Do movies encourage gun sales?

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There is a website which depicts which guns are used in specific movies, or is it just movies with Enfields?
With about 400 titles in our bookmarks, can't identify it.
 
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Hal - Tough to argue with that but I would have sworn on a stack of Bibles that when Rigs and his partner (forget his name) were in the range and his partner was assessing Rigs' carry weapon he said "9mm High Power, Wide Ejection Port, High Capacity Magazine, blah blah". That always stuck with me as meaning Browning High Power. But it's been years since I watched the movie. But that photo, that's not a BHP. Shoulda checked IMBD, my bad.
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I'm a big fan of the Hi Power and not at all a fan of the M9; so I probably zeroed in on that more than I would otherwise.
 
Yes, some movies do inspire firearm sales.

Some that have me wanting to buy a certain gun are:

The H&K G36 that Tom Cruise used to shoot down a drone in MI3.

The Vector that Alice uses in Resident Evil Retribution.

And a 50BMG M82A1 thats used in many movies.
 
My favorite movie gun has always been the dragunov. Wanted one since I first saw one in a movie long ago. Now I have one. Without ever seeing one on tv or in a movie, I probably wouldn't know what one was.

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Along with many other gun interests, I am fascinated by gun choices for movies and books. It makes me wonder what depth of gun knowledge goes into selection for heroes and bad guys, and sometimes it adds heavily to the entertainment if a weapon choice is unusual, or important to the movie. Take "Quigley Down Under". The rifle is the co-star. I have more than a few movie guns, from Bond (Beretta 25, PPK, P99, Walther LP53, AR7) to "Raiders/Lost Ark" (S&W .45 Revolver & FN Hi Power) to a Shiloh Sharps. I am further fascinated that many of the weapons are truly fine guns, and exceptionally accurate and functional beyond what I would have thought them to be (I believe the average .32 PPK, for instance, is capable of head shots at 40-50 yards, if one could see and hold steady enough at that distance). I even got a Beretta Model 418 .25 to shoot inside a fist sized group at 32 yards. Every now and then you spot an unusual weapon, like Sean Bean's Browning BDM in "Goldeneye". You just don't see a Browning BDM too often! Entertainment for us gun enthusiast is heightened by interesting and unusal gun use in movies, and books, too. (Does anyone still read books?) :D
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UMP in Matrix 2. Oh, but you cannot get a real one, and even converting a USC to a almost UMP will set you back several grand...
 
I almost bought an Enfield in college because I was obsessed with the movie Breaker Morant. My loss now that I look back on it.
 
The Hammerli .22 in Point of No Return that kicked like a mule and sent people crashing through windows.
 
From what I understand Colt re-started production of the Single Action Army as a direct result of the popularity of westerns during the 50s (TV and movies).

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Bond switched to the P99 in the middle of Tomorrow Never Dies. He was next seen carrying a PPK at the opening of Casino Royale. Since it's not a new gun to be associated with Daniel Craig or the reboot of the franchise (let alone the full Bond legacy) I doubt it will impact sales all that much.

Admittedly, I bought a PPK after being curious about them for years due in large part to the James Bond films. I returned it after 1 range trip. My particular sample was unreliable. You could definitely feel the recoil from the blowback operation, and it was heavy, big, and low capacity for what it was. Certainly an elegant looking gun though.
 
The movie "Quick and the Dead", where one gunfighter had a Remington New Army cartridge conversion with a colt type ejector. I had Jay Strite of Kirst Conversions build me one.

Back in the 1980's when I was a young LEO, I just had to have a S&W 645 like Don Johnson in the TV show Miami Vice. I carried it on duty for a couple of years, but I hurt my back and it was so heavy on my gun belt, I bought a Glock 19 when they first came out. Wish I had kept that gun.
 
BERGMEN - "From what I understand Colt re-started production of the Single Action Army as a direct result of the popularity of westerns during the 50s (TV and movies)."
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True.

L.W.
 
Not only single action revolvers, but all levers owe their popularity to cowboy movies. Lever guns were very rare in the old west. The most common guns weren't even invented until the late 1890's and were all but dead by the end of WW-1.

The cowboy movies of the 1920's-1970's needed props and they used Winchester 92's and 94's in movies set in the 1860's-1870's. Long before such guns even existed. It saved the 94's and all lever actions. Even our great grandfathers were heavily influenced by movies.
 
"Colt re-started production of the Single Action Army as a direct result of"

...seeing Ruger's success with the 1953 introduction of the Single-Six and the 1954 introduction of Great Western's copy of the SAA. Sure, cowboys were big, but Colt was slow to catch on.

Those early tv shows sold a lot of guns, and coonskin caps too.

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I think they do,,,

I know of three people who have civilian versions of the FN P90,,,
All of them say they first saw the gun on Stargate: Atlantis

I myself must admit that my first exposure to the Beretta 85 Cheetah,,,
Was from the movie Death Wish 2.

It took me almost 30 years but I finally found and purchased a Model 85 and a Model 87.

So yeah, I believe movies influence people,,,
Or at least they expose people to different attractive guns.

Aarond

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To the original question asked by the OP: As for myself? No. Movies don't make me want any particular type of firearm. However, if they happen to use a type of firearm that I already have, that's cool.

My main issue is with openly anti-gun hollywood types. They hate guns and don't want anyone to have them, while at the same time they don't mind picking up and using guns to make their millions in movies. Hypocrites. :fire:
 
As a child, I wanted a MP-40, but ************ says no to peasants who want NFA.
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As did I. I even had the Replica Model MP-40 in the early 70's. But, good news. Now that GSG has introduced the STG 44 in .22 the MP-40 is next to be released. If it is anything like the STG it is going to be really something, if only a .22.

As to guns and movies, well heck yeah. Harry Callahan, James Bond.....
 
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