

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death Nigel Bruce Dr. Watson Shopkeeper Model; supposedly Thunderer 1943
The Spider Woman Vernon Downing Norman Locke Shopkeeper Model; supposedly Thunderer 1944
Gaslight Charles Boyer Gregory Anton 1944
Dressed to Kill Frederick Worlock Colonel Cavanaugh Shopkeeper Model; supposedly Thunderer 1944
Shane Van Heflin Joe Starrett Supposedly a Belgian "Cowboy Ranger" 1953
Hombre Fredric March Dr. Favor 1967
Hombre David Canary Lamar Dean 1967
The Millionairess Sophia Loren Epifania Parerga stainless with pearl grips 1960
Will Penny Charlton Heston Will Penny 1968
Will Penny Anthony Zerbe Dutchy 1968
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Elisha Cook Jr. Alonzo Bunker 1972
The Hound of the Baskervilles Bernard Fox Dr. Watson Nickel plated, lacks the ejector rod with its housing and the front sight 1972
Young Guns Emilio Estevez "Billy the Kid" 1988
Tombstone Val Kilmer Doc Holliday 1993
Purgatory Randy Quaid Doc Woods / Doc Holliday Nickel plated with pearl grips 1999
Monte Walsh Keith Carradine Chet Rollins 2002
Kill Bill Vol. 1 David Carradine Bill 2003
Kill Bill Vol. 2 David Carradine Bill 2004
6 Guns A posse member Short-barreled 2010
Forsaken Brian Cox James MacCardy Nickel plated 2015
The Kid Dane DeHaan Billy "The Kid" Cimarron replica
with 3 1/2" barrel		 2019
Jake Schur Rio Cutler
Leila George Sara Cutler
Ethan Hawke Sheriff Pat Garrett
Deadwood: The Movie Sean Bridgers Johnny Burns w/3 1/2" barrel, possibly Cimarron replica 2019
Brent Sexton Harry Manning "Cavalry"

Television

Title Actor Character Note/Episode Date
Lonesome Dove Gavan O'Herlihy Dan Suggs 1989
Return To Lonesome Dove Oliver Reed Gregor Dunnigan nickel plated. No ejector rod 1993
Deadwood Sean Bridgers Johnny Burns Shopkeeper Model 2004-2006
Wynonna Earp Tim Rozon Doc Holliday Nickel plated with ejector rod 2016 -
Godless Russell Dennis Lewis Daryl Devlin Lightning or Thunderer 2017

Video Games

Title Appears As Note Date
Assassin's Creed Syndicate M1877 Lightning, Thunderer anachronistic appearance 2015


See Also

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