Has a movie ever made you want to buy a certain firearm? - Page 6

BlueTrain · December 13, 2012, 09:10 AM

Yet another movie which actually prompted me to purchase a particular gun was "The Grey Fox," with Richard Farnsworth as real-life train robber Bill Miner. The gun was a Colt Bisley model, which the actual historical character used and which is in a museum somewhere in Canada, along with a Colt .32 automatic and a Luger. They were progressive train robbers, having given up robbing stagecoaches. I eventually had two Bisley models, both in .45, different barrel lengths, both fixed sights. They take a little getting used to. I also owned a Ruger Bisley, which approached perfection in a single action revolver.

Actor Harry Carey from the Bronx made many movies, including a lot of westerns. One that was not a western was Trader Horn, also based on a real life individual who was a trader in Africa, where the movie was also filmed. At some point I managed to find a copy of the book, about 80 years old, but not the movie itself. I'm not really sure if he used a double rifle in that movie or not but he did in another movie also set in Africa called Sundown. He was a white hunter in that movie. In still another movie, one of he later ones, he was a sheriff in a John Wayne Western. He makes a shot with a rifle and blows through the barrel after he makes the shot. Nice touch, especially for a law student from the Bronx.

sserdlihc · December 14, 2012, 09:33 PM

Walther P99 from TOMORROW NEVER DIES.

Hogeman · December 14, 2012, 10:07 PM

S&W model 29 44mag. Dirty Harry movie.

Drummer101 · December 15, 2012, 01:00 AM

MIB 3: J frame revolver
Wild Wild West: 1860 Army
Skyfall: sig p232 (seems a little better than the modern day ppk)
Band of Brothers: Colt 1911 (but the commander model)

monkybrainz · December 16, 2012, 11:28 AM

young guns, billy the kids Colt Single Action Army 4¾" Quick Draw - .45 Long Colt.

Texshooter · December 18, 2012, 02:49 AM

Well, gotta say a Browning Hi Power.

"The Bodyguard", but really because Costner and myself share so many of the same qualities

December 13, 2012, 09:10 AM	#126
BlueTrain Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 5,809	Yet another movie which actually prompted me to purchase a particular gun was "The Grey Fox," with Richard Farnsworth as real-life train robber Bill Miner. The gun was a Colt Bisley model, which the actual historical character used and which is in a museum somewhere in Canada, along with a Colt .32 automatic and a Luger. They were progressive train robbers, having given up robbing stagecoaches. I eventually had two Bisley models, both in .45, different barrel lengths, both fixed sights. They take a little getting used to. I also owned a Ruger Bisley, which approached perfection in a single action revolver. Actor Harry Carey from the Bronx made many movies, including a lot of westerns. One that was not a western was Trader Horn, also based on a real life individual who was a trader in Africa, where the movie was also filmed. At some point I managed to find a copy of the book, about 80 years old, but not the movie itself. I'm not really sure if he used a double rifle in that movie or not but he did in another movie also set in Africa called Sundown. He was a white hunter in that movie. In still another movie, one of he later ones, he was a sheriff in a John Wayne Western. He makes a shot with a rifle and blows through the barrel after he makes the shot. Nice touch, especially for a law student from the Bronx. __________________ Shoot low, sheriff. They're riding Shetlands! Underneath the starry flag, civilize 'em with a Krag, and return us to our own beloved homes! Buy War Bonds.

December 14, 2012, 09:33 PM	#127
sserdlihc Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2008 Location: S.C. Posts: 1,390	Walther P99 from TOMORROW NEVER DIES. __________________ Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. Aupleius If someone doesn't like you, that's their problem! Milton Childress

December 15, 2012, 01:00 AM	#129
Drummer101 Senior Member Join Date: October 22, 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 888	MIB 3: J frame revolver Wild Wild West: 1860 Army Skyfall: sig p232 (seems a little better than the modern day ppk) Band of Brothers: Colt 1911 (but the commander model) __________________ ""I would say that we have to make up criteria." OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon? Show your work and round to the nearest decimal."-Mike Irwin

December 16, 2012, 11:28 AM	#130
monkybrainz Junior Member Join Date: December 1, 2012 Location: oklahoma USA Posts: 6	young guns, billy the kids Colt Single Action Army 4¾" Quick Draw - .45 Long Colt. __________________ "The Second Amendment of our Bill of Rights is my Concealed Weapons Permit, period." - Ted Nugent

December 14, 2012, 10:07 PM	#128
Hogeman Member Join Date: December 1, 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 27	S&W model 29 44mag. Dirty Harry movie.

December 18, 2012, 02:49 AM	#131
Texshooter Senior Member Join Date: July 17, 2006 Posts: 254	Well, gotta say a Browning Hi Power. "The Bodyguard", but really because Costner and myself share so many of the same qualities