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[exsequar]

Question: Why isn't there a trigger on the Colt? The real one, I mean, the important one. Here, look at this cap (by marishna)...





I'm so confused.

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[nebulein.livejournal.com]

did you rewatch 120? After all, John fired it there. Though that's really... confusing. Huh.

[ellieptical.livejournal.com]

ummmmmm, serious blooper?

[novafairy.livejournal.com]

Eeeerm, as nebu said. John did shoot with it and Sam did, too.

That's reeeeeeally confusing. Duh. But somehow I think it's just a veeeery silly mistake. :)

[jebbypal]

Heh, it's the props department way of saying we shouldn't be looking that closely at the props;) Just like the logic is the writer's way of saying we should have something else to do for the rest of the week besides looking up town/location names/myths to rake them over the coals

*grins*

[extracookie.livejournal.com]

There is supposed to be a trigger...I wonder if they broke the prop...

Here is the gun, from DMB, during the flashbacks of when it was made.



It doesn't have a trigger guard but the trigger *was* there...at least at one point.

[too-rational.livejournal.com]

Ok, I have no idea how I got here (friend of a friend? Or something) but I just gotta put my two cents in. Sorry! *sheepish smile*

First, the fake gun does have a trigger, only it's very close to the guard so you don't see it in the cap (it's visible when you watch the ep again, though). On the real gun, the embroidery is faded but it's there (again, you see it in the ep) as are the words ('non timebo mala').

As for the trigger-- interesting thing, in "Dead Man's Blood" it exists in the 'Colt making the gun' scenes, but not in the 'present time' scenes. Without it being a prop mistake, there are two possible explanations (both a bit weak, but still):

1. I read somewhere that the fastest gunslingers in the Old West had guns with no triggers. They'd just cock the whatchamacallit thingy and released it. It's possible one of the previous owners removed it. (Btw, were there any previous owners? I'm not sure..) Though if that's true, the way John and Sam fired the gun isn't quite right. I think.

2. The trigger is there but so small we can't see it in the caps. It was broken and/or replaced. (And this is me grasping at straws. :D)

That's all I got. *shrugs* (Oh, and um, sorry for barging in like this on your LJ! *cringe* I'm usually not rude like this, I swear! And I'm Zo, btw. Nice to meet you. :))

[nebulein.livejournal.com]

not sure if you read that, though you probably did.