History GunsOfFiction / Revolvers

* Funboy, in ''Film/TheCrow'', uses a stainless steel model 629. Due to a combination of a blank cartridge and a squib-loaded bullet lodged in the barrel, this is most likely the weapon that [[FatalMethodActing killed Brandon Lee]].

* Konami's Justifier lightgun, first used for the home ports of ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers'', in turn based on the version used in the original arcade game, was heavily based on the Python. This caused a bit of controversy, as most lightguns were mostly fictional, whereas the Justifier was one of the first to resemble a real firearm. Sadly, it was redesigned to look like a generic lightgun in its [=PlayStation=] incarnation.

* In the later seasons of the TV series ''Series/{{Hunter}}'', Rick Hunter used a stainless steel version with a short barrel. So did his partner Dee Dee [=McCall=] in seasons 5-6, in an elevation from the sublime to the ridiculous (Dee Dee had previously used a .32 calibre PPK).

* Umibozu's sidearm in ''Manga/CityHunter'', and always fired one-handed. {{Justified}} by the simple fact Umibozu is ''gigantic'' with a strength to match, so he can easily deal with its power while having hands too big for anything smaller.

* The sidearm of CIA Agent Riggs in ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''. However, it can only be used by Walker during Chapter 11 [[spoiler: to kill Riggs]] and has much lower recoil than the Desert Eagle.

* One of the handguns of choice for [[BadassBiker an outlaw motorcycle gang]] in the game ''VideoGame/HitmanContracts''. [[ProfessionalKiller Agent 47]] can use this, and even [[GunsAkimbo dual wield]] them [[MadeofIron without obliterating his wrists]].

* Weapon of choice for Revolver Ocelot in the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' games, and as the series progresses he carries progressively more of them at one time, from just the one gun in ''[=MGS1=]'' to two, one for [[FiringOneHanded each hand]], in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty MGS2]]''. In [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater the third game]], we find out Big Boss introduced Ocelot to it by pointing out his shooting technique (letting his arm ride with the recoil rather than resisting it) would be better suited with a revolver than an automatic, whereupon he quickly ends up with overall ''four'' of the things; he first uses a heavily engraved nickel-plated one for their second confrontation, before switching to three blued versions, which he uses on a few occasions to "test" people with an odd version of Russian roulette where he loads a single bullet into one of the guns and juggles all three, quickly cocking the hammer and pulling the trigger on one of them every few tosses while aiming them at whoever he's testing, which [[spoiler:ends up being how Big Boss [[EyeScream loses his eye]], getting it burned by muzzle flash when trying to save EVA from being shot]]. He ends up dropping one off the side of a cliff at the end of a motorcycle chase and, if you [[spoiler:pick the unloaded gun on the right for the final confrontation]], lets Snake keep one of the other two as a NewGamePlus reward. Owing to some of Ocelot's tricks showed off in the game, you can ricochet its bullets off of walls to hit people and [[GunTwirling twirl it around your finger]] in first-person.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Buntline The Buntline Special,]] allegedly wielded by famous lawman Wyatt Earp and showing up in many Westerns with Earp as a major character (i.e. ''Film/{{Tombstone}}''). Sadly, though, he more than likely used a Smith & Wesson top-break at the O.K. Corral, and the story of the Buntline Special is at least partially fictional. But a long-barreled (exactly how long is unknown, as the gun is lost to history and Colt's records for custom orders in that era are spotty) SAA with detachable shoulder stock ''was'' among the guns Earp used in his career, and his wife Josie referred to an extra-long revolver as being one of his favorite guns.

* ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'' adds an ivory-gripped Colt Single Action Army with a black finish and skull engraving on the back in the ''In the Name of the Tsar'' DLC as a well-hidden secret weapon, with [[GuideDangIt a number of very complex steps]] needed to unlock it. The player character flips it around while idle and running with it, and fans the hammer when hip-firing.

A seven-shot, gas-seal revolver in 7.62x38mmR designed and produced by Belgian industrialist Léon Nagant for the Russian Empire, it acquired fame and glory in the wars of the Empire and the Soviet Union afterwards. Nearly unique for a Victorian Age revolver for the vast majority were double-action (the few single-action models were converted afterwards), it used specially designed fully-enclosed cartridges, which, when fired, helped seal the gap between the chamber and barrel. So ubiquitous that during the [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Russian Civil War]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSovietTwenties the 1920s]], in Russian language ''nagan'' was the colloquial word for "pistol" (compare the English language's use of "Kleenex" for any tissue). People said it was so reliable that it could be dropped in the mud, bashed on concrete, rusted to the core, and [[BearsAreBadNews chewed by a furious bear]] and it would still fire without a problem. Its reliability is especially impressive given that the Nagant is significantly more complex internally than it needed to be.

A seven-shot, gas-seal revolver in 7.62x38mmR designed and produced by Belgian industrialist Léon Nagant for the Russian Empire, it acquired fame and glory in the wars of the Empire and the Soviet Union afterwards. Nearly unique for a Victorian Age revolver for the vast majority were double-action (the few single-action models were converted afterwards), it used specially designed fully-enclosed cartridges, which, when fired, helped seal the gap between the chamber and barrel. So ubiquitous that during the [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Russian Civil War]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSoviet20s the 1920s]], in Russian language ''nagan'' was the colloquial word for "pistol". People said it was so reliable that it could be dropped in the mud, bashed on concrete, rusted to the core, and [[BearsAreBadNews chewed by a furious bear]] and it would still fire without a problem. Its reliability is especially impressive given that the Nagant is significantly more complex internally than it needed to be.

* The ".357 Magnum Revolver" in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is a cross between the Ruger New Vaquero (a more modern design based on the Super Blackhawk) and an original SAA.

* The 37mm revolver cannons used by the police Labors in ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' are scaled up versions of the Python.