What Gun(s) Did You Buy - Or Want To - Simply Because of TV and/or Movies?

[BCG]

I like being dumb with owning stuff in movies. So........I'd get the John Wick package.


If there isn't a "What gun(s) did you buy -- or want to buy -- simply because it was in a movie?" thread on this site, there should be.


Judging from your avatar, you are the man to start it!

1. HK MP5 because of Die Hard (1988).

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Unfortunately, the 1989 executive action import ban on "assault weapons" put the HK-94 out of reach.

With PTR now making an MP5 clone in the USA, I'm tempted -- even though I have a SIG MPX and the CZ EVO Scorpion is the current internet hotness -- simply because of 1980s nostalgia.

2. HK P30L, because of John Wick (2014).

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I was already looking at the P30 because (1) a friend of mine had bought one a few years earlier, and (2) it was the then hotness here on Pistol-Forum and Pistol-Training. But after seeing John Wick, I wanted the L version.

I did get a P30LS in a trade a few months later, but ended up eventually trading it for something else. As much as I like the idea of the P30 and P30L, I'm one of those people whose trigger finger gets rubbed raw by it. I'm sure it won't stop me from getting a non-S P30L if I find one at the right price, because of John Wick.

3. I would say that if they ever make an action movie about, based on, or starring Ernest Langdon, I'd want a Beretta PX4 Compact. But I just picked one up this weekend. Since it was because of Mr. Langdon's "The PX4 Compact might be my DA/SA Glock 19 (https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?16519)" thread here, I suppose that sort-of-counts.

I'm sure there are others I can't think of right now; probably more than I care to admit. If/when I get around to sweeping the cobwebs in my head, I'll post them here.

[spinmove_]

Beretta 92FS

I’ve seen it in tons of movies and TV shows. I was originally leaning heavily towards possibly getting an M9A1, but the 92FS pleased my less practical side with the non-railed and slanted dust cover. I’ve shot them before and liked them and it took me way too long to acquire my own. Having finally gotten some rounds through it with the D spring installed I think it’ll be something I’ll be shooting regularly. I’m going to find a way to either carry it and/or compete with it.


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[farscott]

A pair of HK P7M8 pistols that I had finished in NP3 as Hans Gruber had a hard chromed P7 in "Die Hard".

[RevolverRob]

Colt Detective Special (well technically it's a Cobra, but whatever). Because I watched too much Bogart and Dragnet as a kid -

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Not yet, but one of these days I'll get a 2.5" Diamondback because...Bullitt...Which is why I have an upside down shoulder holster for my Colts...:eek:

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[Lester Polfus]

I can not confirm nor deny that I replaced the lever action rifle I should never have sold in the first place the day after binge-watching Longmire.

[T Smith]

I have a Walther PPK in my safe because, well...you know.

[NEPAKevin]

Colt 1903 Hammerless

http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/3/33/Patton-colt03a.jpg/600px-Patton-colt03a.jpg

I'll also fess up that my first handgun was a 6 1/2 Model 29.

http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/a/ad/DirtyH1_617.jpg/600px-DirtyH1_617.jpg

[Peally]

Can safely say I have never purchased a firearm based on its use in a film.

[Stephanie B]

PPK (OK, PPK/s) for obvious reasons.

Model 29.

Model 15 because Adam-12.

[awp_101]

Full size USP45 because I got a screaming deal on it and because Collateral. Traded it to my buddy for something. Maybe an Enfield.

Para P18*9 because Hitman. Sold it later because I wanted something else.

Traded the same buddy that got my USP an MP5 clone for his Pedersoli .45-120 because Quigley Down Under. He’d bought it for the same reason. Sold off after a poorly timed job change.

Numerous single actions/cap and ball/cartridge conversions because Clint Eastwood movies.

That’s all I can think of/admit to offhand...

[JSGlock34]

I spent a great deal of time deeply considering the merits of the AUG against other competing assault rifles before adding one to the safe based solely on its attributes as a combat firearm.

http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/6/69/DH-AUG-2.jpg/800px-DH-AUG-2.jpg

[Duelist]

PPK because of reasons. I got a Makarov because it was cheap and close, and a PPK/S BB gun. Sold the Makarov, still might someday get a PPK.

Beretta 92 because of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. And the Army. Finally got one. It’s good.

Still want a SAA and a Schofield because of all the Louis L’amour novels and cowboy movies I devoured growing up. Just have a Single Six.

Want a Katana because of reading Shogun and The Highlander movie and TV series. Only have a bokken.

[Olim9]

Full size USP45 because I got a screaming deal on it and because Collateral. Traded it to my buddy for something.

Picked up a USP45 for the same reason. While I really like the gun, it’s too big for my hands to shoot as well as my other more ‘conventional’ guns. I thought about selling it and buying an LEM HK45 so I could have a more practical .45 because I found out .45 is pretty fun to shoot.

Originally wanted to shoot USPSA with it using a IWB from concealment like Vincent but never got around to doing it.

I may or may not have had fun doing mozambiques and supine bill drills with it at times on the range

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[Ed L]

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[Ed L]

An STG-44 after seeing it in several episodes on Larry Vickers' former show on the Sportsman's channel called Tactical Arms, and in the movie Fury. I am still waiting for the paperwork to clear.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AL_efDIc3M&t=41s

[Joe in PNG]

Bought one of those 9mm Schmisser clones because of Indiana Jones and Where Eagles Dare.
Didn't like it, and sold it.

[Bigghoss]

S&W 4506 from The Shield
Beretta 92 from everything
1911 from everything
Desert Eagle from everything
HK MP5 from everything

Probably a bunch of others too.

[critter]

Beretta 92 : Lethal Weapon

[Tom Duffy]

I bought my first gun in 1972. A Colt Python, knowing nothing about it except that it looked really cool. I felt vindicated the next year when I saw that all the bad cops in Magnum Force ( second Dirty Harry movie) carried one. I still have it. Early lesson - buy a major brand but pick what looks coolest. 😏 Probably why I’ve always resisted Glocks.

[Duelist]

S&W 4506 from The Shield
Beretta 92 from everything
1911 from everything
Desert Eagle from everything
HK MP5 from everything

Probably a bunch of others too.

Oh, yeah. 4506, because Sonny Crockett. Bought a 4516 instead because I thought I’d be more likely to actually carry it.

Love it. Would probably have loved a 4506 as much, but the only one I got my hands on at the time I was shopping had the slide buffed to a mirror. Gag.

[Hambo]

I'm sure Diehard played a part in my choosing a Beretta. In sort of a defense, it was that or a S&W 2nd Generation, or the very new Glock.

I am also sure that countless cowboy movies and TV shows in my youth contributed to SA and cap and ball revolvers.

I still want a LAPD Model 14 because Adam-12.

[Nephrology]

HK MP5 and HK USP because of this game:

https://i.imgur.com/8BY4Nm4.png

[einherjarvalk]

I'm probably outing myself as a youngin' a bit here, but most of my "As Seen on TV" purchases were based off of video games rather than movies (movies help, though). I don't think there's much wrong with that; if my experience with teens and early 20-somethings these days says anything, it's that games are likely to end up being the primary way people get the gun bug in the future.

My biggest and most expensive one so far is a 1983 Izhmash AKS-74N kit build I did largely because I spent hundreds upon hundreds of hours using one in the Arsenal mod for STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl during college. The first MGSV trailer helped too.

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I've also bought multiple HK/HK-pattern firearms based largely on my fondness for the old Tom Clancy's games, namely Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six 3. So far, I've got a PTR-91 with the wide handguard and navy selector, a USP Tactical (in 9mm for practicality's sake), and I have a Zenith Z-5RS on backorder. If money permitted, I'd absolutely add a Mark 23 to my lineup based on my love for Metal Gear Solid as well.

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Interestingly enough, while I've got two P30Ls now, John Wick wasn't the main reason I bought them; I just happened to like them a bit more than the USP ergonomically and preferred the longer barrel model since I intended it to be a postal match gun first and foremost. I've since fallen in love with the platform and may even add a standard P30 at some point down the line as a "suit gun."

My 870 Police Magnum was another "game-inspired" purchase. I figured I needed a shotgun in my lineup of some sort, and the 870MCS was my go-to option in the Battlefield games. The Police Magnum with rifle sights came closest and the local cop shop had a surplus of them, so it was an easy decision. One of these days I'll seek out a proper MCS pump and see if I can actually clone the damn thing since Remington apparently just outright ignores you if you call them as a civilian looking to get MCS parts.

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That said, if you want to see the truly weird side of young gun owners, anime will get brought into the equation as well. I now know of at least two (!) people in a chat server I'm in who have bought or are actively seeking out HK USCs/Tommybuilt UMP45 conversions because we all started playing a mobile game called "Girls' Frontline" and their love for UMP45 (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1673/0883/products/Girls_Frontline_UMP45_Anime_Cosplay_Wig_2_1800x.pn g?v=1499062263) inspired them to pick up a real one. Weird, but hey, whatever works.

[Nephrology]

I've also bought multiple HK/HK-pattern firearms based largely on my fondness for the old Tom Clancy's games, namely Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six 3.

...Rainbow Six 3 is a new Tom Clancy game to me !!

This the one that I grew up playing:

https://i.imgur.com/fkoI3RO.png

[einherjarvalk]

...Rainbow Six 3 is a new Tom Clancy game to me !!


I'm juuuust old enough to remember Rainbow Six being the new hotness and remember watching my friends and uncle play Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear, but my parents were so eager to keep me away from guns and violent games that I didn't get to partake until Raven Shield dropped. Clearly, that worked out well.

It's definitely still having an effect as a series, too. My stepbrother (16, I think) had a bit of a fanboy moment when he found out I owned a Scorpion Evo since it's a common sight on a popular character in Rainbow Six Siege.

[Wendell]

The (GSG) StG-44

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Stg-44

[FNFAN]

I suppose if I ran up on a Mauser Schnellfeuer at the right price....

[TheNewbie]

HK MP5 and HK USP because of this game:

https://i.imgur.com/8BY4Nm4.png

I liked Rogue Spear better, but these games were amazing. Along with Operation Flashpoint. Not often do I miss being a kid in the 90s and early 2000s, but stuff like this makes me want to go back.

The opening to the original Ghost Recon sort of predicted the 2008 Russian-Georgian war.

Never bought but always wanted was a 4506 because of Det. Tom Ludlow in Street Kings. Also a 5906 in the Ted Blocker holster John Cooper carried on Southland.

[PD Sgt.]

Kept a PPK/s around longer than I should have because of Bond (eventually sold it to a buddy).

Picked up some stag grip panels for one of my 1911s because of Longmire.

Had a HK USP 9c that I wanted to like more than I did because of 24 (I shoot the P2K better).

[Lester Polfus]

Picked up some stag grip panels for one of my 1911s because of Longmire.


I've so far resisted buying a mil-spec 1911 to wear stag grips, but if I watch the show again, I'll probably cave.

[Gadfly]

92FS, because Die Hard And Lethal Weapon.

MP5, because every movie from 84 to 2000.

Bren Ten In Stainless, because

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And a two tone Blue’ed over Stainless 1911, because...

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[Casual Friday]

I'm probably outing myself as a youngin' a bit here, but most of my "As Seen on TV" purchases were based off of video games rather than movies (movies help, though). I don't think there's much wrong with that; if my experience with teens and early 20-somethings these days says anything, it's that games are likely to end up being the primary way people get the gun bug in the future.

I'd say that's a fair assessment. I'm 38 and my nephew in law is quite a bit younger, I think he's 22. He got into airsoft replicas after growing up playing video games, and now he's into the real thing. He's never seen Die Hard, Miami Vice, Magnum PI, or Heat. All movies/shows that heavily influenced my love for guns at an early age.

[Nephrology]

I liked Rogue Spear better, but these games were amazing. Along with Operation Flashpoint. Not often do I miss being a kid in the 90s and early 2000s, but stuff like this makes me want to go back.

The opening to the original Ghost Recon sort of predicted the 2008 Russian-Georgian war.


So good! I loved Op Flashpoint. I remember thinking , "These maps are HUGE!"

[BWT]

11.5'' BCM SBR with carrying handle and single heat shield handguard. Similar to the rifles used in the Heist in HEAT.

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I didn't go for period correct as far as having an A1 upper, CAR style stock, and A2 grip (I'm just not interested). But, conceptually I really like the idea of a fast handling, light weight SBR, trimmed down, with iron sights (fundamentals/nostalga), and with modern furniture (pistol grip that feels good in my hand, stock, etc.). I also have another SBR (12.5") with an Aimpoint H2, flashlight, etc.

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I just really liked that configuration (and I'm a pretty big fan of BCM), but practically speaking I wanted to configure it how I'd actually use the rifle. I really like the thin handguards.

It's a wonderfully handy rifle.

God Bless,

Brandon

[RevolverRob]

Can safely say I have never purchased a firearm based on its use in a film.

Dude...that’s not a brag. That’s just sad.

I haven’t gotten a PPK yet, but I keep meaning to. A .25 Beretta with chamois shoulder holster with the grips removed should be on my agenda too...

[TheNewbie]

So good! I loved Op Flashpoint. I remember thinking , "These maps are HUGE!"

I spent hours in the OFP map editor. Good thing it was easy to make Bs in school.

It was a game made by pro American developers living in, and from, the Czech Republic.

Have you played any the Arma games by the same people who did OFP?


The first Taken film does make the 92FS look cool.

[Bobcat]

A S&W Model 29.
Back in the 70's.

[Peally]

Dude...that’s not a brag. That’s just sad.

I haven’t gotten a PPK yet, but I keep meaning to. A .25 Beretta with chamois shoulder holster with the grips removed should be on my agenda too...

YMMV, I see it as a brag ;)

Most guns are boring, it's skillz with them that get fun.

[Lon]

Marion Cobretti’s Jatimatic in Cobra.

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[Nephrology]

I spent hours in the OFP map editor. Good thing it was easy to make Bs in school.

It was a game made by pro American developers living in, and from, the Czech Republic.

Have you played any the Arma games by the same people who did OFP?


The first Taken film does make the 92FS look cool.

I've been a filthy Mac owner since I started college - in large part so I COULDN'T play those games. I knew at the tender age of 17 that if I brought a laptop capable of playing games I actually enjoyed that I would fail out of college. It worked... for better or for worse.

From what I've seen of the arma games, they look right up my alley. Maybe after my comprehensive exams in the fall :P

[TheNewbie]

Marion Cobretti’s Jatimatic in Cobra.

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The grocery store scene from that movie is so cheesy, but I get a kick out of watching it .

[Totem Polar]

I was thinking “I never bought a gun just because of movies/tv..." until I saw these posts, and realized that my thoughts were really half-truths.


I have a Walther PPK in my safe because, well...you know.


I can not confirm nor deny that I replaced the lever action rifle I should never have sold in the first place the day after binge-watching Longmire.

[BehindBlueI's]

Dirty Harry is the only fictional character that's sold me a gun.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38mE6ba3qj8

[RevolverRob]

Maybe after my comprehensive exams in the fall :P

Don't do it.

I hid my Xbox controller two years ago. I haven't found it yet...and I've gotten a lot done since then, too. As much as I love gaming, that's the problem...I love it to the exclusion of other things. Focus, go to the gym, go shooting, read a book....

[ragnar_d]

Coming from a child of the 90's and in no particular order:

MP5/MP5SD because of . . . everything.
Beretta 92 because of . . . everything.
Tricked out .38 Super 1911 because of Nash Bridges (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Nash_Bridges)
Model 10 Snub and 4" Model 15 because of Dragnet (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Dragnet_(1967)) and Adam-12 (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Adam-12)
CAR-15s, M16s, and M60s of various configurations from various Vietnam War shows and movies (Tour of Duty, Green Berets, etc.)
Colt Dragoon from True Grit (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/True_Grit_(1969))
AMC Automag (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/AMC_Auto_Mag_Pistol) from Sudden Impact and Beverly Hills Cop II
1874 Sharps from Quigley (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Quigley_Down_Under)

When I put it down in text (and it's by no means an exhaustive list), I realize that my eclectic taste in firearms really stems from a mix of spaghetti westerns, Clint Eastwood/John Wayne movies, TV Land reruns, and 90's block busters. Sounds about right.

[BehindBlueI's]

Focus, go to the gym, go shooting, read a book....

Or unleash your inner Elvis and go shoot a book. Perhaps in your racquetball room.

[einherjarvalk]

Don't do it.

I hid my Xbox controller two years ago. I haven't found it yet...and I've gotten a lot done since then, too. As much as I love gaming, that's the problem...I love it to the exclusion of other things. Focus, go to the gym, go shooting, read a book....

If it makes you feel any better, you're not missing much these days. Might be a sign of getting older, but I went from buying 3-4 new games per month in 2012 to maybe 3-4 games a year. There's just not a lot in the way of unique experiences anymore (and those that offer unique experiences take some time to work through), so I find myself replaying older stuff like World in Conflict fairly frequently.

Speaking of, World in Conflict has made me pencil an M16A2 clone into my list on more than one occasion. Then I realize I probably wouldn't shoot it much at all and shelve the idea.

[BobM]

I bought a good tomahawk after the Patriot came out. I wanted a 92 when Lethal Weapon came out but was just fresh out of college then.
The only movie inspired gun I might actually buy someday would be a Quigley style long range Sharps rifle.

Just remembered that I did buy an AR7 some years ago. There was something like it in a James Bond movie I saw in my youth. It didn't work that well so it's gone now.

[JAD]

I haven't found it yet, but I've been looking for a two tone Sphinx AT2000 since Mission Impossible ii came out. A long time ago.

[Shoresy]

Don't do it.

I hid my Xbox controller two years ago. I haven't found it yet...and I've gotten a lot done since then, too. As much as I love gaming, that's the problem...I love it to the exclusion of other things. Focus, go to the gym, go shooting, read a book....

I didn't find it all that dramatic. I played a game or two well into the early hours a couple times a week for about six months, then realized it wasn't having a single real-world benefit... and replaced it with gym time. If someone wants to find that out for themselves the hard way, knock yourself out (I don't regret it, the games were fun and the time wasn't long enough to be a truly significant loss).

I have yet to purchase a firearm based on Hollywood, but I will say that Longmire and Wind River generated quite a bit of interest in leverguns...:D

[Bigghoss]

1874 Sharps from Quigley (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Quigley_Down_Under)

How the F did I forget a Sharps from Quigley Down Under? That movie totally made me want one of those.

While we're at it, multiple single action revolvers from watching westerns. SAA, Schofield, and a replica of a cartridge converted cap-and-ball revolver. And throw in a coach gun and Winchester '94 to boot. I wasn't into westerns as a kid even though my dad was/is but in my 20's I started getting into them more.

[CCT125US]

USP.45 because I couldn't find a MK23 in 1998. That first purchase though, started an HK addiction I am still fighting. As I sit here with a USP9c.... I basically blame USSOCOM and PF for my happiness.

And Die Hard for my investment in precious German metals. Did not expect to win both those auctions. Thanks Hans.

[Darth_Uno]

S&W 4506 from The Shield
Beretta 92 from everything
1911 from everything
Desert Eagle from everything
HK MP5 from everything

Probably a bunch of others too.

Back when I didn't know jack about squat, I wanted a DE .50 mostly because of the Matrix. In somewhat of a defense, I had no inclination to wear black leather trench coats. I just thought the gun was cool.

I still do, but I have it filed under Cool But Useless.

[Darth_Uno]

If it makes you feel any better, you're not missing much these days. Might be a sign of getting older, but I went from buying 3-4 new games per month in 2012 to maybe 3-4 games a year. There's just not a lot in the way of unique experiences anymore (and those that offer unique experiences take some time to work through), so I find myself replaying older stuff like World in Conflict fairly frequently.

Speaking of, World in Conflict has made me pencil an M16A2 clone into my list on more than one occasion. Then I realize I probably wouldn't shoot it much at all and shelve the idea.

Not a gun, but I'd pay good money for a functional (not a cheap cosplay POS) Master Sword from The Legend Of Zelda. After Skyward Sword, I didn't play anything at all for a few years until Breath Of The Wild came out, which my son and I beat together. Also, it's a curious mixture of rage and pride the first time your child legit beats you at Mario Kart.

[MistWolf]

http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Wayne, John/Annex/Annex - Wayne, John (Sands of Iwo Jima)_01.jpg

[JSGlock34]

With PTR now making an MP5 clone in the USA, I'm tempted -- even though I have a SIG MPX and the CZ EVO Scorpion is the current internet hotness -- simply because of 1980s nostalgia.

Give the Zenith Quest Z-5RS a hard look if you want a reasonably priced MP5 clone. Mine is running great (admittedly, it had a quick trip back to Zenith at their expense which was promptly sorted out, but that only strengthens my recommendation - they'll make it right).


I would say that if they ever make an action movie about, based on, or starring Ernest Langdon, I'd want a Beretta PX4 Compact. But I just picked one up this weekend.

Inception is the Beretta PX4 action movie if you need the excuse.

http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/7/71/Inception-PX4-publicitystill.jpg/800px-Inception-PX4-publicitystill.jpg

[Trooper224]

1873 Winchester/Winchester 73
1903 Springfield/Sergeant York
M1 Garand/Half the movies from my childhood, as well as shows like Combat!
FAL/The Wild Geese
M1 Carbine/To Hell and Back and The Bridges at Toko Ri
S&W Model 29/Dirty Harry, a four inch because if Nick Nolte in 48 Hours
S&W Model 14/Adam 12
Colt Python/Magnum Force
Colt Detective Special/every film noir movie ever made.

[Drang]

As a child of the 60s, M1 Garands and 1911s were everywhere. I won't say that their appearance on TV or in movies influenced my purchases, however.

OTOH, the Sharps was definitely purchased because my wife saw Quigley Down Under. Now that she's binge-watching Blue Bloods, I have to wonder what is next. (While wondering why none of those cable rerun channels are running Magnum PI.)

[Bigghoss]

Back when I didn't know jack about squat, I wanted a DE .50 mostly because of the Matrix. In somewhat of a defense, I had no inclination to wear black leather trench coats. I just thought the gun was cool.

I still do, but I have it filed under Cool But Useless.

That's why I don't have one yet.

[beenalongtime]

Want to buy, well back when I was 21 (just prior to Clinton), I wanted to buy a Calico M950. I think the first time I remember it was from I come in peace.

Part of me wanted to buy one of those 22 MP5 clones, as a range toy. (saw a specialized LEO friends actual one once, and knew I didn't have the feed it budget) Didn't like how much of it was plastic and AFAIK, no binary trigger available.
That one is probably influenced in part by TV.
Over the years I have had the opportunity to buy a few "TV/Movie" guns and have passed. (Mac 10, Uzi, SKS)

Some of the guns that have been mentioned, I would only be interested if they are ones from certain friends (PPK, that belongs to a retired LEO friend, revolver that belonged to another LEO I know, etc). Other then that I am more interested in how they handle/shoot for me, and if it is a historic or old army weapon. (only recently bought a Inox prewarning 92 for a good price, then have ordered a LTT 92). I really only paid attention to what specifically the guns were after getting into guns. (example, only noticed the PX4 in Lucy after buying one)

I would be more interested in the bottomless ammo, that never seems to run out, that Hollyweird shows. I think lots of us here, would prefer that and just buy the guns instead.

[Bucky]

As a kid, I fell in love with the Python because of Starsky and Hutch. I always thought it would be my first gun. It wasn’t by a long shot, but I did eventually get one. By the time I did get it, I had far more legitimate reasons to own one.

[PD Sgt.]

I have yet to purchase a firearm based on Hollywood, but I will say that Longmire and Wind River generated quite a bit of interest in leverguns...:D

Yeah, I am likely going to end up with a stainless 45-70 in the safe thanks to Wind River.

[Joe in PNG]

Another foolish purchase was a Walther/GSG/IMI/ect fake Uzi .22lr. Because I'm a child of the early 80's, and that was the SMG.
That the fake clone was typical zinc hot garbage encouraged me to sell it.

But, I'm still up for one of the real ones... and a genuine Ruger sidefolding Mini-14.

[JBhunter45]

Besides the requisite 92FS and MP5 clones, a Stoeger coach gun because Tombstone/Young Guns.

[serialsolver]

I still want a coach gun cause of Big Jake (more now that I’m older) and Valdez is coming, “something for the rabbits “.

Serpico got me interested in hi powers and it was good enough for John Wayne, good enough for me.

It was Bullitt that made me want a takedown Winchester 97 and the mummy that pushed me into a small collection of takedown shotguns.

I thought everyone wanted a m29 cause of Dirty Harry.

Jim Rockford made me want a detective special so did Barney Miller.



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[Hawker800]

Python.
https://youtu.be/Jtj6hsByDYk

[NEPAKevin]

How the F did I forget a Sharps from Quigley Down Under? That movie totally made me want one of those.



There was an article in the Blue Press that described Quigley Down Under something to the effect of a western set in Australia starring a Sharps 1874 rifle with Tom Selleck as supporting actor.

[HCountyGuy]

I wanted a Mare’s Leg because of Firefly/Serenity. NCIS and Burn Notice make me want a P228.

Most of my other gun desires of media influence were due to video games.

My first firearm purchase ever was a legacy P226 which I bought because of a mod in Arma 2.
Project Reality made me want a Benelli M4.

[Robinson]

There was an article in the Blue Press that described Quigley Down Under something to the effect of a western set in Australia starring a Sharps 1874 rifle with Tom Selleck as supporting actor.

Sort of like how The Crossfire Trail is a western starring an 1876 Winchester Saddle Ring Carbine with full fore-end stock (musket style) with Tom Selleck as supporting actor.

[GardoneVT]

I checked off two franchises with one gun- bought a Kimber Warrior due to John Wick II & Bosch.

[Wondering Beard]

I wanted a Mare’s Leg because of Firefly/Serenity.

That should make me feel old

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300_and_h450_bestv2/A8JD0UX5w31bg9b0VfETzi4HZYw.jpg

[Stephanie B]

Fiona on Burn Notice had a HK USPc in .45. Not saying that’s why I have one. Not say it’s not.


Damn the iPhone Typos!

[Lex Luthier]

A Lithgow SMLE mk III with model 1907 bayonet after watching The Lighthorsemen.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0093416/

"We're gonna charge Beer Sheba, Mate!"

[JRB]

(Obvious MP5+Beretta 92 wants have already been addressed)

Gadfly nailed my want for a stainless frame/blued slide 1911 better than I ever could have.

BWT nailed the 11.5in Commando from HEAT as well - I *totally* don't own a Colt 6933 upper on a pistol build because of HEAT. Nor did I almost buy an FNC just because of the same movie. Nope!

Mare's leg because of Firefly/Serenity - still want, almost bought a Rossi Mare's leg in .357 but it was just too rough and cheaply made to swipe the card.

AR-180 because of Terminator 1, and an 1887 12 ga because of Terminator 2. Both ended up priced higher than my want is willing to pay. The right deal on a Howa AR-180 would do it for me, though.

I *will* own an AKS-74 with the triangle side folding stock and a PSO-1 scope, with an OD green mag, forearm, and pistol grip, just like the one I used so much in the old "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." PC video game series. But prices are high on such AK's these days. Like einherjarvalk, I spent hundreds of hours playing that game series and various mod packages for it, in much simpler times as a young adult.

I owned an East German Makarov because of that same game. I loved the way it looked and the Cold War feel of it, but the particular example I had shot nice, tight little groups about 12in high and 6in left at 25 yards regardless of the ammo I fed it, and being a military model made sight adjustments basically impossible. So I sold it and doubled my money.

[ASH556]

I worked in a shop for a couple years with no interest in any semi-auto rifle other than a .22. I saw Heat and the FAL double tap to the sternum changed my mind. It made me want an AR, not an FAL, but still...

I have an unreasonable desire to clone carry-handle mounted optics setups like Delta M4’s from BHD and the Mini ACOGSs on CH from SWAT

[LockedBreech]

I have wanted a P228 for about 8 years because of the TV show NCIS.

There was a brief window during which I could afford one, but the price has gone beyond the point I'm willing to pay. For the current going price I can get a Langdon 92.

[JAD]

If I don’t own an UZI, it’s not for lack of The Wild Geese trying.

[Gadfly]

That should make me feel old

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300_and_h450_bestv2/A8JD0UX5w31bg9b0VfETzi4HZYw.jpg

A better version, with P7s and shit....

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[Lex Luthier]

Oops, I forgot the 1879 contract Remington Rolling Block musket.

Because Khartoum.

Gad, but those cartridges were expensive.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060588/?ref_=ttmi_tt

[holmes168]

I am still looking for the Glock 7, the porcelain gun made in Germany, latest in technological advances, costing more than a cops monthly salary that Bruce Willis described in Die Hard 2.

[olstyn]

The fact that Pierce Brosnan carried a P99 during his tenure as Bond, James Bond is not why I own a P99 and carry a P99c, but I'm also not even a tiny bit sad about it.

I can definitely get on board with the video game thing, though. I have an unhealthy desire for a Steyr TMP and AUG, an FN P90, and an HK G3SG1 due to being a hardcore Counter-Strike junkie back when the first generation of that game (the one that was a mod for Half-Life 1) was a big deal. Unlikely that I'll ever have any of them, but a guy can dream. :)

[fatdog]

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and good old Sam Elliot taking down a jet full of bad guys with same...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MqUuCkmT2o

[Ed L]

I also sought out and bought an old Ithaca 37 Deerslayer Police Special shotgun based on seeing it in so many movies and because it was the classic shotgun of the NYPD ESU, and I am originally from NYC. Mine was built in 1969 and has some police department numbers stenciled on the side and below the ejection port. I hunted it down on Gunbroker and probably paid more than I should have.

I absolutely did not need this since I have a 1983 vintage Remington Wingmaster and a Benelli Super90 and I am not a big shotgun shooter (I don't remember the last time I fired a shotgun--it's gotta be at least 6 years.

Attached is a picture of the Shotgun next to my Remington 870 and a picture of its ejection port:

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[LockedBreech]

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and good old Sam Elliot taking down a jet full of bad guys with same...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MqUuCkmT2o

That clip....was truly amazing

[Wondering Beard]

A better version, with P7s and shit....

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180808/0610bc028b734c7861feb7e88aae7ac3.jpg



Better than the King of Cool wielding the original Mare's leg? Not hardly


P.S. I saw this movie when it came out. I don't remember much about it other than I had fun. I've also always enjoyed Ruger Hauer.

I also want a Glock 50:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZo8gwF75Cw

[Gun Mutt]

and good old Sam Elliot taking down a jet full of bad guys with same...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MqUuCkmT2o

I loved that wonderfully cheesy flick! But Sam Elliott used a Grizzly LAR in it...not saying that's why I've always wanted one, not saying it's not, either.

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[Pepper]

4" Python. Dempsey and Makepeace. Mid 80s British Crime Drama

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[holmes168]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ecwK3UMxoxQ

Ahhh- found John McClain on the Glock 7.

[Trukinjp13]

P226 from Person of interest and Hawaii five-o

1911 because everything

Bought a 627pc from Bloodwork.

Really want a Alaskan
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180809/db2dcd6f5f93e424ab8a70a39c2ec9c6.jpg

[Glenn E. Meyer]

I may buy, if they ever become available, an Iver Johnson 4 barrel Sharps 22 LR derringer. This is nostalgia for the Yancy Derringer TV show of my youth, where he carried two up his sleeves, two in his vest and one in his hat. I think they were 32s but whatever. Just for grins and not EDC.

[ACP230]

TV Westerns of the 1950s that I watched with grandpa, and the six-shooters
therein, had a lot to do with making me a shooter.

Not much with the guns I bought later however.
Movies had even less influence. I buy guns to carry, hunt with, or shoot
in matches. So function means a lot. So does the way they look.

The Browning BAR hunting rifle looks better to me than all the Remington
semi-auto deer rifles ever made.

[Joe45]

Beretta 92 was certainly influenced by 80's action movies already mentioned.

If I could justify the cost for something I'd rarely shoot though, it would be a Wildey.

"Wildey's Here. Fires a .475 Wildey Magnum, real stopping power."*

[Bucky]

Interestingly enough, the movies never influenced me towards the Beretta 92. In fact, I bought into the fact that the 92 should have never won the contract and the Sig P226 should have been adopted. What a difference 3 decades make.

I was a big 1911 gun, big into USPSA events. When production division was adopted, I had no idea which way to go. I went to my local shop and rental all the popular 9mms at the same time. I wound up shooting the 92 the best, so I ordered an Elite 2 and have been a huge fan ever since.

[Bigguy]

That should make me feel old

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300_and_h450_bestv2/A8JD0UX5w31bg9b0VfETzi4HZYw.jpg

Yeah, put me down for a Mare's Leg too. (want not bought)

[jondoe297]

I freely admit that grew up to be a Beretta 92 fanboy because of Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.

[fatdog]

...But Sam Elliott used a Grizzly LAR in it...

Thanks for correcting me, funny how that stuck in my mind all these years and it was not even the gun I thought it was! I think the general profile being similar to the 645 is what fooled me.

A friend from my gun club had one of those Grizzly's, not sure it was that model, way back then, and all it would do reliably was jam...not sure if it was him, the gun, the ammo, how he maintained it, etc. but looked cool as hell.

[Shipwreck]

Beretta 92FS because of Diehard and Lethal Weapon. PS90 (I have owned 3 over the years) because of Stargate SG1. Springfield PDP Defender because it was the only commercial gun that was close to the Nash Bridges 1911. USPc 9mm due to the 24 series....

[Drang]

Fiona on Burn Notice had a HK USPc in .45. Not saying that’s why I have one. Not say it’s not.
That argument will hold even less water when we discover your stash of C4r and other demo supplies...

[NEPAKevin]

That argument will hold even less water when we discover your stash of C4r and other demo supplies...

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[Gun Mutt]

A friend from my gun club had one of those Grizzly's, not sure it was that model, way back then, and all it would do reliably was jam...not sure if it was him, the gun, the ammo, how he maintained it, etc. but looked cool as hell.
I got to fire a full mag through a blued one when I was freshly 21. Not as cool as Sam's, but it made me grin a bunch.

[Stephanie B]

That argument will hold even less water when we discover your stash of C4r and other demo supplies...

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180810/361179c0df5dec97c38e2bd2624b994d.jpg

[Trooper224]

A couple of weeks ago, I walk into an LGS and spy a minty 6.5 inch S&W Model 29 with an early 70's manufacture date. Hmmmmm…………… I don't have the available cash at the moment, so perhaps a trade is called for. I start thinking about my FAL. I've owned the rifle for nearly twenty years and love it. However, with the days of 1k round cases of surplus ammo for $75 long gone, I don't shoot it as much as I used to. I'm seriously debating the issue on the way home, but in the end I did what I always do. I took the rifle out of the safe and sat down and watched The Wild Geese. I then put the rifle back in the safe and thanked Richard Burton and company for preventing me from being stupid.
http://a4.pbase.com/o9/64/521964/1/157377683.Lq1fbg03.wood001.JPG
http://c7.alamy.com/comp/BP82RD/hardy-kruger-richard-burton-jack-watson-roger-moore-the-wild-geese-BP82RD.jpg

[Matt Helm]

I freely admit that grew up to be a Beretta 92 fanboy because of Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.

Yes , me too . Although I bought one in late '82 or early '83. ( before both movies) A made in Italy Beretta 92 S.
I bought a S&W mod. 58 ( .41 mag) and a Colt Python... Cuz' Bufford Pusser actually owed and carried both.

[RevolverRob]

I'm not saying I was trolling Gunbroker earlier for a pair 1873 Chamelot-Delvigne revolvers in 11mm...

But I'm not, not saying it....

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[serialsolver]

I'm not saying I was trolling Gunbroker earlier for a pair 1873 Chamelot-Delvigne revolvers in 11mm...

But I'm not, not saying it....

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This should be a separate thread, what are you lurking on gunbroker for?


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[GJM]

The similar question ought to be “how many if you have bought a firearm because Darryl likes it?”

[Joe in PNG]

The similar question ought to be “how many if you have bought a firearm because Darryl likes it?”

[scratches head, averts eyes, scuffs foot, walks away awkwardly]

[CSW]

http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/a/ad/DirtyH1_617.jpg/600px-DirtyH1_617.jpg

My first new handgun want was a Smith model 29, 8 3/8".
With money in hand, my search was on!

Unfortunately, at that time in NJ, there were no model 29's anywhere, and my purchase permit would have expired by the time I would have to order one from Smith.
I found a 7 1/2" Ruger Redhawk, and walked away with a grin on my face and my 'Dirty Harry" in hand!

http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/5/5a/Red.jpg/400px-Red.jpg

[Bigghoss]

The similar question ought to be “how many if you have bought a firearm because Darryl likes it?”

I bought two from Darryl.

[Shipwreck]

Oh, forgot... I also previously owned 2 AUGs because of Diehard:)

[deputyG23]

Watching "The Pacific" miniseries has gotten me all worked up for some sort of '03 Springfield. Already have a '42 Winchester DCM Garand that hasn't been to the range since '14....

[Dagga Boy]

The similar question ought to be “how many if you have bought a firearm because Darryl likes it?”

Most of mine are based on movie’s, so it sort of works....;-)

[GJM]

Most of mine are based on movie’s, so it sort of works....;-)

My wife decided to start carrying that GGI HK45C we got from you around bears in MT.

[Dagga Boy]

My wife decided to start carrying that GGI HK45C we got from you around bears in MT.

Just like Alice Braga in Predators. Totally makes sense.

[parishioner]

While there are many…...I think the one I’m drawn to most and always come back to is Dr. Alex Cross’ nickel Sig P226. I can’t quite explain it either. My answer even surprises me to a certain degree but I just love the whole portrayal.

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[FrankB]

S&W Model 36, older version and a new one: Hawaii Five-0
Colt Detective Special: Film Noir Galore
S&W Model 19’s in 4” and 2.5”: So many movies!
I keep a Beretta 950 BS that my father gave to me years ago, because Tim Roth used one as an ankle gun in Reservoir Dog.

[Guerrero]

I don't know how many times I've looked at a 226 because of "Robocop."

[LHS]

I had to get it on...

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[BN]

I bought a 70 Series 45 ACP 1911 because of Dirty Harry. I decided I needed a Model 29. I called my local dealer and he said he didn't have any 44s but he did have a 45. Thus started a very deep dive down the rabbit hole.