Alpo Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Gary Cooper movie. Springfield Rifle. It is supposed to be taking place during the middle of the War of 1861, although the rifle they are interested in is the Model 1873. Coop is an army officer who allows himself to be cashiered so he can go into the Confederacy as a spy and they won't suspect him. And I just wondered why a fort in Colorado would have a bucket of yellow paint? What would they be painting yellow that they needed to have yellow paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Alpo said: And I just wondered why a fort in Colorado would have a bucket of yellow paint? What would they be painting yellow that they needed to have yellow paint? The yellow paint is for the speed bumps. Gotta slow the Confederate cavalry somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, Alpo said: Gary Cooper movie. Springfield Rifle. It is supposed to be taking place during the middle of the War of 1861, although the rifle they are interested in is the Model 1873. Coop is an army officer who allows himself to be cashiered so he can go into the Confederacy as a spy and they won't suspect him. And I just wondered why a fort in Colorado would have a bucket of yellow paint? What would they be painting yellow that they needed to have yellow paint? For the same reason they had 1973 rifles: because Hollywood said so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 I was hoping there might be a none-Hollyweird reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Somebody preferred their barracks painted yellow? They keep the yellow paint just in case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Yellow and blue have been the colors is US cavalry units forever. My guess is the Army had yellow paint for themed decorations, even on the frontier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 The movie was originally in black and white and they did a bad job of colorizing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 When you finished painting the rocks white you made em yellow. Then when you finished painting em yellow you made em white. At least that's the kind of reasoning Uncle Sam taught me as a buck private. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 The army actually had and still has official colors made for certain purposes. As Charlie mentioned, Yellow has been the Cavalry branch color since the middle of the 19th century. Wagon wheels, signs, parts of limbers and other equipment was painted to protect the wood. Most forts also were not the log stockade type that Hollywood is so fond of but rather a collection of separate buildings. Officers residences, subtler, HQ building, company orderlies rooms, carpentry, infirmary, and more. A variety of colors were used so it’s perfectly reasonable for a military post to have a supply of different paints. Check out some Colorado and Kansas forts here Colorado Kansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joke 'um Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 The 1873 Winchester actually came out in 1856. The government suppressed it to avoid widespread panic. They use the same technique with home made gasoline and lead-into-gold converters today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 40 minutes ago, Joke 'um said: The 1873 Winchester actually came out in 1856. 6 hours ago, Alpo said: Gary Cooper movie. Springfield Rifle. Not Winchester rifle. Springfield rifle. Different 1873 rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Those Hollyweird types are into rewriting history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 i think it was 'poetic license' , they probably wanted the 1860 henry that few had at the time , that or they were just crossing eras in the story to keep it interesting for their "modern audiences" of the time , hollywierd has always crossed the lines and eras to sell a movie ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 It's in the film because that's what the prop house had available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 They had it in the movie so they can use it to paint a yellow stripe down his back so everyone would know he was a coward and that's why he was being kicked out of the army. What I wanted to know was why they would have a bucket of yellow paint in real life. Which Bob explained perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 There was a Springfield 1861 musket, maybe they used the 1873 to reload easier for the movie? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Model_1861 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 The whole point of the movie was this new secret weapon. This fast firing Springfield rifle. It was a Hollywood anachronism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joke 'um Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 13 hours ago, Alpo said: Not Winchester rifle. Springfield rifle. Different 1873 rifle. Oh. . . . Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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