{"id":693,"date":"2023-01-07T14:56:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T14:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2023-01-07T14:56:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T14:56:33","slug":"collectible-firearms-for-serious-gun-collectors-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"Collectible Firearms for Serious Gun Collectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As both a prequel to Paramount&#8217;s hit<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/montanas-granville-stuart-the-real-john-dutton\">\u2018Yellowstone\u2019 series<\/a><\/strong> and a sequel to the franchise origin story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/guns-of-1883-yellowstone-prequel\"><strong>1883<\/strong><\/a>, the anticipation for <strong><a to=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt18335752\/\" class=\"PolymorphicBaseButtonTag-sc-1b58tp5-0 ikruYM Button-sc-19r8ufz-0 TextButton-sc-1fnl7pb-0 lhXWUf gskTIj\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt18335752\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1923<\/a><\/strong> has been high to say the least. <strong>1923<\/strong> explores the next two generations of the Dutton family tree and the perils they face in the early 20th century, including war, lawlessness, economic depression, and the encroachment of the modern world on their traditional way of life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/catalog\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Harrison-Ford-and-Helen-Mirren-portray-Jacob-Dutton-and-Cara-Dutton-in-1923-Yellowstone.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Harrison-Ford-and-Helen-Mirren-portray-Jacob-Dutton-and-Cara-Dutton-in-1923-Yellowstone.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Harrison-Ford-and-Helen-Mirren-portray-Jacob-Dutton-and-Cara-Dutton-in-1923-Yellowstone.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren portray Jacob and Cara Dutton, the power couple of the <strong>1923 series<\/strong> who defend their land with guns blazing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With land disputes and cattle theft an ever-looming threat, being well-armed was essential to the ranchers who tamed the remote valleys of western Montana. The historic accuracy of the series varies, but most of the guns of <strong>1923<\/strong> are real firearm models that are highly collectible today. Click on the photos throughout this article to find similar gun examples from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/gun-auctions\">past and upcoming auctions at RIAC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you haven&#8217;t watched the series yet and are hoping to remain spoiler free, read no further. You&#8217;ve been warned!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card kg-card-hascaption\">\n<div class=\"YoutubeLazyLoaderPlaceholder-sc-1tylfmf-1 gpWoMn\"><span><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/LzfGFwJsXJk\/hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/div><figcaption><em>The <strong>Yellowstone<\/strong> television universe showcases a variety of interesting guns, like the Old West firearms depicted in <strong>1883<\/strong>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-dutton-family-tree-james-dutton-to-john-dutton\">The Dutton Family Tree: James Dutton to John Dutton<\/h3>\n<p>The question of who is John Dutton&#8217;s grandfather has been on the mind of <strong>Yellowstone<\/strong> fans since the <strong>1883 prequel series<\/strong> was first announced. The <strong>Yellowstone<\/strong> family tree starts with James Dutton (Tim McGraw) and Margaret Dutton (Faith Hill) as they travel west with their children, John I and Elsa. The Duttons build what becomes the Yellowstone Ranch near their daughter Elsa\u2019s grave, and Margaret gives birth to Spencer several years later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/87\/1014\/special-order-antique-winchester-model-1885-rifle-in-4050-ss\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Dutton-Family-Tree-rifle-the-Antique-Winchester-Model-1885-High-Wall-Single-Shot-Rifle.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Dutton-Family-Tree-rifle-the-Antique-Winchester-Model-1885-High-Wall-Single-Shot-Rifle.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Dutton-Family-Tree-rifle-the-Antique-Winchester-Model-1885-High-Wall-Single-Shot-Rifle.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Dutton-Family-Tree-rifle-the-Antique-Winchester-Model-1885-High-Wall-Single-Shot-Rifle.jpg\" alt=\"Dutton-Family-Tree-rifle-the-Antique-Winchester-Model-1885-High-Wall-Single-Shot-Rifle\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>James Dutton teaches his son John I how to fire the Winchester 1885 High Wall rifle, one of the signature guns of the <strong>1883 Yellowstone series<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ten years later, James Dutton is gunned down by horse thieves. Margaret writes to James&#8217; brother, Jacob Dutton, begging for his assistance running the ranch. Tragically, Margaret passes away during a harsh winter before Jacob and his wife, Cara, arrive in Montana. Jacob and Cara take the two boys under their wing and raise them as their own. The <strong>1923 series<\/strong> takes place almost three decades later, with Jacob serving as the Dutton family patriarch and John I as the heir apparent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/1032\/4166\/world-war-ii-era-production-winchester-model-94-carbine\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/John-Dutton-and-Jacob-Dutton-and-their-Winchester-Model-94-Flat-Band-Lever-Action-Carbines.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/John-Dutton-and-Jacob-Dutton-and-their-Winchester-Model-94-Flat-Band-Lever-Action-Carbines.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/John-Dutton-and-Jacob-Dutton-and-their-Winchester-Model-94-Flat-Band-Lever-Action-Carbines.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/John-Dutton-and-Jacob-Dutton-and-their-Winchester-Model-94-Flat-Band-Lever-Action-Carbines.jpg\" alt=\"John-Dutton-and-Jacob-Dutton-and-their-Winchester-Model-94-Flat-Band-Lever-Action-Carbines\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>40 years after the <strong>1883 series<\/strong>, John Dutton I defends the ranch alongside his uncle, Jacob, both wielding Winchester 94 carbines. John I is presumed to be the great-grandfather of Kevin Costner\u2019s iconic Yellowstone Patriarch and one of the key figures in the 1883 and <strong>Yellowstone<\/strong> timeline.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As shown in <strong>Yellowstone Season 5, Episode 6,<\/strong> James and Margaret are buried on the ranch on either side of their daughter Elsa. John Dutton III has pointed out numerous times throughout the <strong>Yellowstone series<\/strong> that the Dutton homestead is a seventh-generation ranch, with five generations Montana born. This places Jack Dutton, John Dutton I\u2019s son, as the most likely link between past and present in the current Dutton family tree, with a 140-year line spanning from James Dutton in <strong>1883 <\/strong>to Tate Dutton as the sole seventh-generation Dutton in the current <strong>Yellowstone series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/catalog\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/The-Dutton-Family-Tree-1883-through-2023-Rock-Island-Auction-Company.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/The-Dutton-Family-Tree-1883-through-2023-Rock-Island-Auction-Company.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/The-Dutton-Family-Tree-1883-through-2023-Rock-Island-Auction-Company.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/The-Dutton-Family-Tree-1883-through-2023-Rock-Island-Auction-Company.jpg\" alt=\"The-Dutton-Family-Tree-1883-through-2023-Rock-Island-Auction-Company\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>The Dutton Family Tree, from 1883 to the present day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father had three children,\u201d Elsa Dutton\u2019s ghostly voice narrates as the <strong>1923 series<\/strong> opens. \u201cOnly one would live to see their own children grown. Only one would carry the fate of this family through the depression and every other hell the 20th century hurled at them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-winchester-1894-a-yellowstone-legacy-gun\">The Winchester 1894: A Yellowstone Legacy Gun<\/h3>\n<p>While James Dutton favored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/the-rifle-that-won-the-west-winchester-model-1873\">Winchester 1873 lever action rifle<\/a> in <strong>1883<\/strong>, his brother, son, and grandson are seen toting the Winchester 94 carbine. Invented by the prolific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/gun-inventors-who-made-america\">John Browning<\/a>, the Winchester 94 was affordable, reliable, and frequently chambered in .30-30, a smokeless cartridge that quickly became one of the most wide-serving and prevalent types of ammunition available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/1032\/4166\/world-war-ii-era-production-winchester-model-94-carbine\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Winchester-Model-94-a-legacy-arm-in-the-Dutton-family-timeline.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Winchester-Model-94-a-legacy-arm-in-the-Dutton-family-timeline.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Winchester-Model-94-a-legacy-arm-in-the-Dutton-family-timeline.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Winchester-Model-94-a-legacy-arm-in-the-Dutton-family-timeline.jpg\" alt=\"Winchester-Model-94-a-legacy-arm-in-the-Dutton-family-timeline\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>Out of all the guns of <strong>1923<\/strong> that have seen on-screen action thus far, the Winchester 94 carbine may be the most prominent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/winchester-lever-action-rifles\/\">Winchester 94 carbines<\/a> carried by Jacob, John I, and Jack Dutton all appear to be the same model, possibly 1940s \u201cflat band\u201d carbines that share similar butt plates and front sights. Though this style of Model 94 is anachronistic to the <strong>1923<\/strong> time period, the Winchester 94 was certainly one of the most popular guns of the era.<\/p>\n<p>The three Winchester carbines depicted in <strong>1923<\/strong> all appear to match the gun John Dutton owns in the present-day <strong>Yellowstone show<\/strong>, so the intention of the showrunners may be to illustrate that one of these guns was passed down through the Dutton family, a common practice with prized hunting arms like the Winchester 94.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/2040\/180\/winchester-model-94-flat-band-lever-action-carbine\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/John-Dutton-III-gun-the-Winchester-94-rifle-of-Kevin-Costner.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/John-Dutton-III-gun-the-Winchester-94-rifle-of-Kevin-Costner.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/John-Dutton-III-gun-the-Winchester-94-rifle-of-Kevin-Costner.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/John-Dutton-III-gun-the-Winchester-94-rifle-of-Kevin-Costner.jpg\" alt=\"John-Dutton-III-gun-the-Winchester-94-rifle-of-Kevin-Costner\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>John Dutton III in the present day holding a Winchester 94 carbine, perhaps a heritage gun passed down from one of his ancestors from the <strong>1923 series<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>John Dutton\u2019s Yellowstone gun is also a real-life legacy firearm owned by Kevin Costner\u2019s father. \u201cMy dad was a fistfighting, single-minded tough guy coming out of the Dust Bowl in the Great Depression,\u201d Costner explained. \u201cHe wanted a job and never let it be taken away from him. The [Winchester] .30-30 gun I use in the show was his. When I put it up to my cheek, my dad\u2019s right there. I know what it\u2019s like to be a person that\u2019s kind of a John Dutton\u2014minus the murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"cara-dutton%E2%80%99s-shotgun\">Cara Dutton\u2019s Shotgun<\/h3>\n<p>The Dutton family tree has no shortage of strong women, and Cara Dutton is no exception. As the matriarch of the series, it&#8217;s only appropriate that Cara\u2019s shotgun is the first gun featured on screen in <strong>1923<\/strong>. Cara\u2019s hammerless side-by-side shares a resemblance to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/85\/3439\/factory-engraved-ithaca-flues-grade-4-double-barrel-shotgun\">Ithaca Flues Field Grade<\/a> shotgun, which were manufactured between 1908 and 1926. The model is named for Emil Flues, who designed and patterned the gun. Cara&#8217;s shotgun appears to have Damascus barrels, as evident by their twisted steel pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/85\/3439\/factory-engraved-ithaca-flues-grade-4-double-barrel-shotgun\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Helen-Mirren-shotgun-Cara-Dutton-1923.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Helen-Mirren-shotgun-Cara-Dutton-1923.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Helen-Mirren-shotgun-Cara-Dutton-1923.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Helen-Mirren-shotgun-Cara-Dutton-1923.jpg\" alt=\"Helen-Mirren-shotgun-Cara-Dutton-1923\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>\u201cViolence has always haunted this family,\u201d Elsa narrates after Cara Dutton confronts an intruder with her shotgun.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A solid scattergun has served as a favored firearm for two other leading ladies of the Yellowstone franchise. Margaret Dutton handled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/55\/1131\/colt-1878-shotgun-12\">12 gauge <\/a>with skill in <strong>1883<\/strong>, and her great-great-granddaughter, Beth Dutton, kept a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/63\/437\">Parker Brothers 1878 12 gauge<\/a> close by after improbably surviving an explosive attack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/classic-shotguns-for-fall-hunting\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Two-strong-women-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-Margaret-Dutton-and-her-great-great-granddaughter-Beth-Dutton-with-their-shotguns.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Two-strong-women-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-Margaret-Dutton-and-her-great-great-granddaughter-Beth-Dutton-with-their-shotguns.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Two-strong-women-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-Margaret-Dutton-and-her-great-great-granddaughter-Beth-Dutton-with-their-shotguns.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Two-strong-women-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-Margaret-Dutton-and-her-great-great-granddaughter-Beth-Dutton-with-their-shotguns.jpg\" alt=\"Two-strong-women-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-Margaret-Dutton-and-her-great-great-granddaughter-Beth-Dutton-with-their-shotguns\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>The trusty 12 gauge side-by-side, a classic choice for self-defense.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"who-is-spencer-dutton\">Who is Spencer Dutton?<\/h3>\n<p>Spencer Dutton&#8217;s lineage on the Dutton family tree seems like a potential dead end after Elsa&#8217;s ominous prediction, but things may not be that clear cut. Fans of &#8216;Legends of the Fall&#8217; will find parallels between Tristan Ludlow and Spencer Dutton, both prodigal sons from Montana ranching families. Like many young men of his era, Spencer became caught up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/1911s-of-the-first-world-war\">WW1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/86\/1447\/world-war-i-us-contract-colt-model-1911-semiautomatic-pistol\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-M1911-pistol.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-M1911-pistol.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-M1911-pistol.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-M1911-pistol.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer-Dutton-M1911-pistol\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/back-to-back-world-war-champs\">M1911 pistol<\/a>, Spencer Dutton\u2019s service weapon during WW1, retained as his personal sidearm. The 1911 pistol would have been a popular gun in 1923, with an assortment of military surplus available to police and civilians.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the war, Spencer Dutton traveled to Africa and became a hunter employed by the British Protectorate of Kenya. In both instances, Spencer\u2019s poise and aptitude with firearms have kept him alive. Spencer also seems to share his late sister Elsa\u2019s wanderlust. Though he was born several years after Elsa&#8217;s passing, Spencer honors her memory by carrying his sister&#8217;s knife and sheath.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/catalog\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Elsa-Dutton-Comanche-Knife-from-Sam-Spencer-Dutton.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Elsa-Dutton-Comanche-Knife-from-Sam-Spencer-Dutton.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Elsa-Dutton-Comanche-Knife-from-Sam-Spencer-Dutton.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Elsa-Dutton-Comanche-Knife-from-Sam-Spencer-Dutton.jpg\" alt=\"Elsa-Dutton-Comanche-Knife-from-Sam-Spencer-Dutton\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>Another Dutton family legacy arm, Elsa\u2019s knife was a gift from Sam, her Comanche husband, and is now carried by her brother Spencer 40 years later.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"guns-of-ww1\">Guns of WW1<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/centennial-of-the-great-war\">Great War<\/a> and its aftermath represented a dramatic change in both the world economy and the firearms industry. It also exposed a generation of young men to the horrors of modern warfare, as depicted in <strong>1923<\/strong>. A variety of guns are seen on screen, from shotguns and bolt action rifles to the latest in belt-fed machine gun technology like the Browning 1917A1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/87\/3464\/wwi-era-winchester-1897-trench-shotgun-with-factory-letter\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-World-War-1-Winchester-1897-Trench-Gun.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-World-War-1-Winchester-1897-Trench-Gun.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-World-War-1-Winchester-1897-Trench-Gun.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-World-War-1-Winchester-1897-Trench-Gun.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer-Dutton-World-War-1-Winchester-1897-Trench-Gun\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>Sergeant Spencer Dutton fires the Winchester Model 1897. The infamous \u201cTrench Sweeper\u201d shotgun was feared by the Germans, who issued a diplomatic protest to America claiming that the weapon caused \u201cunnecessary suffering.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just as James Dutton was traumatized by the Battle of Antietam during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/repeating-rifle-civil-war\">the Civil War<\/a>, his son Spencer is haunted by his experiences in WW1. Given the forested terrain, the ferocity of fighting, and the late-war Browning machine gun depicted in Spencer\u2019s nightmares, this battle may have occurred during <a to=\"https:\/\/www.abmc.gov\/education\/teaching-aid\/weapons-meuse-argonne-offensive\" class=\"PolymorphicBaseButtonTag-sc-1b58tp5-0 ikruYM Button-sc-19r8ufz-0 TextButton-sc-1fnl7pb-0 lhXWUf gskTIj\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abmc.gov\/education\/teaching-aid\/weapons-meuse-argonne-offensive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Meuse-Argonne offensive,<\/a> the final major campaign of WW1, and the deadliest action in American military history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/85\/1361\/wwi-us-springfield-model-1903-bolt-action-rifle\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Guns-of-1923-Charging-Germans-armed-with-Gewehr-98-rifles-clash-with-Americans-carrying-the-M1903..jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Guns-of-1923-Charging-Germans-armed-with-Gewehr-98-rifles-clash-with-Americans-carrying-the-M1903..jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Guns-of-1923-Charging-Germans-armed-with-Gewehr-98-rifles-clash-with-Americans-carrying-the-M1903..jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Guns-of-1923-Charging-Germans-armed-with-Gewehr-98-rifles-clash-with-Americans-carrying-the-M1903..jpg\" alt=\"Guns-of-1923-Charging-Germans-armed-with-Gewehr-98-rifles-clash-with-Americans-carrying-the-M1903.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>Charging Germans armed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/83\/1589\/mauser-bolt-action-wehrmannsgewehr-servicemans-target-rifle\">Gewehr 98<\/a> rifles clash with Americans carrying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/85\/396\/wwi-springfield-model-1903-bolt-action-rifle\">M1903<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"spencer-dutton%E2%80%99s-rifle\">Spencer Dutton\u2019s Rifle<\/h3>\n<p>While Jack Dutton\u2019s story is shot against the sweeping mountain landscapes of western Montana, Spencer\u2019s adventures are filmed on location in South Africa and Tanzania. Spencer Dutton\u2019s travels take him from the Nairobi municipality to the Tanganyika territory, tracking down man-eating leopards and lions. His firearm of choice has become one of the most talked about guns of <strong>1923<\/strong>, with its exact make, model, and chambering debated by fans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/72\/580\/factory-engraved-sabatti-500-nitro-express-safari-box-lock\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/What-is-Spencer-Duttons-Gun-in-Africa-in-1923.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/What-is-Spencer-Duttons-Gun-in-Africa-in-1923.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/What-is-Spencer-Duttons-Gun-in-Africa-in-1923.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/What-is-Spencer-Duttons-Gun-in-Africa-in-1923.jpg\" alt=\"What-is-Spencer-Duttons-Gun-in-Africa-in-1923\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>A Sabatti or similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/the-modern-sportsman\">affordable modern Italian model<\/a> is likely the gun during <strong>1923\u2019s<\/strong> dangerous game scenes in Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Though the production gun is almost certainly neither period-correct nor of British make, Spencer\u2019s rifle is probably intended to represent a British dangerous game gun of the period, such as a Holland &amp; Holland Royal. Some clues can be found in the comparisons the show draws between Spencer Dutton and Col. John Henry Patterson. One of the British tourists asks Spencer if he was the one who killed <a to=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/man-eaters-of-tsavo-11614317\/\" class=\"PolymorphicBaseButtonTag-sc-1b58tp5-0 ikruYM Button-sc-19r8ufz-0 TextButton-sc-1fnl7pb-0 lhXWUf gskTIj\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/man-eaters-of-tsavo-11614317\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the man-eaters of Tsavo<\/a>, and he points out how he was only a child during the incident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/76\/3426\/holland-holland-royal-hammerless-double-rifle\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/A-Holland---Holland-Royal-in-500-nitro-express.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/A-Holland---Holland-Royal-in-500-nitro-express.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/A-Holland---Holland-Royal-in-500-nitro-express.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/A-Holland---Holland-Royal-in-500-nitro-express.jpg\" alt=\"A-Holland---Holland-Royal-in-500-nitro-express\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>A Holland &amp; Holland Royal in .500\/465 Nitro Express, a classic big game double rifle from the golden era of British gunmaking that an African hunter in 1923 might have used.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The two lions of Tsavo were hunted and slain in 1898 by John Patterson, who later recounted the events in a book. Paramount\u2019s <strong>Ghost in the Darkness<\/strong> film retold the famous tale using firearms similar to the guns Col. Patterson carried during his hunt, including a double rifle chambered in .450 Express. In 1923, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/86\/1319\/holland-holland-450-black-powder-express-double-rifle\">.450 Black Powder Express<\/a> would have been long overtaken by John Rigby\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/82\/298\/rb-rodda-co-450400-nitro-express-double-rifle-with-case\">.450 Nitro Express<\/a> and its competitors, such as Holland &amp; Holland\u2019s .500\/450.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/1037\/502\/enfield-no-1-mk-iii-bolt-action-rifle\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/The-enfield-no-1-mk-iii-bolt-action-rifle-one-of-the-guns-of-1923-during-Spencer-Duttons-journey-in-Africa.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/The-enfield-no-1-mk-iii-bolt-action-rifle-one-of-the-guns-of-1923-during-Spencer-Duttons-journey-in-Africa.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/The-enfield-no-1-mk-iii-bolt-action-rifle-one-of-the-guns-of-1923-during-Spencer-Duttons-journey-in-Africa.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/The-enfield-no-1-mk-iii-bolt-action-rifle-one-of-the-guns-of-1923-during-Spencer-Duttons-journey-in-Africa.jpg\" alt=\"The-enfield-no-1-mk-iii-bolt-action-rifle-one-of-the-guns-of-1923-during-Spencer-Duttons-journey-in-Africa\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>In Tanganyika, Spencer meets Charles Hardin, one of the British railroad camp overseers. Charles carries an Enfield rifle in .303 British, similar to the Lee-Speed rifle Colonel Patterson used to slay the man-eaters of Tsavo.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"revolvers-of-1923\">Revolvers of 1923<\/h3>\n<p>In <strong>1923<\/strong>, Harrison Ford has traded in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/han-solo-blaster-blastech-dl-44-from-star-wars-a-new-hope\">DL-44 blaster<\/a> for a Smith &amp; Wesson Military &amp; Police revolver. Introduced as the \u201cSmith &amp; Wesson .38 Hand Ejector Model of 1899,\u201d the double action Smith &amp; Wesson Model 10 M&amp;P has been offered in numerous variations and has been purchased by countless military and police departments across the globe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/1041\/731\/three-smith-wesson-double-action-revolvers\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Harrison-Ford-as-Jacob-Dutton-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Harrison-Ford-as-Jacob-Dutton-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Harrison-Ford-as-Jacob-Dutton-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Harrison-Ford-as-Jacob-Dutton-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone.jpg\" alt=\"Harrison-Ford-as-Jacob-Dutton-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>With a production run of over 6 million and counting, the Smith &amp; Wesson Military &amp; Police revolver is one of the most popular handguns ever produced. The RIAC example pictured on the right appears similar to Jacob Dutton&#8217;s revolver.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/affordable-colt-single-action-armys\">Colt Single Action Army<\/a> is one of the most ubiquitous guns of <strong>1923<\/strong>, carried by John Dutton I and his son Jack, as well as many other ranch hands throughout the series. By the 1920s, production numbers for Hollywood\u2019s favorite cowboy gun had slowed down from its peak popularity. But with nearly 350,000 of the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/colt-single-action-army-rare-calibers\">SAAs<\/a> already in circulation, they would have been a widely available and proven sidearm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/80\/3148\/documented-antique-colt-single-action-army-revolver-with-letter\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Jack-Dutton-the-key-figure-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-and-his-gun-a-Colt-Single-Action-Army.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Jack-Dutton-the-key-figure-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-and-his-gun-a-Colt-Single-Action-Army.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Jack-Dutton-the-key-figure-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-and-his-gun-a-Colt-Single-Action-Army.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Jack-Dutton-the-key-figure-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-and-his-gun-a-Colt-Single-Action-Army.jpg\" alt=\"Jack-Dutton-the-key-figure-in-the-Dutton-family-tree-and-his-gun-a-Colt-Single-Action-Army\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>In a tense confrontation, Jack struggles to reach for his SAA. Jack&#8217;s relationship to Yellowstone&#8217;s John Dutton III is currently the most debated portion of the Dutton family timeline.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1923\u2019s<\/strong> opening scene, Cara Dutton trains her shotgun on a rival rancher, an Irish immigrant scrambling to reload his Webley &amp; Scott top break revolver. These well-known wheelguns, familiar to fans of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/guns-featured-in-peaky-blinders\">Peaky Blinders<\/a> series, were the primary sidearms of British military officers of the period and also a popular choice with police and civilians throughout the UK from the late 19th century through the early 20th century.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/2067\/204\/webley-and-scott-mark-vi-double-action-revolver\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Helen-Mirren-guns-down-an-irish-attacker-who-scrambles-to-load-a-Webley---Scott-Mark-VI-Double-Action-Revolver.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Helen-Mirren-guns-down-an-irish-attacker-who-scrambles-to-load-a-Webley---Scott-Mark-VI-Double-Action-Revolver.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Helen-Mirren-guns-down-an-irish-attacker-who-scrambles-to-load-a-Webley---Scott-Mark-VI-Double-Action-Revolver.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Helen-Mirren-guns-down-an-irish-attacker-who-scrambles-to-load-a-Webley---Scott-Mark-VI-Double-Action-Revolver.jpg\" alt=\"Helen-Mirren-guns-down-an-irish-attacker-who-scrambles-to-load-a-Webley---Scott-Mark-VI-Double-Action-Revolver\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>The Webley &amp; Scott Mark VI, a common top break DA revolver throughout the UK in 1923.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sheriff William McDowell\u2019s gun may be a Colt Officer\u2019s Model Match Fifth or Sixth Issue. Both revolvers would have been too late for the era, though the gun\u2019s predecessor, Colt\u2019s first medium frame double action target revolver, was available starting in 1904. Though McDowell\u2019s gun appears to possess an interesting mix of traits, its 6 inch barrel and front sights are consistent with a later issue Officer\u2019s Model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/57\/3801\/two-colt-officers-model-target-da-revolvers\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Robert-Patrick-Gun-1923-Colt-Officers-Model.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Robert-Patrick-Gun-1923-Colt-Officers-Model.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Robert-Patrick-Gun-1923-Colt-Officers-Model.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Robert-Patrick-Gun-1923-Colt-Officers-Model.jpg\" alt=\"Robert-Patrick-Gun-1923-Colt-Officers-Model\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>While the Colt Officer\u2019s Model Match Fifth and Sixth Issue were produced too late to appear in <strong>1923<\/strong>, Sheriff McDowell\u2019s gun may be intended to represent the period-appropriate Colt Officer\u2019s Model First or Second Issue.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"heavy-firepower-of-1923\">Heavy Firepower of 1923<\/h3>\n<p>One of the themes of <strong>1923<\/strong> is technology clashing with tradition, and nothing embodies that conflict more dramatically than the introduction of automatic weapons. The overwhelming firepower offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/the-top-10-machine-guns-with-sale-prices\">machine guns<\/a> like the Maxim, Vickers, the Lewis gun, and the Browning Model 1917 contributed to the trench warfare stalemates and high death tolls of WW1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/82\/493\/us-westinghouse-model-1917a1-belt-fed-machine-gun\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-in-WW1-Browning-machine-gun.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-in-WW1-Browning-machine-gun.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-in-WW1-Browning-machine-gun.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Spencer-Dutton-in-WW1-Browning-machine-gun.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer-Dutton-in-WW1-Browning-machine-gun\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>Spencer Dutton mans a Model 1917A1 belt-fed machine gun. The extended flanges for the bottom plate coming up over the sides of the receiver were the chief upgrade between the Model 1917 and the Model 1917A1.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While the heavy machine gun ruled the trenches of Europe, submachine guns like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/84\/597\/detective-agency-colt-model-1921-thompson-submachine-gun\">the Thompson<\/a> found a market with civilians and law enforcement after the war. In the time period of the <strong>1923<\/strong> <strong>TV series<\/strong>, the Thompson 1921 AC would have been the likely candidate available. The \u2018A\u2019 stood for automatic, while the \u2018C\u2019 meant that the gun had been fitted with the Cutts Compensator, an attachment intended to reduce muzzle rise and recoil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/85\/471\/colt-model-1921-thompson-submachine-gun\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Tommy-Gun-heavy-firepower-in-the-1923-series-Bronn-of-the-Blackwater.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Tommy-Gun-heavy-firepower-in-the-1923-series-Bronn-of-the-Blackwater.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Tommy-Gun-heavy-firepower-in-the-1923-series-Bronn-of-the-Blackwater.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Tommy-Gun-heavy-firepower-in-the-1923-series-Bronn-of-the-Blackwater.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy-Gun-heavy-firepower-in-the-1923-series-Bronn-of-the-Blackwater\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>Banner Creighton, played by Jerome Flynn (AKA Ser Bronn of the Blackwater), unleashes one of the most formidable guns of <strong>1923<\/strong>, the Thompson SMG.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During the period following WW1, Auto-Ordnance found themselves with a submachine gun designed for war, but no war to ship it to. They instead turned their marketing efforts to anyone in need of security, including advertising the firearm to ranch owners as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/7-most-american-guns\">\u201cThompson Anti-Bandit Gun.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/85\/471\/colt-model-1921-thompson-submachine-gun\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/The-Thompson-Anti-Bandit-Gun.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/The-Thompson-Anti-Bandit-Gun.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/The-Thompson-Anti-Bandit-Gun.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/The-Thompson-Anti-Bandit-Gun.jpg\" alt=\"The-Thompson-Anti-Bandit-Gun\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>The &#8220;Thompson Anti-Bandit Gun.&#8221; In the 1923 series, Banner Creighton, leader of a desperate group of sheepherders competing for healthy grass, employs the gun for less than noble purposes.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-guns-of-1923-and-beyond\">The Guns of 1923 and Beyond<\/h3>\n<p>As Cara Dutton writes to Spencer at the end of Episode 3, &#8220;War has descended upon this place and your family. Whatever war you fight within yourself must wait. You must come home and fight this one.\u201d Foreboding words for the enemies of the Dutton family, as well as a promise of more action and firearms onscreen in the weeks to come, and we\u2019ll update this page accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/2040\/891\/two-uberticimarron-single-action-revolvers\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2023\/01\/Timothy-Daltons-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone-series.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2023\/01\/Timothy-Daltons-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone-series.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2023\/01\/Timothy-Daltons-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone-series.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2023\/01\/Timothy-Daltons-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone-series.jpg\" alt=\"Timothy-Daltons-gun-in-1923-Yellowstone-series\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) brandishes what may be a short-barreled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/colt-lightnings-thunderers\">Colt Lightning or Thunderer<\/a> (or an Uberti\/Cimarron reproduction).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rock Island Auction Company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/octobers-greatest-gunshow-guns-for-everyone\">Premier and Sporting &amp; Collector Auctions<\/a> include a wide assortment of authentic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/is-my-winchester-lever-action-special-order\">lever guns<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/smith-and-wesson-revolvers-jim-supica-gun-collection\">revolvers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/mahlon-henry-marlin-model-20-rifle\">sporting rifles<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/the-mauser-c96\">military arms<\/a> dating to the same period as the <strong>1923 series<\/strong>, and there\u2019s no better time to start or expand your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/gun-collection-must-haves\">gun collection<\/a>. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/beginners-guide-to-antique-guns\">affordable antique Colts and Winchesters<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/gun-names-and-nicknames\">Tommy guns and Trench Sweepers<\/a>, RIAC offers something for every collecting aspiration.<\/p>\n<p><a to=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sXRSN3TtqzA\" class=\"PolymorphicBaseButtonTag-sc-1b58tp5-0 ikruYM Button-sc-19r8ufz-0 TextButton-sc-1fnl7pb-0 lhXWUf gskTIj\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sXRSN3TtqzA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2020\/11\/Granville-Stuart-s-Items-Available-at-the-December-Premier-Auction.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2020\/11\/Granville-Stuart-s-Items-Available-at-the-December-Premier-Auction.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2020\/11\/Granville-Stuart-s-Items-Available-at-the-December-Premier-Auction.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2020\/11\/Granville-Stuart-s-Items-Available-at-the-December-Premier-Auction.jpg\" alt=\"Granville-Stuarts guns placed at auction Dec. 2020\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>Sold by RIAC in 2020, this historic collection of firearms was owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/the-guns-granville-stuart-and-the-stuart-stranglers\">Granville Stuart<\/a>, a ranching icon and an inspiration for the Dutton family. He walked a tightrope between what was right and what was legal in order to protect his land in late 19th and early 20th century Montana.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gun collecting and pop culture have always gone hand in hand, so subscribe to the <a to=\"https:\/\/rockislandauction.us13.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=ade8396c719b3abbeacf57a7e&amp;id=1f4b8db853\" class=\"PolymorphicBaseButtonTag-sc-1b58tp5-0 ikruYM Button-sc-19r8ufz-0 TextButton-sc-1fnl7pb-0 lhXWUf gskTIj\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/rockislandauction.us13.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=ade8396c719b3abbeacf57a7e&amp;id=1f4b8db853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rock Island Auction newsletter<\/a> to receive new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/only-the-best-firearms\">gun blogs<\/a> and <a to=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" class=\"PolymorphicBaseButtonTag-sc-1b58tp5-0 ikruYM Button-sc-19r8ufz-0 TextButton-sc-1fnl7pb-0 lhXWUf gskTIj\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">gun videos<\/a> every week. From articles on popular period pieces like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/winchester-73-movie\">Winchester 73<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/john-wayne-true-grit-revolver\">True Grit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/what-is-the-sharps-rifle-quigley-down-under\">Quigley Down Under<\/a>, and <a to=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t7jTxI_IF_A\" class=\"PolymorphicBaseButtonTag-sc-1b58tp5-0 ikruYM Button-sc-19r8ufz-0 TextButton-sc-1fnl7pb-0 lhXWUf gskTIj\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t7jTxI_IF_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Outlander<\/a> to movies and television featuring modern guns such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/walking-dead-guns\">Walking Dead<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/star-wars-guns\">Star Wars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/tomb-raider-gun-lara-croft-pistols\">Tomb Raider<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/a-very-die-hard-christmas-the-guns-of-die-hard\">Die Hard<\/a>, we explore the most popular and intriguing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/yukon-cornelius-best-christmas-movie-guns\">guns of Hollywood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/83\/3052\/colorized-print-of-glenarrow-jan-1926-by-la-huffman\"><span class=\"PictureContainer-sc-468i5r-0 kEToJJ\"><picture><span><noscript><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w1200\/2021\/09\/Glenarrow-Jan-1926-L.A.-Huffman.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w600\/2021\/09\/Glenarrow-Jan-1926-L.A.-Huffman.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 301px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/size\/w300\/2021\/09\/Glenarrow-Jan-1926-L.A.-Huffman.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rockislandauction.com\/ghost\/2021\/09\/Glenarrow-Jan-1926-L.A.-Huffman.jpg\" alt=\"Glenarrow-Jan-1926-L.A.-Huffman\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/picture><\/span><\/a><em>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/l-a-huffman-window-to-the-west\">L.A. Huffman<\/a> print of the Montana ranch of Glenarrow in January 1926. Through his extensive photography, Huffman documented the peoples, wildlife, landscapes, and industry of Montana during the periods depicted in the two Yellowstone prequels.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/riac-blog\/guns-of-1923-yellowstone-and-the-dutton-family-tree\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As both a prequel to Paramount&#8217;s hit \u2018Yellowstone\u2019 series and a sequel to the franchise origin story, 1883, the anticipation for 1923 has been high to say the least. 1923 explores the next two generations of the Dutton family tree and the perils they face in the early 20th century, including war, lawlessness, economic depression, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}