Id this rifle (used in first planet of the apes movie.)

[LaEscopeta]

I tried looking for this in:

http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

…and could not find it. What rifles were used in the original 1968 movie “Planet of the Apes”?

I think only one type appears in the movie. A sawed off M-1 Carbine in a movie prop stock? A pure movie prop?

 

[Cannonball888]

The gun was primarily used for gorilla warfare.
It takes a banana clip.
OK, I'll stop.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Cannonball, I know you have a lot of knowledge, but must you insist on pounding your chest?

Hmmm, that's a tough one.... maybe an 1894 swede cavalry carbine with a fake stock with fake magazine?

 

[John828]

As with almost every production the vast majority of the weapons used are nonfiring. The ape weapons that fired were in essence real firearms hidden within a metal shell that was painted with a woodstroke finish. Almost all of the fring Ape guns have that near all wooden apperance which is due to clever painting of the metal shell. Several styles of guns were used by the Apes. At least two styles of rifles and one pistol style were used. Stunt rifles were constructed especially for use in Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Such stunt rifles are composed mostly of wood with a crude strap attached to them.

No specific model(s) listed.

 

[housedad]

They were custom stocked M1 Carbines.

Pretty cool looking for a (at the time) 30plus year old rifle.

I remember reading articles about it at the time.

now I feel old.....

 

[MD_Willington]

Those damn dirty apes !

 

[LaEscopeta]

In that movie, there was enough damn to go around...

"Oh my God. I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was... We finally really did it.
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!"

 

[dbarile]

They always remind me of Hi-points carbines, although I know they are not.

 

[FMJMIKE]

 

[armoredman]

Now there's a marketing idea - a Highpoint stock to make it look lik the Planet of the Apes rifles...

 

[SVT93]

"They always remind me of Hi-points carbines, although I know they are not."

Lol I just watched Planet of the Apes for the first time recently, my first thought when I saw the rifles was, "hey a hi point".

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

Oddly, this was asked just a month ago. I found some links showing the rifles up close. You can find them in this thread:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=5126487

 

[Grizfire]

Cannonball, I know you have a lot of knowledge, but must you insist on pounding your chest?

Ha ha

or

ooo ooo eee oooo, ah ah ah

 

[R.W.Dale]

Looks like a dressed up VZ58 to me.

 

[WardenWolf]

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/7171/Black_rifle.htm

This is a gorilla rifle from the first film, Planet of the Apes. Unlike the Beneath hero-rifle from the later films and the television series, the rifles in the first film were were made of wood and painted black to resemble a metal rifle. The design of the hero rifle was later changed for the sequel because these rifles tended to break when fired. After repeated use the throwback of the bolt action would crack the area around the bolt and the rifle stock would be thrown out.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/7171/hero_beneath.htm

This is the hero-rifle from the second film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes and was also used in the Apes television series. No, hero doesn't mean it was only used by the hero of the film. Hero means it was created with more details than the background rifles so it could be shown close-up on screen. This rifle was an actual working weapon that could fire blanks. It was made of a two-piece aluminum shell painted to resemble wood. Whereas the hero rifle from the first film was made of wood and painted to resemble metal.

Info on the stunt rifles and other gear can also be found on that site.

The rifle from the first movie is completely fake. The second movie used an M1 Carbine in a metal shell, near as I can tell.

I find it funny that the first movie used wood painted to resemble metal, and the second movie used metal painted to resemble wood. Why on earth did they need to swap like that?

 

[Norsecat]

It's a 30 carbine

I saw a stock form the move go up on Ebay.
I tried to get but it went for 2k$
So It's an M1 carbine.
AB

 

[rondog]

Come on, Hi-Point carbines have the magazine in the grip, they don't look anything like the movie guns, except for the ugly part.

That sho' is a nice carbine, FMJMIKE!

 

[Sitting Duck]

The legs on that actress are about as shapely as the rifle. And I can't put a name on either one of them.

The Yak attack hairdo is interesting though.

 

[deputy tom]

The legs on that actress are about as shapely as the rifle. And I can't put a name on either one of them.

The Yak attack hairdo is interesting though.End quote...


Those legs sure look better than the ones on the apes,at least to me they do.I enjoyed the planet of the apes movies and may just try to buy a DVD of each.tom.


http://www.theforbidden-zone.com/movies/index.shtml

 

[Bigfoot]

The legs on that actress are about as shapely as the rifle.

Plus she doesn't argue much. I could get used to the silent treatment.

 

[45B@cav]

Looks like a sawed off M14 to me. The Mag is to wide to be a M1 carbine.

 

[Joe Demko]

Those legs sure look better than the ones on the apes,at least to me they do

Kim Hunter, who played Zira, was a very attractive woman. Her screen career largely pre-dated the showing lots of skin era. One flick she was in, w/o ape make-up, that shows up on the tube pretty frequently is "A Streetcar Named Desire" in which she co-stars with Marlon Brando.

 

[Trebor]

Looks like a sawed off M14 to me. The Mag is to wide to be a M1 carbine.

No, it's a M-1 Carbine.

The reason the "mag" looks so wide is it's actually a dummy mag well that completely encloses the M-1 Carbine mag.

There is one scene near the end where Heston is climbing on some rocks where you can actually see *up* the fake mag well for a second or so. The real M-1 Carbine mag is plainly visible for a second. If you know what you are looking at, it's obvious.