Tango01  | 18 May 2012 10:53 a.m. PST |
Loved!. I want one!
If you like guns, don't mis this article.(specially page 2)
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Defiance Games | 18 May 2012 11:12 a.m. PST |
Hands-down one of the very best future weapons ever made. |
| Rassilon | 18 May 2012 11:55 a.m. PST |
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| Rassilon | 18 May 2012 11:55 a.m. PST |
Did you hear that Ridley has the original screen writer back for the new script, and that the new protagonist will be female. :) |
| elsyrsyn | 18 May 2012 12:04 p.m. PST |
I've always thought it looked ludicrous, but tastes vary. Doug |
| Norman D Landings | 18 May 2012 12:04 p.m. PST |
It is indeed the genuine article! A Charter Arms Bulldog, with bits & pieces from the action of a Steyr-Mannlicher bolt-action rifle fixed to it.
(Which is also where the idea for the double-set trigger came from.) They only made the one – the others seen in the movie are resin casts made from the 'hero prop'. You can tell them apart because the others have flat butt-plates.
The resin casts were made before the buttplate of Ford's weapon was scalloped into a finger-groove at the actor's request. Don't mind me… I'm having a triviagasm. |
| Scott Kursk | 18 May 2012 12:21 p.m. PST |
This reminds me of the story about Adam Savage's 13+ year quest to replicate the gun from Fifth Element. link
Insane. |
| Jovian1 | 18 May 2012 12:47 p.m. PST |
Yeah, this is what he should have carried – a REAL weapon! |
| Mako11 | 18 May 2012 2:33 p.m. PST |
I think it looks F'ugly, but that's just me. Jovian's pic is a bit more my style, but I suspect it is a bit unwieldy, and harder to conceal….. |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 18 May 2012 3:23 p.m. PST |
Stupid question, but where the hell does the ammo go? There appears to be no cylinder or magazine well. Works just fine for target pistols, but sidearms intended for field use generally allow more than one shot at a time. |
| Norman D Landings | 18 May 2012 3:42 p.m. PST |
Reality: There's a five-round swing-out cylinder, hidden under a custom-made cover panel. Canon: the weapon is not shown being loaded in the movie, so who knows how it's supposed to work? Some of the replica versions available feature semi-auto style clips protruding from the pistol grip. I've also seen the under-barrel assembly described as the 'magazine'… although this could be a reference to the Steyr-Mannlicher magazine used in its construction. |
| Mako11 | 18 May 2012 11:07 p.m. PST |
If I had to go replicant hunting, I'd want one of these, in .44 mag:
A bit smaller than the .50 cal, with less kick, and a bit more concealable in comparison, but still powerful enough to get the job done. |
| blackscribe | 21 May 2012 1:54 p.m. PST |
Kind of reminds me of the mid-sized Chiappa Rhinos:
The barrel lines-up with the bottom chamber in the cylinder rather than the top. |
