what state was the town located
and what time frame
shareIt was filmed in New Mexico, whether or not it actually takes place there, I don't know. I would assume that it takes place in the late 1800s.
shareI believe it's set in California, and by the prominence of the Winchester rifle (an appropriate tribute, I think, to the "Gun that Won the West") in the movie, it can't be set before 1873, as that was when the Winchester was first designed.
shareI don't think it was set in California. During the movie, Emmett says, "I'm going to California with my brother Jake." I know it was filmed in New Mexico, but I also think it was set in New Mexico.
"She flattened a Dear John with a John Deere." - Douglas Wambaugh
The town of Turley is mentioned, which is in New Mexico.
"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae
and by the prominence of the Winchester rifle (an appropriate tribute, I think, to the "Gun that Won the West") in the movie, it can't be set before 1873, as that was when the Winchester was first designed.
Using guns as a means to determine a western's timeframe doesn't really work. Those movies are notorious for anachronisms when it comes to firearms. For example: John Wayne often used a Winchester '92 in films set well before 1892, like in "The Searchers", which takes place 3 or 4 years after the civil war.
And not to be nitpicky, but while arguably the most famous, the Winchester '73 wasn't the first Winchester rifle. That would be the 1866 model.
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