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

[Johannes_Paulsen]

Yes.

Walther PPK (obvious). 7.65 mil, with a delivery like a brick through a plate glass window.

Heckler & Koch VP70M. It's a machine gun, it's a pistol, it's BOTH!

Walther P38. Cool, in a pure evil sort of way.

Also, I do want a Glock 7. You know, the porcelain gun made in Germany? It won't show up on any of your airport metal detectors, and costs more than you make in a year.

 

[DefiantDad]

Don't know how strange this sounds, but from watching one episode or another SONS OF GUNS and AMERICAN GUNS, one day I thought to myself, wow, those frontier-land type lever action guns with the brass look really cool! Don't have one though. Not sure I will actually buy one (I got 2 or 3 other guns to buy first before I even will think about that).

As for 007, as a kid I always wondered what is this Walther PPK, but it just doesn't appeal to me. I do recall also that I thought the Uzi was hot, I think either because of Escape from New York (?) and/or Terminator 1.

 

[sansone]

well in response to the op..
maybe not "pop" culture but I always resisted purchasing an AR weapon because the look just doesn't suit me. I kinda like walnut and polished blue.
Got one each now, AR15 & AR10

 

[threefeathers]

24 hk p2k

 

[P5 Guy]

Does COMBAT! count as "pop culture"?
M1 rifle, M1 carbine and BAR. Well I did get one of them.

 

[Tommygunn]

P5 Guy, if COMBAT! doesn't count as "pop" culture it should atleast count as "BANG!" culture!!!

 

[PT92]

Does COMBAT! count as "pop culture"?
M1 rifle, M1 carbine and BAR. Well I did get one of them.

I'm in my mid-40's but I remember watching "Combat" with my Parents. I was enamored by the Sergeant's Thompson .45 but completely blown away by Kirby's BAR! I bought the "Combat" DVD set (can't take commercials). It's part of my 'Pop-Culture' but I doubt the younger folks even know of it as I don't think it's in syndication?

-Cheers

 

[P5 Guy]

PT92, I was watching COMBAT!, and The Gallant Men prime time.
Yep, I'm a dinosaur.

 

[orionengnr]

No.
Hell no.

 

[PT92]

PT92, I was watching COMBAT!, and The Gallant Men prime time.
Yep, I'm a dinosaur.

P5, it's running in syndication? What channel (I'm guessing local to you?).

Also, I'm just guessing that you have the carbine out of the lot you mentioned? Right or wrong?

-Cheers

 

[P5 Guy]

Prime time in 1963. Tuesday at 8PM for COMBAT!, The Gallant Men came on too late for my bedtime, even on the non-school days.
The M1 rifle and the K98 are in my gun locker.

 

[Ignition Override]

P5 Guy: Without a doubt, Combat was pop culture when I was in the fourth/fifth grade in '64-'65. But until we took a personal tour in '09 around Bastogne Belgium with a Flemish guy who knows some US veterans' personal experiences First Hand (he visited one in Michigan), the Garand never "grabbed me". That excellent tour with Reg Jans (or Jaan) lit the spark.

Back to Combat: two nights ago I stumbled onto the last half of an episode on the hotel tv! Don't know which channel had it (Ft. Myers Airport {RSW} Hol. Inn).
Sgt. Saunder's platoon had twice tried to attack up a bare hill and take two pillboxes. I won't describe the ending, in case you guys watch it.
Maybe my son (23) would enjoy a Combat dvd as one of his birthday gifts? Those guys were very good actors, in the same era as 12 O' Clock High, the Outer Limits and the Twilight Zone.

At the nice Eastman gun show today by Atlanta in Gwinnett, one guy had about twenty Garands on his tables. He also had about eight bayonets of all three various lengths.

 

[BHP FAN]

Glock. Eh. I'll prolly trade it for another 1911 next gunshow. Or a Browning design of some sort. The jury is still out.

 

[PT92]

P5 Guy: Without a doubt, Combat was pop culture when I was in the fourth/fifth grade in '64-'65.

Two nights ago I saw an episode on the hotel tv! Don't know which channel had it (Ft. Myers Airport {RSW}
Hol. Inn).
The platoon had twice tried to attack up a bare hill and take two pillboxes. I won't describe the ending, in case you guys watch it.
Maybe my son (23) would enjoy a Combat dvd as one of his birthday gifts? Those guys were very good actors, in the same era as 12 O' Clock High, the Outer Limits and the Twilight Zone.

At the nice Eastman gun show today by Atlanta in Gwinnett, one guy had about twenty Garands on his tables. He also had about eight bayonets of all three various lengths.

I sure hope your son would enjoy the Combat DVD's--it would be refreshing to see youth appreciate Classic TV material which is forgotten in so many ways to his generation. Just tell him the special effects were from some thirty or so years before "Saving Private Ryan" or "Band of Brothers" but nevertheless still resulted in some quite realistic and historical gun scenes (reminds me of "The Longest Day" also from the 60's which was on just the other day).

All this talk of "Combat" just might result in me watching Sgt. Saunders and company in a little late night TV .

-Cheers

 

[kcshooter]

I guess until they release a Lightsaber, I can still say no.




Man, I really want one of those.

 

[sig228]

Lol, I JUST finished watching Pulp Fiction. Jules' sexy Star Model B 9mm has me looking for one right now. So to answer your question: yes it does!

 

[Fatdaddy]

Every time I see a Desert Eagle I want one.
Every time I pick one up I don't.

 

[Saakee]

Th Dester Eagle always made me wonder if the stylized upside down diamond motif was part of the design or just an accident.

I've never seen Combat but I've known about it since I was fourteen (31 now) or so. I never checked it out because i just assumed it was done as propaganda material. Didn't it come out during the vietnam police action?

I've watched a couple minutes of Sons of Guns and American Guns and turned them off quite quickly. Not my cuppa.

Robocop always made me want a Beretta 93R, the Taurus with the FA kit wouldn't be enough.

I've found video games have influenced me more on being interested in a weapon than movies excepting knives/swords. Movies/TV are more likely to make me want a cool sword or knife than a video game is. Speaking of bladed weapons, found this today: the internet movie knife database. Not sure how complete it is, only done one search on it and it didn't have what I was looking for, the throwing knife from Starship Troopers.

 

[Maddox Se7en]

Hunter125: The Hardballers that 47 carries are labelled Silverballers in the game. In the film, he carries dual Para-18.9's, incorrectly referred to as .45s, and a Para LDA. Either way, it is unlikely that he is using a true Hardballer in the games. More likely they are custom guns built on the Hardballer platform. This might account for the absurd upgrade prices in Hitman: Blood Money.

I have always wanted a Beretta 92 Inox, mainly because it is a sharp looking gun. I know the 92 series is a statistically unreliable platform. That's why I'll still carry my Sig P230 as my BUG (Bad Boys anyone?).

 

[NorthwolfeCND]

Yes, Miami Vice:
- The Bren Ten, and the "Miami Holster"
- The CZ 97B, which was the basis for the Bren Ten
- An addiction to the 10mm round, that led (leads) me to buy almost all 10mm's (except that Widow Thing).

Best 10mm ever, IMO - "Perfected" Glock 20SF (Lone Wolf accessories)

 

[RustHunter87]

AR-7 was used in "From Russia with Love (1963)" to allegedly shoot down a helicopter. Very neat trick with a .22LR chambered takedown rifle with iron sights!

the AR-7 in from Russia with love is a .25 high velocity according to Q branch

Every time watch band of brothers i come out really wanting one of those Thompson Paratrooper carbines

 

[drcook]

Quigley Down Under has made me lust after a Sharps ever since seeing it. Unfortunately Shiloh Sharps rifles are rather pricey and have a 2-3 year wait on orders for new rifles, last I checked.

Shiloh is getting rifles out the door in 16 to 18 months now. The Quigley movie was responsible for putting them into a four year backlog and has been good for their business. In fact Shiloh made the rifle(s) for the movie. Plus there was at least 1 dummy aluminum one.

Everytime Quigley runs on TV, someone new runs out and buys a Quigley, whether it is a Pedersoli or a Shiloh and then discovers there is more to just pointing the rifle and pulling the trigger.

Quigleys are not that friendly for shooting BUT any of the other Sharps models are.

I do confess that I want a Remington or an 1860 though every time I see the movie.

That line " I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it. " is a classic

 

[camar]

I suscribe to all of the gun rags and I have come to the conlusion that the writters are whorse to the companies that send them products\weapons that are sent to them.

 

[RangerHAAF]

Yes I'm ashamed to admit that I bought a SPAS-12 after the Terminator came out. It was the heaviest and bulkiest shotgun that I've ever owned.

 

[valnar]

I didn't get past the third post (from Nushif) before I found someone who did the same thing. If it weren't for Westerns, I can't say I'd ever want a single-action revolver as they are 'tactically' at a disadvantage by today's standards. But that doesn't matter now does it?