Anyone ever bought a gun after seeing it in a movie?

[Member 5605]

The 'Mare's Leg,' which you can buy from Rossi (or ?) in 44MAG or 22LR came about thanks to Steve McQueen; I've read somewhere that there's no historical account or photo of one existing before 1957
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare's_Leg

I've always wanted one, but can't justify the purchase, but it's a great concept: more rounds than a six shooter, but benefits of an SBR (I guess it's actually sold as a pistol) lever action.

You just need to shoot one...

Video starts at 1:00, .44Mag

 

[etrain16]

Wasn't it Winchester, and or Browning that made a lever action shotgun, for a short period?

Yep, Winchester - model 1887:

http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Model_1887

 

[OutlawHoss]

You just need to shoot one...

Video starts at 1:00, .44Mag

Oh I love my 44 mags, a Marlin 1894 and Ruger SBH. I just can't justify buying another one!

 

[P7M13]

I'd be lying if I said I bought my first H&K P7 because I saw it in Die Hard. I found out about it after I bought my M13. Alan Rickman does play a great villain in the movie.

 

[MountainBear]

I've wanted a Lee Speed Sporter since I watched The Ghost and the Darkness. For that matter if love the howdah pistol or the double rifle, too. Any of the bolt guns in Hatari as well, but that was more a push towards certain styling aspects, such as ebony or horn forend tips, barrel band front sights, and barrel band front sling swivel.

More than that, I've wanted guns after reading books. I started a love affair with sporter Springfields after reading about Teddy Roosevelt's hunting trips and Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa.

 

[Deavis]

AR-180.... Couldnt afford a AR18

 

[Kruel J]

Funny thread. When I saw Training Day and Denzel using dual 4506's I thought that was pretty cool. At that time I didn't own a 3rd gen Smith and eventually handled one at a LGS just out of curiosity. I now have a 1006 in my collection and love it.

 

[flashpan]

The movie Winchester 1873 came out a bit before I was born but I finally did get a 73'... "The Gun That Won the West" in 44-40.
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[ZA_Survivalist]

I can't say I ever have, but the first movie that I really started thinking along those lines was back when I was a young teen:

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I didn't even know what a ".45 long slide with laser sighting" at the time, but I wanted one. That, and the phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range. When T2 came out, I wanted a lever action 12 gauge I could cock and fire with only one hand

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You beat me to it. I fell in love with that shotgun from T2. I hear the cheap ones dont run too well and the expensive ones are priced far too high for what they are, however a gift to myself before this summer is over is going to be a lever action 12g. Seen the century ones for about $350-$450.. Ill purchase it right before I get my endorsement so that Ill have to comit to getting a bike shortly after

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

Ill also add Enemy at the gates, surprisingly I did not have a mosin before I saw that movie, shortly after I went and got me one. Then that stupid craze happened and shot the prices up. So I have my 91/30 that Ill bring out from time to time.

 

[JeremyK]

Yeah, I'm pretty open to suggestion...

 

[JeremyK]

And of course...



I was pretty sad about her getting ate; her two sons, not so much...

 

[erudne]

No, but I really wanted a bubushka hat like the ones Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd had on Spies Like Us.

Ushanka hat $35

 

[erudne]

Wasn't it Winchester, and or Browning that made a lever action shotgun, for a short period?

Browning design Winchester manufacture, currently made in Australia

 

[SavageGerbil]

Plenty. Although it's usually reminding me of a previous desire, making me regret something I sold, or...ok, sometimes there's something so neat that I've just gotta have one.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Books more so than movies for me.
Kinda neat reading a history book and having a gun that was or could have been there.

I do like it when the director / props people / writer gets the right era firearm for the movie / book.

My first flintlock was bought with David Crockett in mind.
Just re-watched Sergeant York with Gary Cooper and am think of building a copy Alvin York's long rifle.
Andy

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Forgot to add that after seeing Jeremiah Johnson for the umpteenth time I finally got a Hawken Rifle.
Andy

 

[SavageGerbil]

Books more so than movies for me.
Kinda neat reading a history book and having a gun that was or could have been there.

I do like it when the director / props people / writer gets the right era firearm for the movie / book.

My first flintlock was bought with David Crockett in mind.
Just re-watched Sergeant York with Gary Cooper and am think of building a copy Alvin York's long rifle.
Andy

I'm fully with you on books, I blame Thomas Harris for my wanting a Charter Bulldog .44 special. Main character in "Red Dragon" carried a mag-na-port modified one

 

[Velzey]

@MountainBear ,
So I'm not the only one who like the Lee Speed in that movie! Talk about a rifle you don't see everyday!
It's put me on a quest for more!

 

[Mikej]

Not from movies, seems like I never get to see the gun long enough to tell what it is. I get my ideas from magazines, the ones you read not the ones that go in a gun.. Saw the EAA Witness line and had to get an Elite Limited. Saw the .30 carbine and had to get one.

View attachment 281598 Forgot to add that after seeing Jeremiah Johnson for the umpteenth time I finally got a Hawken Rifle.
Andy

Would love to see this close up. Jeremiah Johnson was released when I was in high school. It was filmed in places we use to go and play around on our motor cycles. I'll watch that movie when ever i see it on.!