Movie:Last Man Standing

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Obviously Bruce Willis is useing a pair of 1911s in this film but does anyone know what make and model they were?

are they the real deal colt M1911s?
or repro guns maybe even just blank fireing props (yes i know they load all movie props with blanks i meant guns that ONLY chamber blanks)
 
On IMFDB, it says the guns go to slide lock several times, then are back in battery seconds later.

Hmm. Sounds like reloading was edited out - just because we rarely see movie or TV characters in the bathroom doesn't mean they don't do it. Well, maybe Jack Bauer can go more than 24 hours without sleep, food or bathroom breaks. :D
 
There are a couple of decent reload scenes in the movie to get the point across that the guns were being reloaded, still,,,,,,,:)
 
I never understand why people complain that they dont show reloading in movies. You know they had to reload and it was just edited out. They don't show the characters using the bathroom or paying their bills either, but you know they have to do it.
 
Like most movies of it's type, the original was better :p.

All the same I remember going to see it, and yeah it was fun to watch. The only gun related nitpick I remember having was a barroom scene where Willis is dual wielding those slabsides, locks both of em, and drops the mags free on both at the same time.

It looks quite cool but I remember thinking "Now which hand are you gonna reload with genius?" at the time.

Meh. Movie nitpicks. There all always terrible firearm handling and foley errors. If I was a brain surgeon I'd probably hate "House" for similar reasons. Just take it at face value, only a movie after all, not a documentary.
 
haha Noxx i take it your refering to Yojimbo?
thats awesome that someone else knows kirasawa flicks
check out sukiyaki western django they make a reference in there that cracks me up

"there wont be any last man standing here so dont go pulling a yojimbo"

anyway yea gun flicks dont reload blah blah we know the movies are very inacurate i mean come on bruce willis send a guy flying through a bar door and into the street with a pair of 45s that seem to hit like a howitzer

Bw thanks for the answer

now for question #2
would a springfield basic GI model be comparable in looks to the randals?
 
you are worried about missing reloaded?
how about firing a 1911 that many times with no jam?
only in hollywood
 
If I remember right they were a pair of randall's. Randall's sell for about $1000 on gunbroker.com
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Nope, pretty sure those aren't Randall's
 
you are worried about missing reloaded?
how about firing a 1911 that many times with no jam?
only in hollywood
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Huh?

My 1911s will go as far as all the rounds in total in the movie without a hiccup.

What do they have in Memphis that is so superior?

I forgot, I have a 50-year-old Daisy that's never been cleaned...
 
how about firing a 1911 that many times with no jam?
only in hollywood
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Harumph. I have a '43 Remington Rand that hasn't had a malfunction through three wars and 125,000 rounds*. No kidding.



*Well, full truth be told, the original firing pin broke somewhere around round 87,000. A $12, 30-second repair and it was back on the line.

The movie is entertaining, though it does require a healthy dose of what's generally known as "suspension of disbelief".

Since the movie takes place in the 20's, I'd always imagined the guns to be pre-A1 commercial Colt Government Models.

vanfunk
 
I'd always imagined the guns to be pre-A1 commercial Colt Government Models.
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Yes, I've seen the movie a few times and they look correct for pre-war commercial. If they are something else, they've hidden it well. Actually I don't think they are 1911 but are 1911a1 (Prohibition, and the drug wars the show depicts, happened several years after the switch to the 'a1 style, but of course it could have been an earlier gun). I am pretty sure they are a1's but I haven't seen it in a while.

Last 1911 jam I had was 2001 - my fault for not resizing the case bulge out of some reloads so they'd run in a Match-fit Bar-Sto barrel. My mistake, not the guns.

The last jam before that was in 1993, when I took a box-new Norinco out of the box and went to shoot some Blazer out of it. Oops, it wasn't even lubed from the factory (they should have hired non-child slave labor - would have really helped their product). Stopped shooting, lubed it, and all has been well since.

Before that, it was just Colt's and FMJ. No jams to report back to '75 that I can recall.
 
Ask yourself who was making 1911's during the Prohibition Era for public consumption? Colt. Remington UMC also made some, but they didn't offer them for general sale.
 
Movie:Last Man Standing
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I think the gun was a repro of a Colt Single Action Army in .45 LC. Oh wait, I'm thinking of when the movie was called "A Fistful of Dollars", and was 100X better. :neener:

"I want you to apologize to my mule..." :cool:

That said, I think Leone got sued because he got the idea from some obscure Japanese film. Westerns are better than samarai/ninja movies anyway though. :p



Jason
 
you are worried about missing reloaded?
how about firing a 1911 that many times with no jam?
only in hollywood
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Not just movies ---- go to ANY type Action Match ---- you WILL SEE more then one 1911 type gun that will shoot the whole match with ZERO malfunctions:)

I have a Colt Gold Cup that I've used in IPSC/IDPA/Steel action matches for over 20 years and it goes over 500 rounds WITHOUT CLEANING or MALFUNCTIONS with good ammo.

I have shot MANY multi-day matches and did nothing but relube the gun at the end of the day.
 
okay, I guess that the movie is good if you don't care about the realism aspect. I have to reference the scene where bruce wills goes in and talks to the guy for the first time, shoots him and he goes flying out the door, does two full spins and slams to a halt on a wooden beam. Seriously, nobody laughed?....I did
 
Remington UMC also made some, but they didn't offer them for general sale.
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Colt, Remington-UMC, and Springfield Armory all made 1911s under contract during WWI. North American Arms of Canada made 100, only 2000 of which are known to exist today:D

Actually I don't think they are 1911 but are 1911a1 (Prohibition, and the drug wars the show depicts, happened several years after the switch to the 'a1 style, but of course it could have been an earlier gun).
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They certainly could have been A1-pattern pistols, but production of the "new" pattern was slight between the wars, as opposed to overall military and commercial production of the 1911. So we can put the question to bed, does anyone have a DVD of the movie so we can get some stills of the guns to review?


vanfunk
 
I couldn't figure out where his pistols were located when he's "in the sack" and the two thugs kick in the door & start blasting away? His reaction time would make Jerry Miculek proud....:)
 
So we can put the question to bed, does anyone have a DVD of the movie so we can get some stills of the guns to review?
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I went and looked at imfdb and it has several stills. They are dark and grainy, but they appear to be commercial style pre-war 1911a1's to me.
 
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