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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Watson View Post
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    3. "American soldiers are shown armed with Star pistols because it is easier to make them shoot blanks than a Colt."
    This one I can speak to from working with a few productions - 45 ACP blanks are notoriously crappy, and getting 1911s in 45 ACP to work right with them is a huge pain in the ass. The old Star pistols in 9mm were a lot easier to get to run right with blanks, so they have stood in for many a "Colt 45" in movies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jetfire View Post
    This one I can speak to from working with a few productions - 45 ACP blanks are notoriously crappy, and getting 1911s in 45 ACP to work right with them is a huge pain in the ass. The old Star pistols in 9mm were a lot easier to get to run right with blanks, so they have stood in for many a "Colt 45" in movies.
    Speaking of movie stand-ins, some actors couldn't work a Colt SAA fast, so various DA Colts were used for firing scenes. Some have an ejector rod housing added, some don't.
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    Yeah if you look closely many of Magnum's scenes have the Star in them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by APS-PF View Post
    Yeah if you look closely many of Magnum's scenes have the Star in them.
    Likewise "Mr. 9mm Here" from Pulp Fiction.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe in PNG View Post
    Likewise "Mr. 9mm Here" from Pulp Fiction.
    Which I actually appreciate, because it was in fact a 9mm, thus technically correct, and that is the best kind of correct.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hambo View Post
    Speaking of movie stand-ins, some actors couldn't work a Colt SAA fast, so various DA Colts were used for firing scenes. Some have an ejector rod housing added, some don't.
    I had an old Gun Digest article on movie guns, mostly for Westerns.
    DA revolvers with dummy ejector rods were common. A deluxe job was a New Service with the grip frame altered to SAA "plow handle" so it would look right in the holster.

    One strange example was 'Seminole.' Set in 1835, it armed Rock Hudson with a ca 1870 Colt Army cartridge conversion.
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    Kuffs, w Christian slater had a cool scene with them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jetfire View Post
    Which I actually appreciate, because it was in fact a 9mm, thus technically correct, and that is the best kind of correct.
    Right?

    15-year-old me: THAT'S NOT A 9MM THAT'S A 1911!

    40-year-old me: Ahh, a Star... I see you too are a man of taste.


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    I have spent far to much time on imFdb in my life. But have learned a lot of cool stuff. Some of the info is from savvy movie goers, other info on the site is from the companies who provide the firearms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jetfire View Post
    Fun fact: the same prop gun was used in both movies. For LW, the armorers wanted something that an LAPD detective would realistically be carrying. LAPD authorized the 92 for individual officer purchase in '86, so it stood to reason that someone like Riggs' character would opt for the most gun he could carry.

    The anecdotal story about how the same gun ended up in Die Hard was they needed a "cop gun" for McClane, and the Beretta 92 from LW just happened to be the first one on the rack.
    I had never heard this before. Very interesting

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