Movie/TV gun collections--post em

[slabuda]

Watching James Bond tonight and was thinking....yea dangerous I know, especially after a couple of beers. I have thought of this after watching Outlaw Josey Wales and Red River etc before too.

Does anyone collect guns used in movies? Not just have a single gun used in a movie, but purposely go out to get all the guns used in a movie or by a certain actor like John Wayne?

John Wayne collection
Clint Eastwood collection
James Bond Collection
Saving Private Ryan collection
Heat Collection
Ronin collection

etc etc

Lets see what you might have to include holsters, costumes, movie posters, "props" like spurs, gadgets and such.

 

[gun guy]

i have a 32 walther, after much testing, its sheer hollywood Bond managed to stay alive with that. i always wanted a planet of the apes series of weapons. a blank firing m1 carbine, not sure what the pistol was, and a prop smg. evidentally they were prop firearms shrouded with aluminum, painted to look like wood. Hans solo's ray gun was just an 1898 broomhandle with a cone stuck on the end. i got some ww2 web gear, does that count?

 

[Action_Can_Do]

When I was a kid, I thought it would be neat to have Arnold's collection from the first Terminator movie. But I never seriously pursued it.

 

[CraigC]

I know it's Tom Selleck's fault that I have a "thing" for 1860's and cartridge conversions with a hankering for two of every model I can get. His 1860 cartridge conversion in Last Stand at Saber River is the reason I got this Cimarron 1872 Open Top and had it fitted with TruIvory.

 

[Joe Demko]

I've purchased a few guns over the years after seeing them in movies, but I never systematically collected that way. Every once in a while I still get the urge. The other day, after watching some Cowboy Bebop, I had the notion to acquire a Jericho like Spike Spiegel's. After considering that I already own several very similar CZ's, and a metric tonne of other pistols that fill the same niche, it passed.
Even so, I wish I had picked up a Claridge/Goncz like Arnold used in Total Recall before the '92 ban put the company under. They were bulky, apparently had QC issues, and costly for all they were...but I did and do think they had some swoopy movie gun good looks.

 

[mustang_steve]

I already collect too much stuff....no movie themed collecting for me.

Although, a Sopranos themed collection would be interesting if I actually had the space for such a thing.

 

[Joe Demko]

Been a while since I watched that show, but IIRC The Sopranos (despite the Beretta in the show's title card) ran heavily to Glocks.

 

[mustang_steve]

Yep, quite a few glocks, but there were quite a few other handguns and a few longarms in there as well. I think there was a SNS or two as well.

Of course for a proper collection, it should be a frame-case with a poster of the character and all the arms they've used underneath it. That could be a rather room-consuming display though.

 

[Joe Demko]

The only long gun I distinctly remember is an AK that Carmella carried to investigate a noise outside the house early in the show's run. It stands out in memory because at one point it is clearly visible that the muzzle of the gun is blocked; the prop was just a non-firing replica gun. Carmella does not, in fact, ever fire it.

 

[mustang_steve]

There was a Springfield muzzleloader, numerous AKs, the pimped out AK that christopher's friend had, a few shotguns and at least one bolt action rifle.

Sigs were nearly as popular as Glocks as well.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

1) Bond, James Bond: Beretta 418 .25, Walther PPK .32, Walther P99 9mm, Armalite Ar-7, Walther LP53 2) Raiders of the lost Ark: S&W Hand Ejector .45 and Browning HiPower 9mm

 

[rfurtkamp]

I have several - skipping the ubiquitous PPK, Uzi from Terminator, etc.

Webley for the Indiana Jones/"The Wall" fix:



My Schofield/New Russian clone to be the odd man out in all the old westerns and "Unforgiven":

You'll never guess:



Total Recall:



and a few more, but it starts getting gratuitous.

 

[armoredman]

I wish I'd bought a Goncz when they were around, but could never find a real use for it. Would be a lot of fun now.
No movie guns, not many movies use CZs, and I have never seen a CZ P01 or PCR in a single flick. Would be cool to have a good guy with P01 and CTGS.
There was a downed pilot movie that had some vz-58s in it, but I only saw the first 20 minutes of it.

 

[Dino]

I know it's Tom Selleck's fault that I have a "thing" for 1860's and cartridge conversions with a hankering for two of every model I can get. His 1860 cartridge conversion in Last Stand at Saber River is the reason I got this Cimarron 1872 Open Top and had it fitted with TruIvory.

That's GORGEOUS Craig!

Here's my '92 Cimarron "ElDorado" in .357/.38sp
Note the John Wayne big hoop lever.



My '49 Pocket, similar to one of the many guns used by Clint Eastwood in the movie "The Outlaw Josey Wales".



... and a current pic with a Howell conversion cylinder and ivory grips.

 

[ChuteTheMall]

Try not to drool on the glass as you oogle the Maltese Falcon, and all of the most famous Hollywood guns that the NRA could borrow:



National Firearms Museum to Debut New Exhibit
Published: 6/1/2010 Updated: 6/2/2010

Guns from the hands of Hollywood’s greatest actors and icons will be on display at the NRA National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Va., beginning June 25, 2010. Titled “Hollywood Guns,” the exhibit showcases firearms from silver screen classics like “Stagecoach” to 2010 Best Picture Oscar Winner, “The Hurt Locker.”

“Hollywood Guns is all about phenomenal firearms borrowed from our friends in America’s movie capital,” Senior Curator Phil Schreier said. “They come from the largest Hollywood prop houses and private collections around the country.”

Featuring more than 125 unique firearms, the exhibit showcases famous and infamous arms, including Obi Wan Kenobi’s light saber from “Star Wars,” the Remington 11-87 shotgun from “No Country for Old Men,” and John Wayne’s Winchester 1892 carbine from his break-out roll in “Stagecoach.”

“The pieces in this exhibit are the firearms the public recognizes,” Schreier said. “They help bring excitement and realism to a film.”

Spanning the decades of 1930 to 2010, Hollywood Guns has something for everyone, said Museum Director Jim Supica. “These guns have never before been seen together,” he said, “and probably never will again.”

Film buffs and gun collectors will equally be amazed with selections from crime dramas, police thrillers, as well as a generous sampling from Western classics and war movies.

The National Firearms Museum is located at 11250 Waples Mill Road in Fairfax, Va., and is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit the museum’s new Website at http://nra.nationalfirearms.museum.

http://www.nrahuntersrights.org/Article.aspx?id=3447

 

[slabuda]

My '49 Pocket, similar to one of the many guns used by Clint Eastwood in the movie "The Outlaw Josey Wales".

I have to say, that is one of my favorite movies. I wouldnt mind having a collection from that movie. Or Pale Rider, or Unforgiven.....

 

[TexasBill]

1) Bond, James Bond: Beretta 418 .25, Walther PPK .32, Walther P99 9mm, Armalite Ar-7, Walther LP53 2) Raiders of the lost Ark: S&W Hand Ejector .45 and Browning HiPower 9mm

In the books and movies, Mr. Bond used a number of handguns in his exploits: In addition to those listed above, Bond had a Colt Detective Special, Colt Police Positive, Colt New Service .45 (kept in the Bentley), Smith & Wesson Model 40 Centennial Airweight, FN M1903, Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum, H&K VP70, ASP 9 and Walther P5.

It was rumored the Walther PK380 would be used in the next Bond movie. However, since there is some doubt abut when the next Bond movie might be made as well as who might make it, that's up in the air.