Versione HTML di base
76
The barrel measures 12 inches,
allowing its equally long magazine tube
beneath it to hold six .44 Mag rounds.
Because of their similar overall cartridge
lengths, magazine capacities for the .45
Colt or .44-40 versions are the same.
Although I could not determine the
actual length of the barrels of the several
guns in the Wanted: Dead or Alive series,
my guess is that Randall’s guns hadbarrels
some 2 to 3 inches shorter than the
Chiappa replica.
I’ve read that his guns held six shots
and if that was true, I can only surmise that
due to their limited magazine tube space,
there should be five rounds in the magazine
and one up the spout.
The big-loop lever on the Bounty
Hunter has a teardrop shape and is a lever
shape used by McQueen later in the series.
His first gun’s lever was more
D-shaped in profile, and I assume that
the change to the less pronounced teardrop
lever allowed him to operate this later gun
a little faster. Frankly, neither lever shape
has anything to offer in the way of speed
of operation over the 92’s original lever
design, but I suppose besides just looking
cool, its larger opening did allowMcQueen
better access for a quick draw and saved
him from a banged and bruised finger.
The lever design of the Chiappa
version was nicely executed, but if I had
my druthers I’d prefer the D-shaped design
of the earlier gun.
Although Randall’s gun had none,
the Bounty Hunter comes with a fixed
square notched rear sight dovetailed and
paired to a brazed-on, post-type blade up
front.
Slight windage adjustments with
this setup is possible by drifting the rear
sight in its dovetail limiting elevation
refinements to filing of the front blade
or replacement of the rear with one of a
different height.
Although the guns used by Randall bore no sights, the Bounty Hunter comes equipped with a
dovetailed square-notched rear paired to a sweated on blade type front.