Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" Carbine - .44 RF
Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" Carbine (Uberti replica) - .44 RF
Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" Rifle - .44 RF
Winchester 1866 Musket - .44 RF
Winchester 1866 Musket Nickel Plated - .44 RF
Nicknamed the "Yellow Boy" for the characteristic hue of the receiver, the Winchester Model 1866 was an improved version of the Henry 1860, in particular allowing for faster and easier loading. Having gained wide popularity, the M1866 was produced until 1898 (1899 according to other sources), in particular due to being cheaper than later models with similar characteristics. It was also the first rifle actually produced under the Winchester brand.
A number of rifles were also purchased by the French and Turkish armies. The latter is also commonly described as "causing much surprise when outnumbered Turks at the Siege of Plevna inflicted many times more casualties", although in reality the destructive range of Winchester (which was mainly issued to the cavalry) was understandably limited, and the Turks used the standard-issue Peabody-Martini at long distances (and apparently not all ordered rifles were actually delivered due to various problems).
Specifications
(1866 - 1898)
- Caliber: .44 RF. Modern reproductions: .38 Special, .44/40, .45 Colt
- Weight: Carbine: 7.8 lbs (3.5 kg) / Sporting Rifle: 9 lbs (4.1 kg) / Musket: 8.3 lbs (3.7 kg)
- Length: Carbine: 39 in (99.1 cm) / Sporting Rifle: 43 in (109.2 cm) / Musket: 46 in (116.8 cm)
- Barrel length: Carbine: 20 in (50.8 cm) / Sporting Rifle: 24 in (61 cm) / Musket: 27 in (68.6 cm)
- Feed System: Carbine: 13 round tubular magazine / Sporting Rifle and Musket: 17 round tubular magazine
The Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy" and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title
|
Actor
|
Character
|
Notes
|
Date
|
| Tarzan of the Apes |
|
Arabian slavers, member of seaching squard |
|
1918
|
| By the Law (Po zakonu) |
Aleksandra Khokhlova |
Edith Nelson |
Musket version |
1926
|
| Frontier (Aerograd) |
|
A native hunter |
|
1935
|
| Soviet Border (Na granitse) |
Nikolay Vinogradov |
Yerofey Vlasov |
Musket version |
1938
|
| Belle Starr |
|
Bounty hunter |
|
1941
|
| White Fang |
Lev Sverdlin |
Matt |
Musket version |
1946
|
| Oleg Zhakov |
Weedon Scott
|
| Fort Apache |
John Wayne |
CPT Kirby York |
|
1948
|
| The Man from Laramie |
|
|
Seen hanged on a wall |
1955
|
| Flaming Star |
John McIntire |
Sam Burton |
Rifle |
1960
|
| The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly |
Clint Eastwood |
Blondie (The Man With No Name) |
Mocked up to look like Henry 1860 |
1966
|
| Death Rides a Horse |
John Phillip Law |
Bill |
|
1966
|
| Luigi Pistilli |
Walcott
|
|
Walcott's henchmen, sheriff's deputies
|
| The Sons of Great Bear (Die Söhne der großen Bärin) |
Jozef Majercík |
Tschetansapa |
Carbine |
1966
|
| Rolf Ripperger |
Jok |
Musket
|
| Walter E. Fuß |
Theo
|
| Martin Tapák |
Schonka
|
| Let Them Rest |
Vittorio Duse |
"El Doblado" |
|
1967
|
| Rossana Martini |
Lupe |
|
| Mark Damon |
George Bellow Ferguson |
In holster on saddle
|
| Various |
Ferguson's gunmen |
|
| God Forgives... I Don't! |
|
Hearse guard |
|
1967
|
| Wanted (1967) |
Giuliano Gemma |
Gyan Ryan |
|
1967
|
| Germán Cobos |
Martin Heywood |
|
| Serge Marquand |
Fred Lloyd
|
| Run, Man, Run |
Donald O'Brien |
Nathaniel Cassidy |
|
1968
|
|
Mexican soldiers and revolutionaries
|
| Sabata |
Lee Van Cleef |
Sabata |
Modified with a cut-off barrel and magazine, with detachable custom long barrel |
1968
|
| William Berger |
Banjo |
Modified with a cut-off stock, disguised as a banjo
|
| Franco Ressel |
Stengel |
|
|
Stengel's henchmen
|
| The Great Silence |
Jean-Louis Trintignant |
Silence |
Uberti replica |
1968
|
| Frank Wolff |
Sheriff Burnett
|
| Klaus Kinski |
Tigrero / Loco
|
| True Grit |
Jeff Corey |
Tom Chaney |
Mocked up to look like Henry 1860 |
1969
|
| Tepepa (1969) |
John Steiner |
Dr. Henry Price |
|
1969
|
|
Various revolutionaries and some mexican soldiers
|
| They Call Me Trinity |
|
Harriman's henchmen |
|
1970
|
| And God Said to Cain |
Peter Carsten |
Acombar |
|
1970
|
| Antonio Cantafora |
Dick Acombar
|
|
Acombar's henchmen
|
| Trinity is Still My Name |
Bud Spencer |
Bambino |
|
1971
|
| Terence Hill |
Trinity
|
| The Legend of Frenchie King (Les Pétroleuses) |
Michael J. Pollard |
The sheriff |
|
1971
|
| The Legend of Frenchie King (Les Pétroleuses) |
Claudia Cardinale |
Marie Sarrazin |
|
1971
|
| The Grand Duel |
Jess Hahn |
Bighorse |
|
1971
|
|
Bounty hunters
|
| My Name Is Nobody |
|
Members of the Wild Bunch |
|
1973
|
| Keoma |
Franco Nero |
Keoma |
|
1976
|
| Keoma |
William Berger |
William Shannon |
|
1976
|
| Keoma |
Woody Strode |
George |
|
1976
|
| Keoma |
|
Caldwell's henchmen |
|
1976
|
| A Man Called Blade (Mannaja) |
Maurizio Merli |
Mannaja |
|
1977
|
| Philippe Leroy |
Ed McGowan
|
| Donald O'Brien |
Burt Craven
|
| Antonio Casale |
Dahlman
|
|
Voller's, McGowan's and Dahlman's men
|
| The White Buffalo |
Charles Bronson |
Wild Bill Hickock |
|
1977
|
| Jack Warden |
Charlie Zane |
|
| Heaven's Gate |
Jeff Bridges |
John L. Bridges |
Without the handguard |
1980
|
| Death Hunt |
|
posse member |
|
1981
|
| Oasis of the Zombies |
|
Black archeologist |
|
1982
|
| The Trust That Has Burst (Trest, kotoryy lopnul) |
|
Cowboys and townsmen |
Carbines and muskets |
1982
|
| The Aviator |
Will Hare |
The Old Man |
Musket version |
1985
|
| Slave Coast (Cobra Verde) |
|
Brazilian Army soldiers |
|
1987
|
| L.A. Bounty |
|
Thug |
|
1989
|
| Back to the Future Part III |
Christopher Lloyd |
Doc Brown |
Large loop lever and custom scope |
1990
|
| El Diablo (1990) |
|
Bounty Hunter |
|
1990
|
| Unforgiven |
Jeremy Ratchford |
Dep. Andy Russell |
Mocked up to look like Henry 1860 |
1992
|
| The Avenging Angel |
Daniel Quinn |
Alpheus Joung |
Rifle model |
1995
|
| Wild Bill |
Bruce Dern |
Will Plummer |
|
1995
|
| Forest Warrior |
uncredited |
mercenary |
|
1996
|
| The Juror |
|
Shooter |
|
1996
|
| Purgatory |
|
Outlaws and posse members |
Carbine |
1999
|
| High Noon |
Tom Skerritt |
Will Kane |
|
2000
|
| The Prince of the Pacific (Le prince du Pacifique) |
Marie Trintignant |
Moeata |
|
2000
|
| Thierry Lhermitte |
Capt. de Morsac
|
| Patrick Timsit |
Barnabé
|
| Crossfire Trail |
Ken Pogue |
Gene Thompson |
|
2001
|
| Crossfire Trail |
David O'Hara |
Rock Mullaney |
|
2001
|
| Crossfire Trail |
Marshall R. Teague |
Marshall R. Teague |
|
2001
|
| Crossfire Trail |
Ken Pogue |
Gene Thompson |
|
2001
|
| Monte Walsh |
Keith Carradine |
Chet Rollins |
|
2002
|
| Open Range |
Michael Jeter |
Percy |
|
2003
|
| And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself |
|
Several revolutionaries |
Rifle model, Carbine model |
2003
|
| The Missing |
|
Apaches |
Both in Carbine and Rifle versions |
2003
|
| Shaun of the Dead |
Simon Pegg |
Shaun |
|
2004
|
| The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) |
Egor Beroev |
Erast Petrovich Fandorin |
|
2005
|
| Miracle at Sage Creek |
Tim Abell |
John Red Eagle |
|
2005
|
| Miracle at Sage Creek |
Brian Libby |
Frank |
|
2005
|
| Skinwalkers |
David Sparrow |
Manny the Butcher |
|
2007
|
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
|
posse member |
|
2007
|
| Appaloosa |
Viggo Mortensen |
Everett Hitch |
|
2008
|
| Appaloosa |
Rex Linn |
Sheriff Stringer |
|
2008
|
| Lone Rider |
Stacy Keach |
Robert Hattaway |
Carbine |
2008
|
| Terry Maratos |
Curtis
|
| Chanbara Beauty: The Movie - Vortex |
Rika Kawamura |
Reiko |
|
2009
|
| Lucky Luke |
|
thugs |
|
2009
|
| Survival of the Dead |
Richard Fitzpatrick |
Seamus Muldoon |
|
2010
|
| True Grit |
Barry Pepper |
"Lucky" Ned Pepper |
|
2010
|
| American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James |
Tim Abell |
Frank James |
Carbine |
2010
|
| Jeffrey Combs |
Ed Bass
|
| Ted Monte |
Tyler
|
| Lauren Eckstrom |
Mary Simpson
|
| Cowboys & Aliens |
Daniel Craig |
Jake Lonergan |
|
2011
|
| Cowboys & Aliens |
Harrison Ford |
Woodrow Dolarhyde |
|
2011
|
| Cowboys & Aliens |
Raoul Trujillo |
Black Knife |
|
2011
|
| Cowboys & Aliens |
Adam Beach |
Nat Colorado |
|
2011
|
| Cowboys & Aliens |
Keith Carradine |
Sheriff John Taggert |
|
2011
|
| Cowboys & Aliens |
|
gang members |
|
2011
|
| Cowboys & Aliens |
|
Apache warriors |
|
2011
|
| Blackthorn |
Dominique McElligott |
Etta Place |
|
2011
|
| Machete Kills |
|
|
On gun wall |
2013
|
| Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart |
Guillaume Canet |
Franck Neuhart |
|
2014
|
| The Salvation |
Eric Cantona |
Corsican |
Carbine |
2014
|
| Douglas Henshall |
Sheriff Mallick
|
| Nick Borain |
"Man With Cigar"
|
| Langley Kirkwood |
"Man With Beard"
|
| David James |
Tracker
|
| Anthony Oseyemi |
Jefferson
|
| Dan Robbertse |
Deputy Aron |
Denix replica
|
| Andre Odendaal |
Deputy Cash
|
| Robert Hoobs |
"Silvertooth"
|
| St John Alexander |
"One Eyed Jack"
|
| Slow West |
Michael Fassbender |
Silas Selleck |
|
2015
|
| Forsaken |
Aaron Poole |
Frank Tillman |
Rifle |
2015
|
| Terry A. Brown |
Chadwick's man
|
| A Hologram for the King |
Tom Hanks |
Alan Clay |
|
2016
|
| The Magnificent Seven |
Haley Bennett |
Emma Cullen |
|
2016
|
| Byung-hun Lee |
Billy Rocks
|
| Brimstone |
Dakota Fanning |
Liz |
Carbine |
2016
|
| Bill Tangradi |
Nathan |
Rifle
|
| Wonder Woman |
Eugene Brave Rock |
Chief Napi |
|
2017
|
| Hostiles |
Scott Shepherd |
Wesley Quaid |
Rifle |
2017
|
|
A Comanche warrior |
Carbine
|
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs |
|
A Sioux warrior |
Rifle |
2018
|
| The Kid |
Chris Bylsma |
Charlie Bowdre |
Rifle |
2019
|
| Carlos Amorin |
Sheriff Romero's deputy |
Rifle
|
| Ethan Hawke |
Sheriff Pat Garrett |
Rifle
|
|
Sheriff Garrett's deputies |
Carbine
|
| Deadwood: The Movie |
Don Swayze |
Seacrest |
Carbine |
2019
|
| News of the World |
|
Almay's and Farley's henchmen |
Rifle, carbines |
2020
|
| Dead for a Dollar (2022) |
|
Tiberio Vargas henchmen |
Modern replica (Probably a Uberti replica) |
2022
|
Television
Animation
| Title
|
Character
|
Note
|
Date
|
| Rango |
Buford |
Changes to Henry 1860 in (possibly intentional) continuity error |
2011
|
Video Games
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