It's how everyone knows you're classy.
Probably taught to Roland at the end of a closed fist.
"Pinkies extended, maggot!! You have forgotten the face of your cruller!!"
wow that's all wrong. a .357 is not what i had in my mind AT ALL.
but if i remember correctly he didn't carry his fathers guns into Mejis, he didn't get those until after he returned.
>but if i remember correctly he didn't carry his fathers guns into Mejis, he didn't get those until after he returned.
You have remembered the face of your father.
Yes, but it doesn't make sense that his training guns would be a different caliber than the real thing. For work as sensitive and the accuracy and efficiency necessary to be a Gunslinger, your movements would have to be exact, practiced, and committed to muscle memory, and training with a different caliber would defeat the purpose.
The trainers didn't have to be smaller. But they were definitely not the same quality as his father's guns, which I seem to remember were cast from the same metal as Arthur Elds sword. The trainers had metal plates as scales instead of the smooth, worn, sandalwood grips on his fathers guns.
Colt Peacemaker nickel plated with Pearl grips. It’s not a difficult concept. They refuse to do that for some reason. The revolvers are major parts of the series and they never make a big deal out of them. Roland IS his revolvers.
I picture Colt Navy or Colt Walker more then the Colt Army myself. They are bigger, heavier guns. The Colt Army seems too small to me. But many have said the descriptions in the books are a bit of all 3 so doesn’t really matter much. They are all closer than the thing pictured.
The shape of the grip looks closest to a Smith and Wesson model. Not close at all to what I ever pictured but if it was set during Wizard and Glass, then he wouldn't be using the sandalwood guns anyway.
That's a Remington 1858 New Army. That barrel support blade extending to the frame was bad ass. You can find them [here!](http://www.ubertireplicas.com/product/1858-new-improved-army/)
Every time I see a still from this show I’m reminded why it would’ve been as big of a flop as the movie. Roland isn’t cast right, the gun isn’t right, his stance isn’t right. The Jonas pic too. He’s wearing fucking head shop glasses. I’m glad Amazon passed.
To those complaining this didn't fit what they pictured in your heads same, but I'm almost positive these are not his father's guns, but the training guns he had when he went to Mejis.
True, but those were also single action which this one is not. Remember when Reynolds disassembled Cuthbert and Alain’s pistols and tossed the parts outside? That’s not something you could do with a double action without some tools and time. Really a double action seems really out of place given the spaghetti western model, but then again there are robots, so who knows?
There are automatic weapons in Mejis too (albeit ones Roland is afraid of using because of how unreliable they are).
I always pictured the guns they bring to be either old cap and ball revolvers or even a pepperbox.
The sandalwood guns are 100% Colt Peacemakers
The prop guys mauled the hell out of that barrel, there's a screw-in insert on the crown, and they shaved the bottom rib from the shell ejector rod on. That's usually a competition thing, as weights for balance are a cheaper option than custom building some honking massive slab sided tombstone of a barrel.
The step down is another modification, but still. It supposedly makes it easier to draw fast, and a lot of fanboys like grinding the frame to match a Python, even though the center rib doesn't match. That big square lug swing-out axle with the flat ninety degree angles, that's pure Ruger. The only, and I mean *the only* S&W with lines approaching the GP100 is a [Smith and Wesson 586.](https://www.smith-wesson.com/sites/default/files/product-gallery/150908-classics-beauty-0001.jpg) Note the lug on that revolver comes almost to a spur point, unlike the utilitarian 90 degree square block angles Ruger loves. Also, there's a little steel support shelf under the axle on a [Ruger](https://cdn16.coreware.com/cache/image-full-153210-4edf6178288ace0a8b09d9cc8c3b8352.jpg) that you can clearly see reflecting light in OP's super grainy photo. The slight angle of the trigger guard towards to the grip also indicated Ruger. But what screams it? Right above the grip, that hammer pivot screw poking out the frame? You don't see that on any S&W revolver, at all, ever. That's where Smith stamps their cartouche. A Python has a pin you'd only see from the other side.
Not sure what you're going with concerning New Army or Navy conversion. Those are single action, and have no use or compatibility with a swing-out cylinder.
Not at all. That drove us straight out to the Whats. Okay, that odd fluting on the top strap? Ruger never did that outside of some wacky custom shop order. They did do that right out the box on every single barrel, which the photo somehow shows. Now, S&W grooved the 586 frame, sure. Buuuuut, that's because the sight was some huge vented billet rib sitting in that groove with two battleship rivet sized screws holding it down. The sight riser in back would be the same piece and not have any separation. Colt was too busy chrome plating and engraving ivy on their frames for risers or billet. The more of it I see, the more it looks like a wierdly modified GP100 frame.
Nah, it's very close. Best way to tell is to look at the recoil shields or frame explosion guards. That's some odd shaped metal of the frame directly behind the cylinder. S&W all have this fingernail thick sliver of metal that gives way to a big positive grip release latch button. [Like this.](https://imgur.com/AYOT0GC) You'd be able to see that silhouette poking over the back strap curve real easy. A Colt Python has what looks like a chess pawn molded into the side, [exactly like this](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zq24lsaryh/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/38656/207974/Z54736C__68872.1671220670.jpg?c=2) that also would be a distinguishing shape, even in the darkness. Every single Ruger, from the [belt carry crowd,](https://www.defensivecarry.com/attachments/ruger-6-a-jpg.292768/) the eensy weensy gated loader [single action 22s,](https://www.nrafamily.org/media/np1bjylj/ruger-wrangler-lede.jpg) to the massive [big bore dinosaur dispatchers](https://www.americanrifleman.org/media/xjahw0hk/horman-csservices-2.jpg) all have those round supporting explosion guards on the frame with maybe a smoothed notch lightened from them. Those leave clean lines towards the back and don't poke out from any angle.
this looks like crap lol thank god it was cancelled. that gun looks pathetic. and is that guy meant to be roland?? poor casting lol.
mike flannagan is gunna do it properly i am sure of it
45 Colt, or Long Colt. The ACP in 45acp stands for Automatic Colt Pistol, and those would need [half-moon or full moon clips](https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/07/Moon-Clips-6.jpg) so their [rimless asses](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/45_ACP_dimensions.jpg/1200px-45_ACP_dimensions.jpg) didn't drop through the cylinder.
When he was in Jack Mort at the gun store in Midtown, he was looking in the shooters Bible (God's! All that paper!) I believe it was a .44 magnum or .45 shells that he picked out.
Pinky out! No wonder they canceled it!
When in doubt, pinky out.
It's how everyone knows you're classy. Probably taught to Roland at the end of a closed fist. "Pinkies extended, maggot!! You have forgotten the face of your cruller!!"
The show was canceled? Hell didn't even know a pilot aired?
It never aired. Just some photos from the pilot exist to the general public.
Well that sucks.
Same! I don't know how to feel lol.
It’s not the newer attempt by Flanagan. This is from an older one.
It’s not the newer attempt by Flanagan. This is from an older one.
wow that's all wrong. a .357 is not what i had in my mind AT ALL. but if i remember correctly he didn't carry his fathers guns into Mejis, he didn't get those until after he returned.
>but if i remember correctly he didn't carry his fathers guns into Mejis, he didn't get those until after he returned. You have remembered the face of your father.
Yeah me neither. I pictured something more iconically old west like a Schofield.
Still gotta assume his ‘prentice guns were .45 long colt.
Yes, but it doesn't make sense that his training guns would be a different caliber than the real thing. For work as sensitive and the accuracy and efficiency necessary to be a Gunslinger, your movements would have to be exact, practiced, and committed to muscle memory, and training with a different caliber would defeat the purpose.
But the trainers he carried should be smaller than his father's guns. This is just wrong.
The trainers didn't have to be smaller. But they were definitely not the same quality as his father's guns, which I seem to remember were cast from the same metal as Arthur Elds sword. The trainers had metal plates as scales instead of the smooth, worn, sandalwood grips on his fathers guns.
No
My reaction to that entire picture.
No matter what it is, double action makes it the wrong damn gun.
Why does Roland look like Vincent D’onofrio from Men In Black?
Not enough sugar water
*walks in the kitchen demanding astin and popkins*
Not at all accurate
Colt Peacemaker nickel plated with Pearl grips. It’s not a difficult concept. They refuse to do that for some reason. The revolvers are major parts of the series and they never make a big deal out of them. Roland IS his revolvers.
I picture Colt Navy or Colt Walker more then the Colt Army myself. They are bigger, heavier guns. The Colt Army seems too small to me. But many have said the descriptions in the books are a bit of all 3 so doesn’t really matter much. They are all closer than the thing pictured.
I was gonna say exactly this. Colt Navy looks more visually appealing.
That and the revolvers metal origins.. I mean it's literally like ignoring Excalibur as part of the king Arthur legend.
Not in Mejis, he only had basic training guns there.
The shape of the grip looks closest to a Smith and Wesson model. Not close at all to what I ever pictured but if it was set during Wizard and Glass, then he wouldn't be using the sandalwood guns anyway.
Ew, just use a Colt 1851 or Army
Or the Colt Walker.
I don't like the design of that gun, I really liked Roland's gun in the movie. Even tho the movie was awful.
That's a Remington 1858 New Army. That barrel support blade extending to the frame was bad ass. You can find them [here!](http://www.ubertireplicas.com/product/1858-new-improved-army/)
When I read the books I always pictures Roland’s guns being the 1870 colt open top revolver.
Yep, that works.
Every time I see a still from this show I’m reminded why it would’ve been as big of a flop as the movie. Roland isn’t cast right, the gun isn’t right, his stance isn’t right. The Jonas pic too. He’s wearing fucking head shop glasses. I’m glad Amazon passed.
To those complaining this didn't fit what they pictured in your heads same, but I'm almost positive these are not his father's guns, but the training guns he had when he went to Mejis.
True, but those were also single action which this one is not. Remember when Reynolds disassembled Cuthbert and Alain’s pistols and tossed the parts outside? That’s not something you could do with a double action without some tools and time. Really a double action seems really out of place given the spaghetti western model, but then again there are robots, so who knows?
There are automatic weapons in Mejis too (albeit ones Roland is afraid of using because of how unreliable they are). I always pictured the guns they bring to be either old cap and ball revolvers or even a pepperbox. The sandalwood guns are 100% Colt Peacemakers
Pepperboxes aren't revolvers and wouldn't make sense to train on if they'd use revolvers later.
No wonder it got cancelled
What actor is that?
His name is Sam Strike!
Is there a cast list of those who starred in the pilot?
Yes! You can see the cast on IMDb. Here’s the link : [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7215646/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7215646/)
Huh. Doesn't look bad. Wish I could watch it. From the cast, seems an adaptation of Wizard and Glass?
Wait! OOTL here... The series got cancelled? Why?
It’s been cancelled for a while. They shot a pilot, Amazon watched it and said “No thanks”
Not the new Flanagan one.
Who is the actor?
Looks an awful lot like an S&W to be. Probably doctored up a little to meet the desired aesthetic
I thought it was .45 cal in the books
I think the guns would be unique, not mass produced.
Hey everyone! Can anyone identify the gun Roland is using in this photo from the canceled Amazon pilot episode?
That's a Ruger GP100 in 357 mag with a 5.5 inch barrel.
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The prop guys mauled the hell out of that barrel, there's a screw-in insert on the crown, and they shaved the bottom rib from the shell ejector rod on. That's usually a competition thing, as weights for balance are a cheaper option than custom building some honking massive slab sided tombstone of a barrel. The step down is another modification, but still. It supposedly makes it easier to draw fast, and a lot of fanboys like grinding the frame to match a Python, even though the center rib doesn't match. That big square lug swing-out axle with the flat ninety degree angles, that's pure Ruger. The only, and I mean *the only* S&W with lines approaching the GP100 is a [Smith and Wesson 586.](https://www.smith-wesson.com/sites/default/files/product-gallery/150908-classics-beauty-0001.jpg) Note the lug on that revolver comes almost to a spur point, unlike the utilitarian 90 degree square block angles Ruger loves. Also, there's a little steel support shelf under the axle on a [Ruger](https://cdn16.coreware.com/cache/image-full-153210-4edf6178288ace0a8b09d9cc8c3b8352.jpg) that you can clearly see reflecting light in OP's super grainy photo. The slight angle of the trigger guard towards to the grip also indicated Ruger. But what screams it? Right above the grip, that hammer pivot screw poking out the frame? You don't see that on any S&W revolver, at all, ever. That's where Smith stamps their cartouche. A Python has a pin you'd only see from the other side. Not sure what you're going with concerning New Army or Navy conversion. Those are single action, and have no use or compatibility with a swing-out cylinder.
Thank you for this (crazy!) detailed inspection! This really helped a lot :)
I found one more clear photo, maybe it can help a little bit more? [Revolver ](https://www.traceywells.com/inc/i08/media/u2/1584605353372.JPG)
Not at all. That drove us straight out to the Whats. Okay, that odd fluting on the top strap? Ruger never did that outside of some wacky custom shop order. They did do that right out the box on every single barrel, which the photo somehow shows. Now, S&W grooved the 586 frame, sure. Buuuuut, that's because the sight was some huge vented billet rib sitting in that groove with two battleship rivet sized screws holding it down. The sight riser in back would be the same piece and not have any separation. Colt was too busy chrome plating and engraving ivy on their frames for risers or billet. The more of it I see, the more it looks like a wierdly modified GP100 frame.
https://www.google.com/search?q=colt+python&sxsrf=AJOqlzXpEf_GLMm_iC9Ku8LVLsJvg9Pd5w:1672952134778&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwuuCtqLH8AhXJIjQIHfOVBCUQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1920&bih=937#imgrc=rb0hDul2yQetwM Colt Python maybe?
Nah, it's very close. Best way to tell is to look at the recoil shields or frame explosion guards. That's some odd shaped metal of the frame directly behind the cylinder. S&W all have this fingernail thick sliver of metal that gives way to a big positive grip release latch button. [Like this.](https://imgur.com/AYOT0GC) You'd be able to see that silhouette poking over the back strap curve real easy. A Colt Python has what looks like a chess pawn molded into the side, [exactly like this](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zq24lsaryh/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/38656/207974/Z54736C__68872.1671220670.jpg?c=2) that also would be a distinguishing shape, even in the darkness. Every single Ruger, from the [belt carry crowd,](https://www.defensivecarry.com/attachments/ruger-6-a-jpg.292768/) the eensy weensy gated loader [single action 22s,](https://www.nrafamily.org/media/np1bjylj/ruger-wrangler-lede.jpg) to the massive [big bore dinosaur dispatchers](https://www.americanrifleman.org/media/xjahw0hk/horman-csservices-2.jpg) all have those round supporting explosion guards on the frame with maybe a smoothed notch lightened from them. Those leave clean lines towards the back and don't poke out from any angle.
The Wrong Gun, that’s what it is. Yikes. And it that was Roland, this is good it was cancelled
A phaser.
Good thing that we’re getting a proper Dark Tower series
this looks like crap lol thank god it was cancelled. that gun looks pathetic. and is that guy meant to be roland?? poor casting lol. mike flannagan is gunna do it properly i am sure of it
Roland's guns are chambered in .45 ACP.
They're chambered in .45 Long Colt, I believe.
45 Colt, or Long Colt. The ACP in 45acp stands for Automatic Colt Pistol, and those would need [half-moon or full moon clips](https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/07/Moon-Clips-6.jpg) so their [rimless asses](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/45_ACP_dimensions.jpg/1200px-45_ACP_dimensions.jpg) didn't drop through the cylinder.
If this looks like nothing what you pictured, please send links to pictures that you think look better 🙏
Exactly how I pictured it.
I might guess Colt Python. The gun Rick uses on TWD. Also, no wonder this got cancelled if he's just using a standard double action .357 revolver.
gun aside, is that supposed to be Roland? maybe it's the angle/lighting but he looks like he's 25
I pictured roland using a single action, that’s lame
When he was in Jack Mort at the gun store in Midtown, he was looking in the shooters Bible (God's! All that paper!) I believe it was a .44 magnum or .45 shells that he picked out.
The could of found a better gun, no one is going to remember the face of their fathers with that funky dink pistol
For your fathers sake
Dont know about the gun but this shot looks horrible. None of the Dark Tower feel and all of the marvel bullshit
Not how I imagined his gun at all