Hidalgo’s Hardware

In 2002, I worked on one of the hot new films of the season—Hidalgo, to be released in March 2004. This action packed Western is based on the legend of Wyoming cowboy and long-distance rider Frank T. Hopkins and his paint mustang stallion, Hidalgo. In the film, the pair compete in a 3,000-mile race across the Arabian Desert in 1891. Firearms enthusiasts should enjoy the historical guns used in the Western. The weapons range from authentic to those that stretch historical accuracy by a few y