Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Did ya ever try counting how many shots the rifleman shoots in the opening scene? Well thanks to the internet here it is!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Sure wasn't as many spent brass as shots. I counted four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 15 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: Sure wasn't as many spent brass as shots. I counted four. They’re hard to see, they fly pretty high and wide! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 If my rememberer is right, he fires ten, but they dubbed in another gunshot to make it match the music. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 1 minute ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: If my rememberer is right, he fires ten, but they dubbed in another gunshot to make it match the music. You can see the smoke coming out of the barrel on the 8-9-10-11-12 shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 I'm going to play Devils Advocate here. The exact number can't be calculated based on the video itself. Here is why: As the Rifleman walks while shooting, watch the movement of his legs as he shoots. He cocks and shoots as he moves his left leg, then his right leg. The video angle changes after his recorded 7th shot, when he now appears full body instead of the previous close-up shot. At the time his 7th shot is recorded, his left leg is forward of his body, then when the video changes angles, his left leg is already behind him. If the same video was not edited other than splicing the two scenes together, there had to be at a minimum, another shot taken to allow his left leg to at least move from being forward of his body to halfway back to account for it being behind him when the video changes. My best guess would be a total of 14 rounds fired. Just my thoughts on it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Perhaps it was two different sequences of more than six spliced together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Allow me to be the spoil sport. Should ya peek, at no time is the trigger finger inside the lever. The screw appliance for the trigger is quite visible once you know what to look for. Then we have the key questions. What difference does it make ?? Who really cares ?? Can some folks actually count past 10 ??. Will an 1892 Carbine actually hold more than 10 ?? "Five-In-One" Blanks ?? Was the Armorer a Girl ?? How come his pocket isn't bulging with cartridges ?? Is he gonna be late for dinner ?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 4 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Perhaps it was two different sequences of more than six spliced together. That would make sense as well. Father Kit "Cool Gun" O'Garth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 3 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: How come his pocket isn't bulging with cartridges ?? At the end of the sequence he takes ONE cartridge from his shirt pocket and loads it as he looks at the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 5 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: Allow me to be the spoil sport. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 well I think there were 11 , spray and pray , only in Holly Weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Didn’t he have a lever that activated the trigger? Not SASS legal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: Ooooo....good selfie! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Didn’t he have a lever that activated the trigger? Not SASS legal Yes he has a screw that he can adjust to push the trigger when he levers it. In an episode tonight he backed the screw off to teach a young guy how to shoot. They operated the gun just like normal then he adjusted the screw back. Pretty neat operation even for Hollywood. Edited March 17 by Rye Miles #13621 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 8 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Yes he has a screw that he can adjust to push the trigger when he levers it. In an episode tonight he backed the screw off to teach a young guy how to shoot. They operated the gun just like normal then he adjusted the screw back. Pretty neat operation even for Hollywood. Thought I remembered that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Annie Oakley did the same thing, with just her thumb. Good show, though and a neat trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 .... how many ? .........all of them ........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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