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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda"
      #240970 - 21/01/14 09:47 PM

Hey guys, anyone know the maker or caliber of this?

Looks to be a 450 (BPE?)?

Probably way off.

Anyways, cool looking rifle.














Edited by NitroX (27/01/14 01:58 AM)

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: Ash]
      #240972 - 21/01/14 11:28 PM

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Anyways, cool looking rifle.





Also a cool looking Sean Connery....

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: Sville]
      #240974 - 21/01/14 11:56 PM

Very long forend.

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: NitroX]
      #240987 - 22/01/14 03:32 AM

These pictures show very well that the characters were shooting with the hammers at half cock.
I noticed that in the film but never realized just how long that forend is.
Still, the Matilda scenes were pretty much the highlights of the film.

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: Huvius]
      #240995 - 22/01/14 04:51 AM

Not only the forend, the barrels are extremely long as well.
Looks like one meter / 40" at least - we don't even see the front sight on the pictures.

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: Sville]
      #241007 - 22/01/14 07:24 AM

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Also a cool looking Sean Connery.



And a staunch supporter of the Snowdrop Campaign which supported the confiscation of our handguns in the UK. He made a fortune trotting around with a pistol in his hand and then wanted to make sure none of his fellow countrymen could own one. The man is a total hypocrite.

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: Oldbrit]
      #241017 - 22/01/14 11:26 AM

Bolted locks, non rebounding hammers - quite early?

Interesting to examine closer with long fore-end and barrels, and to find the maker

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: TH44]
      #241021 - 22/01/14 01:10 PM

https://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/8/lot/2083/

Different barrels and forearm though.


http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/League_of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen,_The

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: Huvius]
      #241025 - 22/01/14 02:55 PM

That isn't the same rifle shown in the film. Possibly the action and stock but the wedge for the forearm is much further back from the front end. There might even be a second wedge not shown because it's under his hand.

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: Huvius]
      #241237 - 27/01/14 01:55 AM

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https://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/8/lot/2083/

Different barrels and forearm though.


http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/League_of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen,_The





A double barrled exposed hammer express rifle dubbed "Matilda" by Sean Connery's character, Allan Quartemain, in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (20th Century Fox, 2003). Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from 20th Century Fox and a copy of the film. 44 1/2 inches

Lot closed - Winning bid:$1,062.50
Estimate:
$600 - $800

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Re: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Matilda" [Re: NitroX]
      #241474 - 30/01/14 10:14 AM

So they took the cosmetic "extensions" off for the auction: probably would have realized a higher price as a genuine movie "prop" than as a working ULH that may well have stuffed bores.....

Any word on the bore condition? (sorry, facebook page won't open for this non-believer! )

Anyone here buy it?

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