"Was on the other night and though I had seen it before the fact they used the jennings was odd (I guess they wanted a chromed gun)."
Maybe it was an inside joke or foreshadowing or something... "Here, let's have the gun runner take advantage of Ellen by selling her a real POS at a HEAVY price... at least the gun nuts in the audience will get it, and we dojn't have to spring for a pricey prop...."