Has pop culture ever made you want a gun you never wanted before?

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Not really, but I started noticing the guns I own more in movies after I purchased them. I picked all of the firearms I own because of how they felt in my hand or how they shouldered and balanced. Milspec 1911-Road to Perdition, High Power-Beverly Hills Cop, Beretta 92- Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, M1 Garands- Pick any WWII movie, FAL- Heat.
 
After seeing the movie 'Heat' I fell in love with the FN FNC-80 used by Al Pacino's character Lt. Vincent Hanna.

And numerous movies have given me the desire to someday own a SPAS-12.
 
I always thought it would be fun to get a pair of AMT Hardballers, put a bunch of upgrades on them, and engraved them with the symbol from the Hitman video games/movie.

I always assumed they were the best of the best, that was before I knew much about guns though. Come to find out, they are actually pretty affordable.
 
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Beretta 92FS, but not from what you think. Around the time I got into shooting, I saw The Boondock Saints, and my father in law was selling his. I eventually sold it back to him and got my INOX instead.

Mosin-Nagant 91/30 Sniper from Enemy at the Gates

AK-47 from like every modern war movie ever

M1 Garand from Medal of Honor: Frontline (ping!)
 
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Maybe they were not consciously influenced by cowboy or war movies.

If they were to go on the best type of personal tour of battle and skirmish sites around Bastogne, Belgium, the influence might become quite conscious as it was with me.
The fox holes of both F and E companies are still there, and the farm hamlets have not changed much, neither has the village of Foy, nor the small concrete "pillbox" where Patton's Shermans first broke through a thin part of the line.

That tour, led by a Flemish guy (Reg Jaan, or maybe Jans-check YouTube etc) in May '09 ignited the first solid motivation to buy my first Garand, and only from the CMP.
 
Just the opposite

Seeing the Hollywood dopes brandishing those gigantic Desert Eagles which became so cliché pretty much ensured that I would never get one.
 
Sometimes I get the urge to buy something after seeing one and thinking "now that is cool".

Like after watching WW2 movies I want an M1 Carbine, an SVT-40, and a PPSH.

Or after watching a western flick I will yearn a single action revolver afterwards.

Usually though this fades away after a few hours and I never end up getting the gun in question. So I guess the answer is, "no" it has never influenced me to get something that I otherwise would not have gotten.

Otherwise I would have a Glock, Tec-9, Beretta M9, various AR type rifles, and a half dozen other things that movies were saturated with in the 90's.
 
When I was in HS, a couple of competing James Bond films came out. In both the Moore and Connery movies, his "new" weapon was a Walther P5. It was absolutely the best looking pistol I'd seen to date, at least from one side.

So I got one (super expensive at the time). Then a bunch of other 9mms. Then later, another P5, cheaper this time. Then I got rid of a bunch of 9mms.

The Rocketeer made me want a 1911.
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That movie made me want something completely different from a gun :D

I still own one of those P5's.
 
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Between the Sgt Rock comics and the Combat! tv show, I've only ever wanted a Thompson sub-machine gun due to the influence of the entertainment media. The only time I've ever even seen one in real life was in a display case in the then-new Denver Police Department building some time ago. That's it.
 
I have NEVER bought a gun because I saw it in a movie or other similar location. I have purchased guns sight-unseen, going by what a catalog showed for a picture along with the spec's of the gun.
 
There are so many movies that featured the varied firearms one could just start a collection of cool used in movies guns.:D As far as that goes I am into a LOT of those examples. BTW the first one was a AMT 44 Automag. Sold it soon after due to lack of inexpensive ammo for a LOT LESS. :banghead: One of the few regrets in life.:mad: Oh-well I made up for it a couple times over by buing cool stuff after that.:cool:
 
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That movie fascinates me. Both from the perspective of a Russian soldier as well as a sniper.
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Unfortunately, the British-made movies about the Russian side of WWII are cliche'd to the extreme. I hated the Enemy at the Gates, the characters were just so stereotypical.

If you want to see a really great war movie from the Soviet perspective, rent Klimov's "Go and See" (perhaps also translated as "Come and See"). This is the movie that Spielberg listed as his main inspiration for the famous opening scenes from "Private Ryan".
 
No, but the Law did

I never had a desire to own an AR or M1A because I could not see how they could top the fun of shooting an M-16 or M-14.
Then I moved to California and immediately bought a California legal M1A and three "off-list" AR lowers and built two of them up.
Now that I am in Arizona I sold the M1A, gave one AR to my Dad, kept a lower for my young son, carry my 16" AR carbine only when out in the desert exploring,
I spend my real shooting time with my M1 Garand and .223 Kimber bolt rifle. Go Figure...
 
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If you want to see a really great war movie from the Soviet perspective, rent Klimov's "Go and See" (perhaps also translated as "Come and See"). This is the movie that Spielberg listed as his main inspiration for the famous opening scenes from "Private Ryan".
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I'll check that one out. The original 'All Quite on the Western Front' is another film from another perspective I find interesting. In my mind that movie was way ahead of its time.
 
pearsonm said:
I'll check that one out. The original 'All Quite on the Western Front' is another film from another perspective I find interesting. In my mind that movie was way ahead of its time.
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Yes. It was a great movie based on the great book. However "Come and See" is even more impressive, first the director personally survived the war, a lot of what he shows is based on his own experience, which is invaluable; second, it shows what happens to everyday people / civilians, not trained soldiers on a battlefield; finally I think it's more scary, in some ways, believe it or not. At least psychologically. And he actually used live ammo in some footage, his actors don't just play scared ;). It's amazing what he could get away with - speaks volumes to the respect that both the authorities and the actors had for him.

I have a friend whose brother served in Iraq, he (the brother) was completely blown away when he saw this movie. He said it was the closest ever to the real experience.
 
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