Gangs of New York

2009-08-10T02:40:54Z

71.28.109.244: /* Single-Shot Boot Pistols */

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'''The following guns were used in the movie ''[[Gangs of New York]]'''''

== Single-Shot Boot Pistols ==

A Majority of the residents of 1865-era New York all carry small single-firing boot pistols as their means of protection

[[Image:bootgun1.png|thumb|none|600px|The Man in the Top Hat holds a boot pistol on the assassin, who has just wounded Bill "The Butcher" Cutting ([[Daniel Day-Lewis]])]]
[[Image:bootgun2.png|thumb|none|600px|You can see the man in the blue coat on the right covering Bill([[Daniel Day-Lewis]]), after the attempted assassination]]
[[Image:bootgun3.png|thumb|none|600px|McGloin([[Gary Lewis]]) holds his boot pistol on the assassin]]
[[Image:bootgun5.png|thumb|none|600px|Good shot of Jenny Everdeanes' ([[Cameron Diaz]]) boot pistol as she reaches for it]]
[[Image:bootgun6.png|thumb|none|600px|Jenny Everdeane holds her boot pistol on Walter "Monk" McGinn ([[Brendan Gleeson]])]]
[[Image:bootgun7.png|thumb|none|600px|Happy Jack Mulraney ([[John C. Reilly]]) keeps his boot pistol in the ready position as he searches for Amsterdam ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) in the unfinished church]]
[[Image:bootgun8.png|thumb|none|600px|A better shot of Jack Mulraneys ([[John C. Reilly]]) pistol]]
[[Image:bootgun9.png|thumb|none|600px|Jenny ([[Cameron Diaz]]) gives Amsterdam ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) her boot pistol, so that he can finish off the suffering Johnny Sirocco ([[Henry Thomas]])]]
[[Image:bootgun10.png|thumb|none|600px|Jenny ([[Cameron Diaz]]) draws her pistol on the dock after she is attacked by citizens, during the riots scene]]
[[Image:bootgun11.png|thumb|none|600px|Good shot of Jenny's ([[Cameron Diaz]]) pistol after she kills one of her attackers]]

== Colt Model 1849 Pocket Model ==

During the Theatre Scene an Assassin ([[Bronco Mcloughlin]]) attempts to kill Bill "The Butcher" Cutting ([[Daniel Day-Lewis]]) with a Colt 1849 Pocket Model Revolver

[[Image:dragoonrevolver1.png|thumb|none|600px|A Descent shot of the 1849 Pocket as the assassin ([[Bronco Mcloughlin]]) pulls from under his top hat and aims it at Bill ([[Daniel Day-Lewis]])]]
[[Image:dragoonrevolver2.png|thumb|none|600px|Amsterdam ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) wrestles the assassin ([[Bronco Mcloughlin]]) in an attempt to get the revolver from him]]
[[Image:dragoonrevolver3.png|thumb|none|600px|Amsterdam ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) manages to get the revolver, after it inadvertently goes off mortally wounding the assassin ([[Bronco Mcloughlin]])]]
[[Image:dragoonrevolver4.png|thumb|none|600px|The Same scene only better view of the gun]]
[[Image:dragoonrevolver5.png|thumb|none|600px|The Same scene only better view of the gun]]

== Double Barrel Shotgun ==

During the Draft Riot, William Tweed ([[Jim Broadbent]]) walks to his office window, cocking the hammers of a double barrel shotgun

[[Image:doublebarrelshot.png|thumb|none|600px|William Tweed ([[Jim Broadbent]]) stands at the ready with his shotgun]]

== Elgin Cutlass Pistol ==

Amsterdam ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) attempts to assassinate Bill "The Butcher" Cutting ([[Daniel Day-Lewis]]) by throwing a knife and then pulling an Elgin Cutlass Pistol, only to be impaled by a knife thrown by Cutting

[[Image:elgincutlasspistol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Elgin Cutlass Pistol]]
[[Image:eldinpistol.png|thumb|none|600px|Amsterdam ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) takes a knife in the gut, the Elgin Pistol is seen in his right hand]]

== Colt 1851 Navy Revolver ==

During the Draft Riots Scene, a mob breaks into Mr. Schermerhorns ([[David Hemmings]]), and he in turn uses two Colt 1851 Navy Revolvers akimbo style

[[Image:coltnavyrevolver2.png|thumb|none|600px|As the mob advances on his house, Mr. Schermerhorn ([[David Hemmings]]) prepares to fight back with 2 Nay Revolvers, akimbo style ]]
[[Image:coltnavyrevolver1.png|thumb|none|600px|Mr. Schermerhorn ([[David Hemmings]]) fires one of his two Navy Revolvers before retreating into his dining room]]
[[Image:coltnavyrevolver3.png|thumb|none|600px|A somewhat better view of the Navy Revolver]]

== Sharps Rifle ==

During the scene where William Tweed ([[Jim Broadbent]]) is conversing with Dead Rabbit supporters, Jenny Everdeane ([[Cameron Diaz]]) keeps a Sharps Rifle aimed on him

[[Image:sharpsrifle.png|thumb|none|600px|Jenny ([[Cameron Diaz]]) keeps a Sharps Rifle on William Tweed ([[Jim Broadbent]])]]

== Springfield Rifles ==

All the US Army Troops carry Springfield Rifles

[[Image:springfieldr1.png|thumb|none|600px|A Newly Drafted Soldier receives his Springfield Rifle ]]
[[Image:springfieldr2.png|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers begin boarding the ship to go to war, they all have their Springfield Rifles slung on their back]]
[[Image:springfieldr3.png|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers continue to board]]
[[Image:springfieldr4.png|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers stand in ranks, at the ready during the Draft Riots, good shot of the Springfield Rifles]]
[[Image:springfieldr5.png|thumb|none|600px|Taking aim at the Dead Rabbits]]
[[Image:springfieldr6.png|thumb|none|600px|Good shot of the Rifle Bore, on one of the Springfield Rifles]]
[[Image:springfieldr7.png|thumb|none|600px|McGloin ([[Gary Lewis]]) attempts to charge the soldiers and is shot down in a hail of Springfield Rifle bullets]]

== Unknown Firearms ==

There are numerous firearms in the movie that are hard to identify

[[Image:unknowngun1.png|thumb|none|600px|Amsterdam ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) pulls out an unidentifiable second gun during his assassination attempt on Bill Cutting ([[Daniel Day-Lewis]]) ]]
[[Image:unknowngun2.png|thumb|none|600px|Numerous villagers in the background carry unidentifiable rifles]]
[[Image:unknowngun3.png|thumb|none|600px|The villager in the middle has, what looks to be a pistol of some kind]]
[[Image:unknowngun4.png|thumb|none|600px|There is a gun case in the back left behind the guy smoking his pipe, full of rifles]]
[[Image:unknowngun5.png|thumb|none|600px|Rioters raid the gun case in Mr. Schermerhorns' ([[David Hemmings]]) house, rifle are hard to identify]]
[[Image:unknowngun6.png|thumb|none|600px|Two of the Tammany Hall representatives stand at the window during the Draft Riots, holding unknown rifles]]
[[Image:sharpsrifle.png|thumb|none|600px|Amsterdam ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) has a pistol of some kind tucked in his waistband]]

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