Hollywood 1911s

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cid71 said:
I love 1911's. And I love James Bond in all his incarnations. But to me, James Bond and 1911's just don't go together well.
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That one was a "battlefield pick up". He had already blown up his exploding PPK.
 
Mark_Mark said:
Did they ever make a full auto 1911?
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It's not hard; sometimes just messing up on
fine tuning an action way too much. Don't
ask how I know.

In fact, National Match models were prone to
sometimes spew out a half or full magazine.
A teeny, tiny. itsy bitzy little spring or the lack
of it was at fault.
 
UncleEd said:
Thread, which I started, was about CUSTOM 1911s.
It keeps going toward 1911s in movies, period. Might
as well list all IMFDB 1911 movies.

I was hoping our good chaps here could list more than
the three I mentioned. Truth is, the 1911 really doesn't
need any or a lot of CUSTOM WORK to do the job. Just
ask Barney Fife. :):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
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Lets try to honor the OP's original intent...custom 1911s only

If we're unable to do this, the thread would have ceased to serve it's original purpose
 
.308 Norma said:
There's a scene involving a 1911 in the movie "Stand By Me" that irks me. The head bully is threatening the main character's best friend with a knife, and he's advancing towards the friend until the main character fires a 1911 in the air. The sound of the shot makes the bully pause, but then he continues his advance until he sees the main character slowly cock the 1911's hammer back - accompanied by the audible "click" of course. What the heck? The kid had just fired that 1911 - it was already cocked for crying out loud! o_O
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He manually decocked it while you weren't looking ... ;)
 
Mark_Mark said:
take a a look at these old 1911 training video! good stuff! Still apply today

when Solider look like Teachers

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I watched all 15 minutes and enjoyed it all.

It also featured the 38 revolver, if you're on the fence about watching it!

Training may teach different techniques but these obviously got the job done. The point shooting techniques are great. They are teaching the 1911 as a 50, 25, and 15 yard gun. Just goes to show practicing at distance with some training and techniques what these weapons can do.

A lot of shooting has shown me its hard to beat the old models for natural point shooting (point your finger style).

Best ive found are the 1911 in 45 acp and the Walther pp /ppk in 32. And of course the revolver. With less ammo availability, my skills with my old wheel guns seem to atrophy the slowest. They sit naturally in the hand and come to target with an ease that is hard to describe.

Modern fat double stacks or blocky polymer at least in my hand don't sit naturally aligned with the wrist and you have to fight against that to be fast and accurate.

To veer back on thread target, I'm glad way of the gun was mentioned. The final shootout seems to be mostly 1911s Vs snub nose revolvers.

I love that movie. I like to see the old timer with the snub nose... I don't want to spoil the surprise.

The young whipper snappers with their hks didn't seem to fare as well.

How about Sin City? The film that almost launched an early 2000s film noire renaissance, but The Spirit was terrible. Lots of nice stainless Springfield 1911s used by Josh hartnet, Mickey Rourke etc.

Pulp Fiction? I think there are some gratuitous 1911s there too.
 
Found another custom 1911,
specifically for "The Expendables."

Kimber Gold Custom II models, instead
of stainless slide and frame were made
of carbon steel, then mirror polished and
blued. Special checkering was applied
along with top slide serrations. All
the furniture the safety, slide lock, mag
well, grip safety, screws and pins were
highly polished stainless.

According to Kimber, 10 were made with
some intended to be blank firing, others
able to handle real ammo.
 
.308 Norma said:
I think Tom Selleck carried a 1911 in the original "Magnum P.I."
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Interestingly, the 1911 used in "Magnum P.I." was a 9mm. In the opening sequence that was used after the first season, there's a clear view of the magazine he inserts in the gun which is clearly not a .45 mag. I also seem to remember a couple of interviews out there that Selleck did where he mentions it was a 9mm 1911.
 
Alaskamike said:
Interestingly, the 1911 used in "Magnum P.I." was a 9mm. In the opening sequence that was used after the first season, there's a clear view of the magazine he inserts in the gun which is clearly not a .45 mag. I also seem to remember a couple of interviews out there that Selleck did where he mentions it was a 9mm 1911.
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Interesting! I did not know that.:)
 
Alaskamike said:
Interestingly, the 1911 used in "Magnum P.I." was a 9mm. In the opening sequence that was used after the first season, there's a clear view of the magazine he inserts in the gun which is clearly not a .45 mag. I also seem to remember a couple of interviews out there that Selleck did where he mentions it was a 9mm 1911.
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Yep, 9mm blanks were more reliable. It is referred to as a 45 in the show though
 
Love seeing a 1911 in action in the movies. However, most times, they're carried in Condition 3 rather than 1. That's pure Hollyweird PC nonsense.
 
Climb14er said:
That's pure Hollyweird PC nonsense.
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Or, it's from how the rubber mould was cast--which was probably hammer down.

Props are props, not always political statements.

If the scene requires the actor to work a part, then that's the prop they will be given.

There' an old adage in the movie biz: "If you can't see the face, it's a stunt man."
Which goes double for props.
And firearms scenes are often "doubled" where a close up is inserted rather than trust an actor with live (e.g. breakable) props.

Property master typically has to be on set when blanks are used, let alone full working replicas are used. That's expensive. So, way better to collect all those scenes together and shoot them (NPI) over the least number of days to reduce the bill from the Prop House.
This can create any number of goofy continuity issues. Like cocking the hammer. The running around, hammer down, then cocking the hammer again. The scenes running around with the rubber ducky are often separated by weeks from close-ups or "action" sequences.
 
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