The Guns of Pulp Fiction

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My friend and I were discussing the guns used in Pulp Fiction. The gun Vincent uses is a 1911A1 Auto Ordnance .45 ACP pistol that has been chromed and given pearl grips. Jules' gun is a Star Model B 9mm pistol that has been chromed and given pearl grips, too. Am I correct in this information?

Has anyone here made their own versions of either of these?
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You're correct. Thats what I rememer reading from that bluemountain site or whatever it was. It had pictures of the guns from movies and for Pulp Fiction was the Star B and the AO 1911.

So, you're correct. :)
 
No but I do have a Taurus like that one guy uses when he comes out of the bathroom and shoots at John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.
 
Yes, they were a Star and an AO. Some time back they were in a movie guns exhibit at the National Firearms Museum at the NRA HQ. They also had one of Luke's lightsabers. :)
 
Hrmmm. I wonder what made Tarantino pick those 2? The Star is OK I guess, but AO? :barf:
 
Okay, looking at those two, I never realized, but is the Star just a copy of the 1911A1 in 9mm? It seems like I would have picked that up before. :scrutiny:
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rem870 said:
No but I do have a Taurus like that one guy uses when he comes out of the bathroom and shoots at John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.
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Sell it, fast. It's easy to see how accurate they are. The guy came out of the bathroom with the "hand cannon" and missed.

I'll buy it from you. $25. Not a penny more. And remember: I'm doing YOU a favor! :)
 
Sell it, fast. It's easy to see how accurate they are. The guy came out of the bathroom with the "hand cannon" and missed.
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No, it was a miracle. ;)

Don't believe me?
Fire up the Pulp Fiction DVD and notice that the holes are already in the wall before he shoots!
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Okay, looking at those two, I never realized, but is the Star just a copy of the 1911A1 in 9mm? It seems like I would have picked that up before. :scrutiny:
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Nope! Externally it is pretty close. Takedown is similar. (I don't remember if the full-size Star B has a full-length guide rod or if it is like a 1911). Internally, the lockwork is closer to a 1905 Colt.
  • The trigger is pivoting rather than sliding and acts on the sear though a dogleg on the right side of the gun.
  • The disconnector is a dovetailed piece on the right side that is pushed down against the dogleg any time the slide is out of battery, preventing the dogleg from tripping the sear.
  • There is no grip safety.
  • The thumb safety acts on the hammer rather than the sear and can be engaged with the hammer cocked or down.
  • I believe the B has a magazine safety. Most Stars do. (I was wrong. It doesn't. Now I have to go check my B Super!)
  • The original chambering for these was the 9mm Bergman-Bayard, which I think is also known as a 9X23.
  • Moonclip had to remind me that all Stars (that I know of) have external extractors.
They are fairly simple guns, decently made.

--Herself
 
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My circa 1943 B has no mag safety but my BM that was pimped out exactly like the B in the movie was with a mag safety. I could tell in the movie one of the guns was likely a Spanish pistol because in one shot I can clearly see a external extractor on a gun. I like in the end scene how they Mexican carry a 35-40oz pistol in bermuda shorts!

"We should have shotguns for this sort of deal".
 
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My circa 1943 B has no mag safety but my BM that was pimped out exactly like the B in the movie was with a mag safety. I could tell in the movie one of the guns was likely a Spanish pistol because in one shot I can clearly see a external extractor on a gun. I like in the end scene how they Mexican carry a 35-40oz pistol in bermuda shorts!

"We should have shotguns for this sort of deal".
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Wolf: what do they look like, Jimmy?

Jimmy: they look like dorks. they look like a couple of dorks!

Jules: ha ha. they're your clothes, motherf***er.
 
I own a Colt 1911 Mark IV .45 officers model that is polished stainless steel (chrome & nickel mark up & flake off too easily). When I purchased then gun she had rubber grips on her, but I put aftermarket mother of pearl grips on shortly after. She only has like a 3 1/2 inch barrel so she kicks like a mule. I'll have pics after I get home from work.

She's my "pimp gun" - thats what my father calls her

I have 2 Glocks (G30 & G23), a blued Beretta 96, blued Colt Woodsman .22, stainless SW .357, so my Colt Mark IV is my fun gun.
 
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I just chanced into a BM in some horse trading and the first thing I thought of was "Mister Nine Millimeter" from Pulp Fiction. Amazingly enough, here's a thread confirming the ID! It's appropriate pistol for Spenard :D
 
The star B is 9x19 the A is 9x23 with super versions of both. The supers work more like a hi-power than a 1911 though. And my star model A has the all out smoothest action i've ever felt on an automatic. It's also one of the very few autos i can hit anything with. Too bad the company is gone :(
 
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Hrmmm. I wonder what made Tarantino pick those 2? The Star is OK I guess, but AO?
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I don't think the director picked the guns in the movie. The script asks for guns, the prop guy gets them. Most of these movie guns are not real anyway, for God's sake, you can't take a chance on Travolta or some other movie moron actually shooting someone. :eek:
 
That reminds me of that scene from "The Thing" when Childs has a flamethrower on the set. In the commentary Carpenter admits he was rather nervous giving Keith David something that could roast the actors and crew in about five seconds. I doubt they could do that these days. Or haul the actors up a remote logging road every day in the middle of a Canadian winter.
 
Mannlicher said:
I don't think the director picked the guns in the movie. The script asks for guns, the prop guy gets them.
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Of course I don't know for sure, but I speculate that Tarantino had more to do with the firearm selection than we might guess.

As a director, he's big into symbolism. Everything from the shoes his characters wear, the cars they drive, to the things they order off of the menu in a restaurant scene, say a little (sometimes a lot) about the character.

Look at the two characters involved. They're rough around the edges, yet they're somewhat refined in a layman-esque way. Professional, but not quite too professional.

I can't say Tarantino had much to do with what *brand* 1911, but suspect he may have compared what was available, and knew they belonged to Vincent and Jules.

None of the above is fact -- just my guess! ;)
 
No but I do have a Taurus like that one guy uses when he comes out of the bathroom and shoots at John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.
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Is the gun bigger than you are? :)
 
Miami Vice; the TV series/"Say What AGAIN!"

I read in a 1980s issue of Soldier of Fortune magazine about the guns of Miami Vice that Michael Mann(the producer of the TV series) likes using stainless steel/nickeled/etc weapons because they look better on film.

The prop/SFX guys also used blanks that had a higher muzzle flash too. ;)

As for Pulp Fiction, does anybody here know if the Beretta 92F in the poster(next to Uma Thurman) is custom or just a drawing? It looks like a 92F 9mm with a full "bull" barrel. I never saw any other Beretta 9mms like it. :cool:

www.imdb.com

Rusty
 
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