I got one myself in 45-70 and the trigger is the heaviest ive ever felt, but when you use the double set trigger, it becomes extremely sensitive. My dad shot the ground by accident after touching the trigger
They have that rifle in Springfield Mo at the base pro headquarters. They, by a miracle I was there the same day TS was there and he was holding it and talking to the museum people. He let us all hold the rifle and take pictures with him.
Maybe it’s just me but seemingly the heavier the rifle the easier it is to hit your target. Lighter weighted rifles I have trouble keeping them from swaying. Recently bought a mosin nagant 91/30 and it’s perfectly weighted to where I don’t have any sway.
I had an uncle who looked so much like Tom Selleck, coolest guy in the world, and my favorite person. He was the father figure to me growing up, and he passed away just recently. I will always miss him
This is a movie scene, but it is worthwhile because it accurately depicts it's subject. The rifle & ammo is perfectly correct in detail. Quigley does exactly what a highly trained marksman would do. He blows the lint out of his rear aperture sight from both directions to knock out any lint particles that would diffract light. He checks both velocity and direction of the wind. He makes his sight adjustments. He takes his hat off for even lighting on his sight. He uses the set trigger which allows a trigger release in ounces for precise let off. And since Mr. Quigley is "the best marksman in the world" he connects at a range that leaves his observers dumb founded. All possible with this rifle tech shown IF the man behind the gun was trained and gifted.
Yah everything except he fires from a totally unbraced position which is a total joke. He's just hanging the rifle out there barely bracing it against his body. Free elbow. That would never be done. A shot like that he would either have a rest or brace his elbow in.
@@Xiones11So you are saying that Hicock45 and Gary Michelek are frauds? The former demonstrated 300 yard hits with 9mm pistol. The latter nailed 1000 yards with a Barret .50, standing, 3-second window to aim and fire. A lifetime of competitive shooting sharpens up a person to do the seemingly impossible. BTW, Gary also shot a Barret .50 6 shots, just under two seconds, all six on pistol-range target. Then he did the same thing, two shots each on three targets, 2.05 seconds. Most people can't hold a Barret at port-arms, let alone fire one without getting thrown around.
@@pirobot668beta Snapping off a shot to 1000 yards with a .50 bmg is one thing. Thats something like 22 feet of drop to compensate for. Snapping off a 700-800 yard shot like this with a .45-110 is something totally different. That is like indirect fire for that rifle at that point. Around 75 feet of drop to compensate for running off some winged calculations. It is a totally doable shot but it is not a shot you just snap off. Not with a rifle like that. Great movie but that scene is bs.
I don't think that there is one Tom Selleck movie or TV show I didn't like. He's a wonderful actor, has a great smile and personality, and is really down to earth. Had the pleasure of meeting him when he came to visit his mom in the Hospital, in Detroit. The nurses went nuts, taking turns on their shifts to go up and take a peek and swoon at him, lol.
Imagine if Quigley forgot he had a bullet chambered and accidentally shot himself while he had his wrist resting on the barrel end of his gun. Everyone would be laughing at him as he bleeds everywhere, then he goes back home ashamed with his gun arm immobilized. He becomes a poor beggar, losing his only livelihood. Better yet, imagine Quigley accidentally pulls the trigger as he takes off the cover whilst he was flagging Marston and his associates. He kills Marston and the whole purpose of the movie ceases to exist.
Proud to actually own an original 1874 Sharps buffalo rifle. Tang sights. Double set triggers. Engraved. Caliber 50-95. Just as lovely as the one Tom used!
Watch again and notice somethings. He sets the rear sight (distance) as the horse is at a gallop and then calls the stop. This shows he knew exactly the range he wanted it, it also shows that he is able to calculate how long it will take the horse and rider to reach that distance.
He waited for the rider to reach the crest of that hill so that he could shoot as far as the terrain allowed. That's why the bucket disappears on the far side of the hill when he shoots it the third time.
I have the same gun...it is NOT easy to forget everything you were ever taught about ballistics, shooting modern rifles, while learning to shoot black powder rifles like this. It is a "rabbit hole" you fall into, where you have to relearn ballistics, lead hardness, primitive casting techniques amongst many other things. After much research of available data, you decide on the "perfect" load...and then fail miserbally. Then promptly go back to learning. Eventually you learn (after much trial and error) enough to realize, these rifles (1870's tech) were very accurate for their time and excellent shooters.
This is the second best scene of the movie. The first is where he informs his employer- " I said I never had a use for a six shooter.....I never said I did not know how to use one." RH DSD
Shiloh Sharps has a reproduction of this exact rifle, it's expensive but a lot of fun to shoot. I had the pleasure of shooting on about 4 years ago, except it was loaded with a .45-120 (10 more grains of black powder). The kick is actually not all that bad, more like a shove than an actual sharp kick like many high caliber smokeless powder guns give. But you can feel the explosive force on your face when you shoot, it really is an entirely different feeling.
What a beautiful rifle and a classic movie. Those paper-patched bullet loads were quite accurate. I witnessed many one-hole groups shot at 100-200 yards with paper-patched bullets shot out of heavy-barrelled breech loading rifles similar to the Sharps.
Chris P. Bacon I seen the Sharps rifles at their booth at the NRA event in St.Louis several years back, man they were some nice looking rifles I have always wanted one.
Great movie, great script, Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman were perfect for this movie. Ever since this movie came out about 30 years ago or so, I’ve always wanted a Shiloh Sharps. Both my wife and I are buying one in different configurations. They have a Quigley shoot in Forsyth, Montana every year. No mistaking the ping sound of those big bullets hitting steel at distances I can’t even see in the videos.
That's not a Sharps rifle, even though that's what they call it in the movie. And the term "sharpshooter" has been around far longer than firearms have been...
Great movie Alan Rickman (RIP) always played a fantastic bad guy, and it was a nice take on the western. Set in Australia instead of the US, Tom selleck was amazing in it pitty he never made more westerns.
Except that the breach opening and closing sounds are fake in the movie. The Sharps rifle is nearly silent when you open and close the breach, and the movie people thought it should make a noise, so they added some.
I have a 50-70 Sharps buffalo carbine conversion. After the Civil War the Sharps were converted from paper cartridge brass cartridge. The 50-70 was used by buffalo hunters. During the Civil War the Sharpshooters used Sharps rifles. They were led by Hiram Berdan.
Hell, even i can hit that bucket at 1400 yards with that bufferler rifle, the only catch is i will hike 1395 yards closer to that bucket then shoot it....
Make it 2000 yards and the bucket a Union Calvary man trotting west bound (or left in this case) at around 9 miles an hour, and you get what happened on October 16, 1864 at approximately 12:30pm
The shot has been reproduced several times. The issue is we cannot tell accurately what the distance was. The max I heard was 990 yards some calculated it to be around 700 or so depended on the speed of the horse. Every time it has been tried the bucket got hit off hand..... With the right sights and a good shooter it IS COMPLETELY POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE SHOT.... Those that don't think so I challenge you to attend a NRA National Match completion and see people make shots like that All Day Long.
AT 4:29, Quigley blows into the breech of the rifle. I thought it was just for coolness, then I watched some other video on blackpowder rifles and found out that often people would blow into the breech so that the moisture in their breathe would dampen the black powder fouling in the barrel. However, that was often BETWEEN shots so the following shot could help clear out some gunk. But maybe (in theory) Quigley did this for that reason. Obviously Tom Selleck did it because it looks cool.
@@wilsonblauheuer6544 True fact: In the original editors cut of the movie, Tom Selleck farts into the rifle after the shot, but audiences didn't like it. So, the director caved in and reshot it with the lame blowing. Not authentic at all!
My wife bought 1 of 50 of the NRA Mathew Quigley 45-110 Rifles with Toms signature on the PW. It's never been fired (By us anyway), not sure I want to squeeze the trigger on it? It would probably shoot very nicely due to its weight, but I'll never put a rd through it. I had met Tom at a NRA Function a cpl years earlier and he didn't appear to be as stout as he is. He is a big guy with a firm handshake, but it didn't do him justice. When I hold that rifle, it doesn't take long(20ish sec.)before it starts pointing downward. I have a great respect for Tom now, for 2 reasons. 1 is his support for the 2nd Ammendment & the NRA, the 2nd is the fact.....He is a MAN! Anyone that can handle that rifle like he did, has my respect and admiration! Great Movie, Great Actor and a Great American.
When the movie was made, Tom Selleck owned the .45-110 caliber 1874 Sharps' Shiloh. Also in 45-120.The barrel is very heavy. A fake was used for scenes where he had to carry it.
I forget Rickman was in this, everytime he shows up in a movie I haven't seen a while it hits me in the gut. Everything is always overshined by Diehard and Harry Potter
@@larrygresser1797 you do realize the Henry fired a 45 short round. The Springfield Trapdoor fired a 45-70. I know because Sioux warriors had to get close to Custers men who were using Springfields to accurately hit their targets.
@@Daylon91 The Henry fired a .44 caliber Henry cartridge NOT a .45 caliber. The troopers were over whelmed with fire power. Plus the trapdoor carbines were jamming.
I was watching this movie again and thought the location of this scene looked awfully familiar. Turns out it was filmed in Alice Springs, NT. When I went up there, it was at least 41°C every single day, and that's not even as hot as it gets. Not to mention the UV index is incredibly high. I can't imagine filming this scene in that kind of weather. Majority of the movie was filmed around the Warrnambool area in VIC, which is like four and a half hours down the Great Ocean Road from where I live, or two and a half by freeway.
Quigley - a man of few words who lets his actions speak for him. "Yes, I'm the best badass sniper in the world. Here's three shots in a row to prove it." AWESOME!!!!
It's a lever action falling block breech loader. And actually, the sound effects are fake. The Sharps makes almost no sound at all when you open the breech.
I object to the "lever action" because its does not describe the action of the rifle. In the sharps, the lever drops the block, while in a Henry/Winchester rifles, the lever moves the bolt back and forth. So, in truth, the action of the bolt rather than the lever is more descriptive. After all, we don't call the M-16 a straight pull action because the charging handle is pulled straight back to load the first round, do we?
The Ruger #1 is much more like the Sharps than a Winchester or Henry. Given the price of a Sharps (or replica) I wonder why I haven't seen more #1 actions converted to that configuration.
The funny part is this might be the single shot rifle John Moses Browning scoffed at in his shop, saying "I could make a better rifle than this" as he examined it's lockwork. His father responded "I wish you would, John Mose, I'd like to live to see you do it." Mind you that's just speculation, the Sharps and the Remington Rolling Block were around at the time but so were a few other rifles so it could have been any one. But the Sharps is a fair amount more complicated than it needs to be, since it's basically a metallic cartridge conversion of a paper cartridge gun.
Closest you can get in RD2 is the rolling block rifle, sadly. Looks good with the long scope, but wish they let you remove the scope and the upgraded "sights" was a vernier tang sight.
When The Sharps Rifle Company put the order in for this commercial film, little did they now that 115 years would pass before seeing the desired sales impact.
Zeke Gaming Concerned Doctors, Surgeons and Coroner's, recently commented in a professional journal that with the huge number of fatalities due to gunshot wounds. Perhaps Drs. Should consider talking to their patients more about their attitudes concerning guns. The NRA released a condescending acid response that the Doctors should "stay in their own lane" and not negatively impact gun issues. Seems they think they can pick and choose who has freedom of speech, thought and expression and who doesn't. The Coroner said they should come watch how many bullets he digs out of corpses every week. Whatever the gun lobby, they don't like bullets killing their patients. Which is in "their lane"! Besides we Know the NRA is a tratioris organization conspiring with Putin's Russia against the USA. BTW, if mouthy, drunken, rich kid pukes like Brett Kavenaugh were summarily shot to death by intolerant cops how would that be? A horse of a different COLOR that's what!
Some of these comments about the sharps rifle by these anonymous know it alls is just downright depressing. It’s a MOVIE!! ENTERTAINMENT!! Can’t anyone just like a damn video anymore..?
a wise man once said never mess with a man who can end you from a different zipcode. Probably shouldn't mess with a guy who can end you from that far away with a quick shot over and over again either
I've held one of those rifles once, it feels really heavy when you pick it up but when aimed it was the most balance rifle I've ever held.
I got one myself in 45-70 and the trigger is the heaviest ive ever felt, but when you use the double set trigger, it becomes extremely sensitive. My dad shot the ground by accident after touching the trigger
They have that rifle in Springfield Mo at the base pro headquarters. They, by a miracle I was there the same day TS was there and he was holding it and talking to the museum people. He let us all hold the rifle and take pictures with him.
@@BBCTopgearfan should've put a round in and blasted the wall...bet they'd love that after their ears stop bleeding from busted deafness
Maybe it’s just me but seemingly the heavier the rifle the easier it is to hit your target. Lighter weighted rifles I have trouble keeping them from swaying. Recently bought a mosin nagant 91/30 and it’s perfectly weighted to where I don’t have any sway.
@@mannequinfukrthe one in this Movie is actually a 45-110
I had an uncle who looked so much like Tom Selleck, coolest guy in the world, and my favorite person. He was the father figure to me growing up, and he passed away just recently. I will always miss him
R.I.P to that beautiful man ❤
This is a movie scene, but it is worthwhile because
it accurately depicts it's subject. The rifle & ammo is perfectly
correct in detail. Quigley does exactly what a highly trained
marksman would do. He blows the lint out of his rear
aperture sight from both directions to knock out any
lint particles that would diffract light. He checks both
velocity and direction of the wind. He makes his sight
adjustments. He takes his hat off for even lighting on his
sight. He uses the set trigger which allows a trigger
release in ounces for precise let off. And since
Mr. Quigley is "the best marksman in the world" he
connects at a range that leaves his observers
dumb founded. All possible with this rifle tech
shown IF the man behind the gun was trained
and gifted.
Yah everything except he fires from a totally unbraced position which is a total joke. He's just hanging the rifle out there barely bracing it against his body. Free elbow. That would never be done. A shot like that he would either have a rest or brace his elbow in.
@@Xiones11 Glad to see the expert showed up... -_-
@@Xiones11So you are saying that Hicock45 and Gary Michelek are frauds?
The former demonstrated 300 yard hits with 9mm pistol.
The latter nailed 1000 yards with a Barret .50, standing, 3-second window to aim and fire.
A lifetime of competitive shooting sharpens up a person to do the seemingly impossible.
BTW, Gary also shot a Barret .50 6 shots, just under two seconds, all six on pistol-range target.
Then he did the same thing, two shots each on three targets, 2.05 seconds.
Most people can't hold a Barret at port-arms, let alone fire one without getting thrown around.
@@pirobot668beta Snapping off a shot to 1000 yards with a .50 bmg is one thing. Thats something like 22 feet of drop to compensate for. Snapping off a 700-800 yard shot like this with a .45-110 is something totally different. That is like indirect fire for that rifle at that point. Around 75 feet of drop to compensate for running off some winged calculations. It is a totally doable shot but it is not a shot you just snap off. Not with a rifle like that. Great movie but that scene is bs.
My thoughts exactly.
Tom Selleck a great actor and never made enough Westerns. He and Sam Elliot made a great pair !
I don't think that there is one Tom Selleck movie or TV show I didn't like. He's a wonderful actor, has a great smile and personality, and is really down to earth. Had the pleasure of meeting him when he came to visit his mom in the Hospital, in Detroit. The nurses went nuts, taking turns on their shifts to go up and take a peek and swoon at him, lol.
Imagine the complete humiliation if he actually missed that shot and the next one again.
Well, I suppose it would have been embarrassing. He would have made his rifle seem less precise.
At that distance even hitting anywhere near close to it would probably have put him in the top .1% of marksmen.
We wouldn't know since we wouldn't have a movie haha
Imagine if Quigley forgot he had a bullet chambered and accidentally shot himself while he had his wrist resting on the barrel end of his gun. Everyone would be laughing at him as he bleeds everywhere, then he goes back home ashamed with his gun arm immobilized. He becomes a poor beggar, losing his only livelihood. Better yet, imagine Quigley accidentally pulls the trigger as he takes off the cover whilst he was flagging Marston and his associates. He kills Marston and the whole purpose of the movie ceases to exist.
He starts crying while he’s shooting too.. crying, shooting and missing that darn bucket!
Proud to actually own an original 1874 Sharps buffalo rifle. Tang sights. Double set triggers. Engraved. Caliber 50-95. Just as lovely as the one Tom used!
What effective range has it
Watch again and notice somethings. He sets the rear sight (distance) as the horse is at a gallop and then calls the stop. This shows he knew exactly the range he wanted it, it also shows that he is able to calculate how long it will take the horse and rider to reach that distance.
Amazing the minutia we spend our precious time on, isn't it?
He waited for the rider to reach the crest of that hill so that he could shoot as far as the terrain allowed. That's why the bucket disappears on the far side of the hill when he shoots it the third time.
Hey it's a movie. Anything is possible.
@@billybob042665 oops there goes gravity mom's spaghetti
@@robertg5775 you must be fun at parties.
This shooting scene ranks among one of my best. Quigley would have made one hell of a Sniper in today's military operations.
In today's military, British snipers use the slang term 'Quigley' for killing two targets with one shot.
I love that British term TC. "Quikley"
I will start using it when I am in the field. Have a great day mate!!
I have the same gun...it is NOT easy to forget everything you were ever taught about ballistics, shooting modern rifles, while learning to shoot black powder rifles like this. It is a "rabbit hole" you fall into, where you have to relearn ballistics, lead hardness, primitive casting techniques amongst many other things. After much research of available data, you decide on the "perfect" load...and then fail miserbally. Then promptly go back to learning. Eventually you learn (after much trial and error) enough to realize, these rifles (1870's tech) were very accurate for their time and excellent shooters.
This is the second best scene of the movie. The first is where he informs his employer- " I said I never had a use for a six shooter.....I never said I did not know how to use one." RH DSD
DIOSpeedDemon
Quigley made as much of a striking impression when quitting that job, as he did during the hiring interview.
Straight up gangsta.
"Said I never had a use for one. Didn't say I wasn't any good with it."
XD
He should be given an Oscar for best Line in a Movie. R
Wavemaninawe if Quigley had been straight up gangsta. he would have been holding his pistol sideways.
I also like the scene where he is low on ammo & waits for 2 guys to line up & nails them both with one shot.
Hans speaks to Quigley in german, Quigley stares looking confused
Hans-" shoot the bucket"
Now go home and get you’re shine box
Sluss dem buckkesshleiner!
Huh?
Shoot ze bucket
"Schieße den eimer"
I guess he was “born on the wrong continent” 😂
Shiloh Sharps has a reproduction of this exact rifle, it's expensive but a lot of fun to shoot. I had the pleasure of shooting on about 4 years ago, except it was loaded with a .45-120 (10 more grains of black powder).
The kick is actually not all that bad, more like a shove than an actual sharp kick like many high caliber smokeless powder guns give. But you can feel the explosive force on your face when you shoot, it really is an entirely different feeling.
I remember this as a kid, now about 20 years later it's still a timeless part of the movie.
What a beautiful rifle and a classic movie. Those paper-patched bullet loads were quite accurate. I witnessed many one-hole groups shot at 100-200 yards with paper-patched bullets shot out of heavy-barrelled breech loading rifles similar to the Sharps.
That's the best job interview I ever saw
I loved the resume'. 0:22 Six bullet holes in the newspaper advertisement from 900 yards.
Something about that *KA-CHACK!* sound the Sharps's lever action makes...such a satisfying sound.
Actually, the Sharp's action is very silent. The movie people added the sound because that's what they thought a gun should sound like.
@@88dukecoupe and i think a shiloh sharps (the company that built this gun) only has two clicks when cocking the hammer
Such a beautiful rifle
Chris P. Bacon
I seen the Sharps rifles at their booth at the NRA event in St.Louis several years back,
man they were some nice looking rifles I have always wanted one.
With a plastic barrel. there were two rifles used in the movie, one a prop. look it up. R
Sure looked real to me.
Chris P. Bacon Y
Just out of curiosity don't you mean breech rifle as in breech loading rifle
Great western. Sharps is a gorgeous rifle.
Underrated movie saw it when in came out still love it
Selleck as Indiana Jones would have been awesome.
Kermit T. Frog if he had not been in Magnum P.I he would have he WAS casted but do to that TV show he couldn't.
The title makes me feel like their was to be more adventures for Quigley, but I can't find any other movies with the name
Kentley King Taggart Google up Mr Quigley's work.
Great movie, great script, Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman were perfect for this movie. Ever since this movie came out about 30 years ago or so, I’ve always wanted a Shiloh Sharps. Both my wife and I are buying one in different configurations. They have a Quigley shoot in Forsyth, Montana every year. No mistaking the ping sound of those big bullets hitting steel at distances I can’t even see in the videos.
My God! The Sharps is easily the most beautiful rifle I've ever seen!
the term sharpshooter was born because of it
Conta da Familia Pretty sure that distinction belongs to the Kentucky Long Rifle.
nope sharps rifle
They are gorgeous but Lincoln's Henry rifle is bresthtaking
That's not a Sharps rifle, even though that's what they call it in the movie. And the term "sharpshooter" has been around far longer than firearms have been...
Now that ain't an underrated badass scene. The build up in how he sets up his shot is so good!
Great movie Alan Rickman (RIP) always played a fantastic bad guy, and it was a nice take on the western. Set in Australia instead of the US, Tom selleck was amazing in it pitty he never made more westerns.
My dad was a Marskman in the Army. Loved John Wayne, but lived this movie for the detail
What a great movie. I don’t know why it didn’t get more hype at the time.
David Messer It's great for what it is. It's slightly cornball too, which keeps it out of epic status.
My wife can hit a shoe sale with even more precision...
Well played
Very clever xD
Mack Daddy Roflmao
of course
Mack Daddy ....😂😂😂😂
This will always be one of my favorite movies. Tom selleck at his best.
Love the movie. Well acted, well directed and it makes you long to own that rifle.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. One of the greatest and legendary!!!
What a great actor was Alan Rickman.....RIP.
He had one of those great movie voices.
He was so good it made everyone else look better than they were.
One of the finest actors in modern history! Godspeed Mr. Rickman.
Thank God we have tenured RUclips professors to set the facts straight here.
Josh Hamilton yes
It's the Internet. Everyone's an expert at everything.
I honestly don't even care anymore about facts over for a fucking film
Josh Hamilton 1892 was the last time he had pussy
@Judson Joist which would seem logical, but everyone makes mistakes
In some movies, not even the classic movies, there are magical scenes........this is one.
Alan Rickman was one of the best... R.I.P.....
RIP
Mr Hans Gruber
@@aahhh3207 ...aka Professor Snape!
Haven't watched this movie, but i knew it that voice was Alan Rickman
Severus Snape.
The sound of cocking the lever, loading the bullet and closing the breach is the manliest sound ever.
Except that the breach opening and closing sounds are fake in the movie. The Sharps rifle is nearly silent when you open and close the breach, and the movie people thought it should make a noise, so they added some.
I'm pretty impressed that Whitey can jump on a horse, then at full gallop, pick up a bucket, then jump over a fence...
stockman
Go to a rodeo. You'll be impressed by many things.
I think it was the horse that jumped over a fence.
Many Aussies pride themselves on horsemanship and are very accomplished
Vincent Lok that's funny! I was thinking, I wonder how many times he missed the bucket before he actually grabbed it?
I have a 50-70 Sharps buffalo carbine conversion. After the Civil War the Sharps were converted from paper cartridge brass cartridge. The 50-70 was used by buffalo hunters. During the Civil War the Sharpshooters used Sharps rifles. They were led by Hiram Berdan.
Underrated movie ! Tom Selleck was a cool cowboy in this flick , Alan Rickman so long pal thanks for being the best bad guy in your movies ....
A phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.
OneJazzKid Hey! Only what you see pal!
This is my lucky day, gonna quit early.
You cant do that. - Wrong.
de uzi nein millimedah?
Uzi 9mm
Hell, even i can hit that bucket at 1400 yards with that bufferler rifle, the only catch is i will hike 1395 yards closer to that bucket then shoot it....
Ya me too
Make it 2000 yards and the bucket a Union Calvary man trotting west bound (or left in this case) at around 9 miles an hour, and you get what happened on October 16, 1864 at approximately 12:30pm
Forsake distance but the bucket is as big as a barn
And don't forget Crazy Cora, Laura San Giacomo. Still acting and still hot.
When you need someone to watch the cops from the top of Nakatomi Plaza.
Horváth Benedek "Welcome to the party pal."
One of my top movies of all time! I never tire of it.
Plays rdr2 once
Underatted comment
Rdr 1 as well u fucking normie
@@skxlter5747 Red dead revolver? Gun? Those got me into these kinds of games... along with awesome movies like these of course.
Sadly it isn’t in the game
And it's falling-block, lol not lever action
One of my favorite all-time movie scenes. Thanks.
10 points Slytherin. Snape approves.
Nude gorl
My step dad trained as a sniper in the Air Force. He loves this scene because of its accuracy, pun intended
The shot has been reproduced several times. The issue is we cannot tell accurately what the distance was.
The max I heard was 990 yards some calculated it to be around 700 or so depended on the speed of the horse.
Every time it has been tried the bucket got hit off hand.....
With the right sights and a good shooter it IS COMPLETELY POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE SHOT....
Those that don't think so I challenge you to attend a NRA National Match completion and see people make shots like that All Day Long.
+Dennis Price, dude... its a movie. The real deal was Billy Dixon shooting an indian off his horse @ over 1,500 yards with a 50-90 back in the 1870's.
That didnt look like a difficult shot.
easy way to find out...go to this filming location...stand where Quigley stood and measure off the distance up to the hill where the bucket was.
Okay, but offhand? Woo! Of course I don't really know what I'm talking about, but that's difficult to believe.
From the time he started to raise the rifle until he fired the first shot took .64 seconds . truly miraculous
When back here in the real world, watching a long distance sharp shooter is a blast. 😎
AT 4:29, Quigley blows into the breech of the rifle. I thought it was just for coolness, then I watched some other video on blackpowder rifles and found out that often people would blow into the breech so that the moisture in their breathe would dampen the black powder fouling in the barrel. However, that was often BETWEEN shots so the following shot could help clear out some gunk. But maybe (in theory) Quigley did this for that reason. Obviously Tom Selleck did it because it looks cool.
In the military we were told not to blow breath into any part of a firearm.
farting was the preferred procedure
@@wilsonblauheuer6544 True fact: In the original editors cut of the movie, Tom Selleck farts into the rifle after the shot, but audiences didn't like it. So, the director caved in and reshot it with the lame blowing. Not authentic at all!
Just say no to the butt tuba.
Thank you! I've been looking for a comment referring to the fact he blew into the breach for the better part of my lunch break!
My wife bought 1 of 50 of the NRA Mathew Quigley 45-110 Rifles with Toms signature on the PW. It's never been fired (By us anyway), not sure I want to squeeze the trigger on it? It would probably shoot very nicely due to its weight, but I'll never put a rd through it. I had met Tom at a NRA Function a cpl years earlier and he didn't appear to be as stout as he is. He is a big guy with a firm handshake, but it didn't do him justice. When I hold that rifle, it doesn't take long(20ish sec.)before it starts pointing downward. I have a great respect for Tom now, for 2 reasons. 1 is his support for the 2nd Ammendment & the NRA, the 2nd is the fact.....He is a MAN! Anyone that can handle that rifle like he did, has my respect and admiration! Great Movie, Great Actor and a Great American.
Grand Movie!!! Mr Quigley = Moral To The Core! Y Deadly as Hell, …. " I Never said I Didn't Know how To Use One!"
Loved this movie! Tom Selleck and great, great actor!!!!
Quigley, you and Mr. Weasley will be spending detention in the dungeons with me tonight...
thank you for articulating every thought and rationale. Makes movie watching much simpler.
He's using dead eye
Quigley down under and Mr. Baseball are my fav Tom Selleck movies.
this is such a great shot I love it
Beautiful scene
RIP Alan Rickman.
When the movie was made, Tom Selleck owned the .45-110 caliber 1874 Sharps' Shiloh. Also in 45-120.The barrel is very heavy. A fake was used for scenes where he had to carry it.
I forget Rickman was in this, everytime he shows up in a movie I haven't seen a while it hits me in the gut. Everything is always overshined by Diehard and Harry Potter
That rifle is on display at the Bass Pro Shop in Springfield MO
Italian reproductions of these rifles shoot just as good for less coin. I have 2. A 54 cal. Percussion and 45.70.
A very underrated movie. The only weapon of that era better than a sharps was a Spencer, let the debate begin.
No... The Henry was 2nd!
@@larrygresser1797 you do realize the Henry fired a 45 short round. The Springfield Trapdoor fired a 45-70. I know because Sioux warriors had to get close to Custers men who were using Springfields to accurately hit their targets.
Well they both had 52 caliber bullets but the Sharps Rifle has more muzzle velocity.
@@Daylon91 The Henry fired a .44 caliber Henry cartridge NOT a .45 caliber. The troopers were over whelmed with fire power. Plus the trapdoor carbines were jamming.
The Spencer didn't come in any good calibers. The sharps, Winchester and Remington single shots could be had in anything from 22 to 50 cal.
He *>>>>proved>prove
You are all Wrong.. This is a Lever-Action, DUAL muffler bearing, Triple-Trigger, Rube Goldberg Rifle. I am glad we cleared that up... RH DSD
DIOSpeedDemon Your wrong. shilohrifle.com/rifles/1874-sharps-rifle/1874-hartford-clone-en/
You are both wrong
DIOSpeedDemon I don't know if you know your shit or not but it sounded macho!!
after the not you should added an ellipses for emphasis.
No ..its a bangwangy killywilly fingy
Also known as a gun
never get tired of this
The look on Alan Rickman (Elliott Marston) face when the horse is still going
I was watching this movie again and thought the location of this scene looked awfully familiar. Turns out it was filmed in Alice Springs, NT. When I went up there, it was at least 41°C every single day, and that's not even as hot as it gets. Not to mention the UV index is incredibly high. I can't imagine filming this scene in that kind of weather.
Majority of the movie was filmed around the Warrnambool area in VIC, which is like four and a half hours down the Great Ocean Road from where I live, or two and a half by freeway.
Anyone else see the first bullet? If it's not that, then you can clearly see a projectile flying towards the bucket and smashing into it
Quigley - a man of few words who lets his actions speak for him. "Yes, I'm the best badass sniper in the world. Here's three shots in a row to prove it." AWESOME!!!!
One of the cowboys should have mumbled "lucky shot" to the guy next to him after the first shot.
Hans Grubber past life.
lol
Oh thank you. I have watched this film 20 years ago, when I was 6, but I never knew what is the title.
"Its a lever action, breech loader..."
No, its a falling block breech loader.
It's a lever action falling block breech loader. And actually, the sound effects are fake. The Sharps makes almost no sound at all when you open the breech.
I object to the "lever action" because its does not describe the action of the rifle.
In the sharps, the lever drops the block, while in a Henry/Winchester rifles, the lever moves the bolt back and forth.
So, in truth, the action of the bolt rather than the lever is more descriptive. After all, we don't call the M-16 a straight pull action because the charging handle is pulled straight back to load the first round, do we?
Waltham1892 yeah you right kind of like a Ruger 1 rifle
The Ruger #1 is much more like the Sharps than a Winchester or Henry. Given the price of a Sharps (or replica) I wonder why I haven't seen more #1 actions converted to that configuration.
I've looked up a picture of that weapon and I think you are right. Very usual action.
This movie made me appreciate Tom Selleck as an actor. I think he's at his best in Blue Bloods.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF THEY HAD A RIFLE LIKE THIS AT THE ALAMO
Legend has it Davy Crockett did an equally impressive long range shot at the Alamo.
They would have needed a lot of them.
It would, shame that this was many decades later...
Or an A10 warthog.
The funny part is this might be the single shot rifle John Moses Browning scoffed at in his shop, saying "I could make a better rifle than this" as he examined it's lockwork. His father responded "I wish you would, John Mose, I'd like to live to see you do it." Mind you that's just speculation, the Sharps and the Remington Rolling Block were around at the time but so were a few other rifles so it could have been any one. But the Sharps is a fair amount more complicated than it needs to be, since it's basically a metallic cartridge conversion of a paper cartridge gun.
I'm gonna mod my sharps rifle in Red Dead 2 to these stats if I can. Maybe I'll get an achievement for shooting 2 idiots who line up in my sights.
Bad news, buddy
@@alilirara yeah, the sharps aint in the game
Closest you can get in RD2 is the rolling block rifle, sadly. Looks good with the long scope, but wish they let you remove the scope and the upgraded "sights" was a vernier tang sight.
When The Sharps Rifle Company put the order in for this commercial film, little did they now that 115 years would pass before seeing the desired sales impact.
They have his gun at the NRA museum
Zeke Gaming Strange that they would want his rifle there since he refused to murder aboriginal black folks.
@celticman Only strange to someone who has no idea what they are talking about.
celticman I was just sayin they have his gun
The museum is really cool if your a gun nut like me
Also why are you gonna bring politics into this?
Oh they also have Star Wars stuff too
Zeke Gaming Concerned Doctors, Surgeons and Coroner's, recently commented in a professional journal that with the huge number of fatalities due to gunshot wounds. Perhaps Drs. Should consider talking to their patients more about their attitudes concerning guns.
The NRA released a condescending acid response that the Doctors should "stay in their own lane" and not negatively impact gun issues.
Seems they think they can pick and choose who has freedom of speech, thought and expression and who doesn't.
The Coroner said they should come watch how many bullets he digs out of corpses every week.
Whatever the gun lobby, they don't like bullets killing their patients.
Which is in "their lane"!
Besides we Know the NRA is a tratioris organization conspiring with Putin's Russia against the USA. BTW, if mouthy, drunken, rich kid pukes like Brett Kavenaugh were summarily shot to death by intolerant cops how would that be? A horse of a different COLOR that's what!
Testing the wind in front of the barrel, a true rifle man of the old west...
My mom was that accurate with her chancla when one of us misbehaved. Standing still or moving, still the same result, *POW* and down you went.
This scene and in the movie Geronimo where Wes Studi is firing at the posse. I always loved them.
The Sharp shoots a 300 grain, up to a 450 grain bullet. If than hunk of metal doesn't kill you outright, the lead poisoning sure will.
Some of these comments about the sharps rifle by these anonymous know it alls is just downright depressing. It’s a MOVIE!! ENTERTAINMENT!! Can’t anyone just like a damn video anymore..?
a wise man once said never mess with a man who can end you from a different zipcode. Probably shouldn't mess with a guy who can end you from that far away with a quick shot over and over again either
I have a Quigley model Sharps, made by the same company that provided the movie Sharps.
Sure you do. I have 3 of them, or is it 6!?
@@markw3598 You do realise that you can buy them from Shiloh rifle company, they brought the Quigley model into their line up
Alan Rickman made this movie just as much as Tom Selleck.
Alan always plays the best villains, love the both of em!
You had me with hello , long octagonal sharps with Kelly vernier sights ,”I’ll love you till the day I die “
So this is what Professor Snape did before Hogwarts.
How can ANYONE dislike this clip?
“Profanity is the common crutch of the conversational cripple.” David Keuck
"Taking offense to sounds others choose to use to convey concepts, is the other crutch".
Greatest scene all time!! Met him once on magnum pi set!
Who the fuck would dislike this video?
seriously huh ???
Librals
(pussies)
47 buckets....
Great scene. Very underrated movie.
Dead Eye Core seems full.
this was pawesome and it is the first movie I see someone fix aim position afther shoot
"Fame... isn't...everything.. is it now.. Mr. Potter?"
When this movie was being filmed, it was the H&K G11 ACR or K2, an experimental weapon with an experimental ammunition.
I prefer phased plasma rifle with 40watts range.
alt314 COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
About that time of year to watch the movie again