Mizar
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Hello there, movie/gun nerds. I thought that it will be interesting for you to share some info about the revolver that Hellboy character is using in the third part of the sequel - as I understand it it's unofficially called "Devil revolver".
So, this is basically a Gasser M1870, but heavily modified - new longer and wider cylinders and new barrels were fabricated, the watertables were relieve cut to accommodate for the wider cylinders and extended via welding. Finally, props barrel and frame shrouds were put to make it look more "fantasy". There are total of 4 revolvers - two blank firing in .38Spl cal. and two non-firing props guns for the close up shots in a fictional .55 cal. The cartridges for those guns are made from 28 gauge brass shotgun shells with lathe turned brass bullets. The guy behind all of this is a movie armorer/gunsmith (and a good friend of mine
) called Marin Takov, the owner of Armamed Ltd., Bulgaria.
Time for some photos:
In the making, just back from props dpt. for fitting of the barrel shroud:
The finished revolver:
So, this is basically a Gasser M1870, but heavily modified - new longer and wider cylinders and new barrels were fabricated, the watertables were relieve cut to accommodate for the wider cylinders and extended via welding. Finally, props barrel and frame shrouds were put to make it look more "fantasy". There are total of 4 revolvers - two blank firing in .38Spl cal. and two non-firing props guns for the close up shots in a fictional .55 cal. The cartridges for those guns are made from 28 gauge brass shotgun shells with lathe turned brass bullets. The guy behind all of this is a movie armorer/gunsmith (and a good friend of mine
) called Marin Takov, the owner of Armamed Ltd., Bulgaria.Time for some photos:
In the making, just back from props dpt. for fitting of the barrel shroud:
The finished revolver:
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