Uber SBS double-barrel in upcoming movie

[Skribs]

Saw the trailer for the upcoming movie, Killing Them Softly last night (youtube trailer linked, says appropriate for all audiences so sorry if there's any profanity), and I saw this shotgun. "You asked for a short barrel" one of the thugs says. Well...I don't think I've ever seen a shotgun with a barrel so short that the shells are sticking out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCCBo0yh6YM

 

[spyder1911]

Can't imagine there would be much velocity out of those. Just a loud band and a huge fireball.

Would be fun to shoot though. Definitely would wear some heavy leather gloves.

 

[Mizar]

I love movie guns threads... Just to share some observations from spending time with a movie armorer (a good friend of mine): nobody, except some small minority group of gun-nuts will ever question that SBS abomination. Almost everybody in a film crew (including big name action stars) never shot even a single live round thru a firearm. Actually, most of them are really anti-gun and they freak out when you explain to them that those ARs over there are actually "real" rifles, only with a blank adapter. Armorers don't have the right of opinion to what looks real or not, they only make sure that everything is safe if there is a shooting. For the reality factor they got "weapon supervisors"... And they are the reason you see a 5 sot snubby shot 30 times without reloading, or a hand held Browning .50 BMG blowing cars 50 feet in the air...
Fact - you have a bunch of highly paid guys (and girls), that have zero experience with real firearms, to make an action movie. Not every time, but most of the time.

Boris

 

[Skribs]

Oh Mizar, I'm pretty sure they realized this was absurd. Mainly because the character who did not pick this particular shotgun out is saying how stupid it is, and the other character is like "what? you said you wanted a short barrel!"

 

[DammitBoy]

A few of my favorite movie stars are, in fact, avid gun owners. Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Angelina Jolie, and Joe Mantegna to name a few. However - since I also work in the movie business - I know that what Mizar is saying is very true.

Love hanging out with the armorer on set!

 

[barnbwt]

Didn't Sam Jackson have some crazy gun like that (dual wielded, IIRC) in The Spirit?

Wait, here it is...it's some kind of O/U-SXS


TCB

 

[DammitBoy]

He also carried these in the same movie.

 

[Nickel Plated]

I would love a working set of one of those four barreled shottys. Maybe just one with a longer barrel.
Wouldn't be too difficult to make I imagine. They made a double barreled SxS 1911. So just take 2 O/U shotguns, and splice them next to eachother.

 

[plumberroy]

I love movie guns threads... Just to share some observations from spending time with a movie armorer (a good friend of mine): nobody, except some small minority group of gun-nuts will ever question that SBS abomination. Almost everybody in a film crew (including big name action stars) never shot even a single live round thru a firearm. Actually, most of them are really anti-gun and they freak out when you explain to them that those ARs over there are actually "real" rifles, only with a blank adapter. Armorers don't have the right of opinion to what looks real or not, they only make sure that everything is safe if there is a shooting. For the reality factor they got "weapon supervisors"... And they are the reason you see a 5 sot snubby shot 30 times without reloading, or a hand held Browning .50 BMG blowing cars 50 feet in the air...
Fact - you have a bunch of highly paid guys (and girls), that have zero experience with real firearms, to make an action movie. Not every time, but most of the time.

Boris

My wife just loves when I point out that gun wasn't made in the time period of the movie 2nd Indiana Jones movie for example or when I ask if it was a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away why are they using cut down enfields with ganade lanchers?
Roy

 

[barnbwt]

He also carried these in the same movie.

Well I'll be; even more pointless . Do you think you'd be able to stop the buckshot with your palm coming out of that thing ?

As far as ridiculous shotguns go, you can at least buy this one:

ChiappaT-Model 1887

I'll rehash the line someone used in reference to an Obrez; "Be sure you don't a'break a'you face!"

So just take 2 O/U shotguns, and splice them next to eachother.

Or duct tape; Alabama Chrome

TCB

 

[RmB]

AWESOME. "Those will kill everyone in the room!" Actually, they would prolly break your wrist...

 

[Skribs]

Barn, I just gave one of those to a character in my book, albeit with 10" of the barrel loped off.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

OP Post#1

That shotgun would be more dangerous with Aguila Minishells (12ga, 1 3/8" long) than with standard 12ga shotshells. At least with the minishell the shot charge would be confined long enough to develop pressure and some velocity. The only practical reason I can see to make a shotgun that short would be launching 12ga Olin Red Meteor flares. Or for use as the tactical equivalent of a hand held flash-bang distraction device (the only question is who would be distracted more, the shooter or the target?)

For cool but ridiculous is Reggie the Ice Cream Man's quad barrel side-by-side in Phantasm II and Phantasm IV, two double barrel shotguns mounted together with the muzzles sawn in a "V" for room-clearing spread. http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Phantasm_IV:_Oblivion#Reggie.27s_quad_barrel_shotgun

 

[Swing]

Ah-ha-ha! When the shells be sticking out, maybe its a little too short.