Wilson Combat Special Forces model 45 cal, circa 1985/86
Kershaw Steven Segal special edition. I bought this before I knew what a ****** nozzle he is.
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I too, have suffered for a firearm's depiction in a movie after the fact.
As I noted earlier, between reading about customs and seeing the rare-bird in the wild, infrequently.... I soooooooo pined for a long-slide 1911.
Being and Enlisted-swine in the Army, it was NOT gonna happen outside of scoring one in a pawn shop, hitting the lottery or an exceptional re-enlistment bonus.
The AMT long slides were few and far between and though I was and always will be a fan of AMT's offerings... they were not showing up on the East Coast at all. Seeing the movie "Thief" only worsened my desires. If any have not seen it, it is an excellent movie in its own right and the gun-play on Caan's part is a picture perfect example of contemporary pistol craft with the rare instance of "announcing" at a doorway.
Then, when I finally score one and am loving the bejeepers outa it.... Along comes that frikken Ah-nold and his movie.
Worse still - the movie gun is actually my down-market example in the form of an AMT Hardballer Longlside (nope,
that name really doesn't help anything!
) and every time mine sees the light of day in public, I'm showered with half-assed Governator imitations about my "... long slide with laser sighting"... And; "Where's my laser sighting?..." etc.
Se la vie.... At least it gives some folk something to say other than: "Compensating
much?"
Someday, I'll add a comp to base a snarky response, if nothing else.
Todd.