The Ace of Winchesters
Also from "The Devil's Vinyl," the Ace of Winchesters is a rifle that can kill demons. Wielded in the episode by Papa Midnight, it is an 1873 lever-action Winchester Rifle, often called "the gun that won the west." This particular rifle is engraved with all manner of occult imagery, just about none of it identifiable by me. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say there's some Enochian on there, and someone told me that some of the symbols are actually demon names, which makes sense, as there is power in names. Naming a demon can help you kill it.
UPDATE: I have been informed that the entirety of the engraving is from The Lesser Key of Solomon aka Clavicula Salomonis Regis, a 17th Century demonologist text that compiles texts and information from a few centuries prior. I have now acquired a copy and will endeavor to include detailed information on the sigils when I post my replica. -- Thanks for the info, Ken!
I have no doubt that we'll be seeing this gun again, and I'll be surprised if John Constantine doesn't come to take ownership of it. It'd be a handy weapon in his line of work.
I really enjoy the hand-carved look of the rifle. As with the lighter, it seems like something made, not manufactured. Something that needed to have certain sigils to do its job, but doesn't need them to be pretty. But they're pretty anyway. The designs dominate the front and rear stocks, with pentagrams on either side of the receiver, where there would typically be a relief of a hunter with his dog. I have said before, and I'll say again: I'm not too big a fan of guns. I think they're pretty boring, from a movie perspective. But something about the old west nature of this particular gun coupled with the demon-killing aspect and all the engraved arcanum, just makes it work for me. Which is why it will be joining my collection very soon. I'll have a build blog on that soon, stay tuned.
Coincidentally, I also really want The Colt from Supernatural. It is also an old west demon-killing gun. In fact, it was inspired by the Ace of Winchesters in the Hellblazer comics. It, too, shall be mine. But not nearly as soon.
Coincidentally, I also really want The Colt from Supernatural. It is also an old west demon-killing gun. In fact, it was inspired by the Ace of Winchesters in the Hellblazer comics. It, too, shall be mine. But not nearly as soon.