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Old June 12, 2012, 10:19 AM   #1
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Has a movie ever made you want to buy a certain firearm?

My wife and I watched the movie about Ernest Hemingway a couple of days ago (the one where you get nice views of Nicole Kidman's assets). That got me curious about Hemingway so I did some Googling and found out that he shot himself with a Boss shotgun. I'd never heard of Boss, so I started researching them. Dang, I'd sure love to have one. The only problem is that I don't have a spare $75,000 laying around to plunk down on one. Oh well, I can still dream.
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Old June 12, 2012, 10:25 AM   #2
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I hate to admit it, but westerns make me want lever action rifles and single action revolvers. I wax nostalgic I guess...
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Old June 12, 2012, 10:58 AM   #3
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Never bought one yet, but movies have made me drool,,,

Dirty Harry made me want a Model 29.

The Unforgiven made me want a Schofield.

Lethal Weapon made me want a Beretta 92F.

The Shadow made me want an H&R Handi Gun.

Dr. No made me want a tiny Beretta.

From Russia With Love made me want an Armalite AR-7.

Zulu made me want a Webley revolver of any ilk.

Every cowboy movie made me want a Colt Peacemaker.

And the list could go on and on.

Interestingly enough though,,,
I've never purchased any of these guns.

I do own a S&W Model 629,,,
But it was a gift from a dear friend.

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Old June 12, 2012, 11:12 AM   #4
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Has a movie ever made you want to buy a certain firearm

Have to get real here.
Yep one movie The Good Bad And the Ugly. Those Navys and Remingtons and especially that Cattleman's carbine. I wouldn't turn any down if offered that's for sure.

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Old June 12, 2012, 11:18 AM   #5
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not a movie but, Call of Duty has me drooling over a model 1887 shotgun.
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Old June 12, 2012, 12:06 PM   #6
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movie

YES! "THE HIRED HAND" . Peter Fonda starred and directed it. Warren Oates was his Riding buddy. In the movie, Oates carried an old Navy B/P and Fonda carried a Peacemaker. I have it on DVD, and Fonda gives a prologue in which he wanted to protray the west as it was in the 1880's. There are Walkers, multi-barreled derringers, and all types of period correct rifles and shotguns. It was the first "Period Correct" western I ever saw and really started me on my six gun path. I believe you can still rent it, as it became something of a cult classic. It pulls no punches and the sound- track is amazing. The music was released on a CD years ago, which I also got. Give it a look! It came out in 1971. In the final shoot-out scene, everybody misses their targets except for a couple luck shots, and the hero , well I won't ruin it for you should you decide to watch it.

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Old June 12, 2012, 12:07 PM   #7
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Every time I see a Lethal Weapon movie it makes me want a Beretta 92..then I remember the trigger.

Underworld really made me want a H&K USP-Match though, now if only I could find one for less than an arm and both legs.
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Old June 12, 2012, 01:51 PM   #8
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I'm particularly fond of those guns in movies which never need to be reloaded
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Old June 12, 2012, 02:04 PM   #9
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Watching NCIS gave me the strange urge to buy a Sig P228.

EDIT: Here's a related question. Who's bought a gun because of the TV show or movie that made them want it?

I haven't yet...
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Old June 12, 2012, 02:27 PM   #10
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I bought a Detonics Combat Master and a S&W 645
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Old June 12, 2012, 02:27 PM   #11
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After seeing Shoot 'Em Up I want a Hammerson.
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Old June 12, 2012, 02:46 PM   #12
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Maybe only the famous line in that rediculous movie "Overboard": "...It is a Weatherby. I have many of them."

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Old June 12, 2012, 06:21 PM   #13
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"The ghost and the Darkness" still makes me want to buy a Howdah (or tiger) pistol.
I just can't seem to find an over/under BP version for a price I can afford
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Old June 12, 2012, 07:15 PM   #14
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I think every WWII movie I watched as a kid got me hooked on 1911s.
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Old June 12, 2012, 08:35 PM   #15
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An awful lot of movies have sold a lot of guns. All the westerns made from the 1920's on sold a lot of leverguns and SA revolvers even though almost none are period correct for the movies.The "A Team" sold lots of Mini -14's.

For me personally Tom Selleck in Magnum PI influenced me to get into 1911's more than any other movie or TV program.
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Old June 12, 2012, 08:46 PM   #16
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"Face Off" made me want a matching pair of gold 1911s.
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Old June 12, 2012, 08:54 PM   #17
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When Charles Bronson's "friend" Wildey arrived in Death Wish III, I fell in love.

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Old June 12, 2012, 09:17 PM   #18
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If, let me say that again, IF it would work as it does in the movie, I might be tempted to pick up a copy of Jesse Ventura's mini gun from the movie "Predator".

I have some stubborn brush to clear along my back fence and his gun seems to do that very well.
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Old June 12, 2012, 09:19 PM   #19
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Kinda backwards

When I was in Genoa Italy years back I picked up a SPAS12 (pre "I'll be Back"). Total jamomatic POS, when the movie came out I was able to sell it at a gun shop in Norfolk for about 5X what it cost me.

EDIT: I was also able to get t cheaper than what he was selling it for, no uniform, paid U.S. cash and my Nonna lived about 20 miles north so my Italians not that bad.
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Old June 12, 2012, 09:39 PM   #20
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Just watched "Where Eagles Dare" the other night, for the umpteenth time. I'm currently Jones'in for an MP40.
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Old June 12, 2012, 09:46 PM   #21
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after Faster, with the Rock, i kinda wanted the ruger alaskan 454. i don't know how much fun it would be to shoot the 2.5 inch 454 though. but still looked cool.
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Old June 12, 2012, 11:13 PM   #22
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The Chuck Norris movie "Invasion USA" got me wanting a .45 ACP (American Handgunner and Colt got me wanting a SS GM 1911 afterwards ,which I still have). The latest Zombie craze (not the one in Miami) got me thinking if the SHTF I'd be better served by a magazine fed rifle so I got an AR. Dirty Harry got me wanting a S&W 29 .44 magnum but years later I got a 629. Sold it, but now have another that's not going anywhere.
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Old June 12, 2012, 11:29 PM   #23
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'Zulu' got to me for the Martini-Henry, took me 35 years to get one.

'Sergeant York' for a Springfield 1903. (I know it should have been a P17).

'The Naked Runner' for a Mauser C96 and stock. That took me 40 years !

'Lawrence of Arabia' for the Webley pistol.
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Old June 12, 2012, 11:56 PM   #24
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Dirty Harry Model 29. Every time I thought I had enough money a new Harry movie came out and jacked the price up.

Quigley down under a sharps.

Jeremiah Johnson a "Hawken rifle 50 caliber or better."

Cold Mountain a LeMatte revolver. The large smooth bore barrel and nine shots intrigued me.

Those are my top 4.

In reality just about every realistic gun movie I ever saw has made me drool.
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Old June 13, 2012, 01:10 AM   #25
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Not consciously, but once upon a time I made a list of "guns to buy before I die." My wife took one look at the list and made the observation that every gun on my list featured prominently in my favorite movie.




Sadly, long before I could complete said purchases, many of the guns in question were made illegal in my neck of the woods.
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