Another "Name that gun" - Planet of the Apes

Doyle · May 23, 2008, 01:23 PM

I caught the tail end of the Planet of the Apes last night and saw rifles that did not look familiar. I'm wondering if these were real production rifles or if they were something the Hollywood prop guys just made up. They were clip fed autoloaders with a full lenght stock. They kind of looked like someone took an M1 carbine and changed out the stock, but the magazine looked larger than an M1 magazine.

Any ideas?

ISC · May 23, 2008, 03:06 PM

thats exactly what they were. They also had some kind of restocked SMGs. APparently only 2 of the prop guns actually shot, both M1s. everything else was a dummy.

SDC · May 23, 2008, 03:49 PM

Exactly; they also made some SMGs up along the same lines by putting some Madsen M50s into wooden furniture.

R1145 · June 25, 2008, 01:50 AM

...this would be a nice kit:

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/C...ro_beneath.htm

May 23, 2008, 01:23 PM	#1
Doyle Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2007 Location: Bradenton, Fl Posts: 4,128	Another "Name that gun" - Planet of the Apes I caught the tail end of the Planet of the Apes last night and saw rifles that did not look familiar. I'm wondering if these were real production rifles or if they were something the Hollywood prop guys just made up. They were clip fed autoloaders with a full lenght stock. They kind of looked like someone took an M1 carbine and changed out the stock, but the magazine looked larger than an M1 magazine. Any ideas?

May 23, 2008, 03:49 PM	#3
SDC Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2001 Location: People's Republic of Kanada Posts: 1,576	Exactly; they also made some SMGs up along the same lines by putting some Madsen M50s into wooden furniture. __________________ Gun control in Canada: making the streets safer for rapists, muggers, and other violent criminals since 1936.

June 25, 2008, 01:50 AM	#4
R1145 Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 336	Kind of cool... ...this would be a nice kit: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/C...ro_beneath.htm

May 23, 2008, 03:06 PM	#2
ISC Junior member Join Date: August 5, 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,982	thats exactly what they were. They also had some kind of restocked SMGs. APparently only 2 of the prop guns actually shot, both M1s. everything else was a dummy.