[yarddog]

I liked the old Steve Mcqueen series and thought that gun was neat. It was chambered in something like 44-40 and would shoot about a dozen times from that short magazine.

The only problem was Steve's cartridge belt was filled with what looked like 30-40 Krag or even longer cartridges. I don't think that short mag would have held more than one of those. Even the .44-4- would have been only three or so, a really impractical design.

[Long Cut]

Heh. It was TV, man. It was supposed to LOOK good, not actually work! They have special effects that handle that. You're right about the cartridges on the belt, though. I recall reading that they deliberately used the larger ones there, for "visual impact".

[Centurion2000]

Don't really remember the TV series ... I do remember him making that movie "The Hunter" ... the TV series was "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

The above gun though ... neat, but a godawful cannon. :)