Revolver-carrying luddites in fiction

[hogdoc357]

REVOLVERS ARE JUST PLAIN SEXY!

 

[voicomp]

THANK YOU for pointing that out. I have heard that coment so many times, and it just isn't true when you look at what the prop is supposed to represent. When he shoots it in the movie, there is no revolution of a cylinder.

I was looking at a 4" Chiappa Rhino awhile ago, and the salesm said to me "Have you ever seen Bladerunner?" I responded "Yes I have." He responded "That gun looks just like the one Harrison Ford used in that movie!" All I could think was "Ummmm...... no it doesn't. Have YOU seen Blade Runner?" I was polite though, and just said thanks and left.

Anyway, back to it.

I do believe Deckard's handgun in Bladefrunner is based off Ye Olde Charter Arms Bulldog plus some Steyr rifle parts....

http://props.steinschneider.com/blade_runner/bldrunbl.htm

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Yes it is. You are correct about that.......... but my point is that the prop is not ment to represent a revolver if it were a real gun, and thus does not fit into this category. Unless there is a cylinder revolution that is visible in the film and I missed it. If that's the case then I'm flat wrong.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Blade_Runner

Of corse it's fake so it really doesn't matter.

I still say a Chiappa Rhino looks nothing like it.

 

[barnbwt]

Hey, the Chiappa Rhino is now the "Total Recall" gun, though I'm not sure that counts as a "throwback"

TCB

 

[Checkman]

Robert Cult as Boggs with a S&W Model 29 in Hickey & Boggs(1972).

 

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Bill Cosby as Hickey with a long barreled Colt Official Police in Hickey & Boggs.

 

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Nicholas Cage as United States Secret Service Agent Doug Chesnic interviewing a suspect with his Smith & Wesson Model 19 snubbie in Guarding Tess (1994).

 

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Lloyd Henreid (Miguel Ferrer) shoots and kills Glen Bateman (Ray Walston) with a Smith & Wesson Model 64 that has a 3" barrel in the 1994 television mini-series The Stand.

 

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Nick Andros (Rob Lowe) makes his point to murderous redneck Ray Booth (Patrick Kilpatrick) with a S&W Model 28 Highway Patrolman in The Stand.

 

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Nick Andros takes care of Ray with a S&W Model 15 in The Stand.

 

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Judge Farris (Ossie Davis) prepares to confront Flagg's men with a S&W Model 29 at the beginning of the fourth chapter of the mini-series The Stand (1994).

 

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During a memorable car chase sequence Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) is seen using a Colt Lawman MK III Snubnose Revolver in the Brian DePalma cheesey classic The Fury (1977).

 

[Checkman]

And of course what this thread be without images of Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle in the classic Taxi Driver (1975).

First we see Travisw practing with his S&W Model 29.


And then we have an image of him practicing with his nickel plated S&W Model 36

 

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Ron Perlman as Deputy Entragian in the 2005 television adaptation of the Stephen King novel Desperation. Note that his hands are so large that he actually makes the N frame Model 28 look like the K frame Model 19.

 

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Sheriff Dutten (Timothy Olyphant) uses a Smith & Wesson Model 27 with a 3.5" barrel in the 2010 remake of the George Romero 1973 classic The Crazies.

 

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Samuel Jackson as Mitch with a Colt King Cobra in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996).

 

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Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume prepares for the final confrontation with the gang in 2007's Death Sentance. In addition to the nickel plated Colt Python he also uses a SxS 12 gauge.

 

[jrdolall]

Indiana jones in the first movie

One of the best scenes in movie history when Indy shot the guy with the sword. Don't bring a sword to a gunfight.

 

[Checkman]

I agree truly a classic moment in movie history. I can still remember how I felt when I first saw this scene waayyy back in 1981 as a thirteen year old kid. I applauded like a lot of folks in the theater.

 

[Checkman]

And for those who care this is a photo of the actual S&W MK II Hand Ejector in .455 Webley that was used by HArrision Ford during the action sequences (to include him shooting the swordsman) in Cairo as well as when he shoots open the canopy of the plane so that he can get Marion out before it blows up.

 

[Checkman]

Another classic shot of Indy with the Mk II.

 

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For opening sequence and one shot added later when Indy is packing to go find MArion in Nepal he carries a S&W M1917 in 45acp that has also been modified.

 

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This shot was added later and shows the M1917 just before Indy throws it into his suitcase.

 

[Checkman]

A better quality photo of the S&W Mk II (.455). Both the Mk II and the M1917 are now in private collections. I don't know how much either one was sold for, but I bet the prices were impressive. Especially for two chopped and battered S&W revolvers. Truth be told I wouldn't mind having either one or both of them in my collection.

 

[jrdolall]

I guess Indy was not worried about civilian casualties
Ain't Hollywood great? And to think so many people get all their information about guns from the television and video games.