'Fraid Don is rightnotice the loading lever and the "hump" where the cylinder meets the barrel. It is quite possible that there were no replica's of the Texas Patterson when t he film was made. In fact, these movies were one of the reasons for the resurgeance in interest in black powder firearms. The revolvers used by most characters in these films (at least in the close-up shots) were (or were intended to look like) Colt conversions of earlier models to accept cartrigdes. Historically innaccurate for the Civil War. These came along later when cartridge guns became available. Rather than buy a new revolver (a month or more pay for most cowhands) many were modified with new cylinders and modified frames Sorry I found this thread late. Nice to know there are other black powder/firearm/history nuts around here.Anyone want to talk about Imperial Roman historyad nauseam ;^D