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| Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock  |
I didn't know where to put this, pistol or lounge but I figured more people would see this in the lounge, so I ended up posting it here. A preface to say that I do not own this gun and have no interest in the sale (would like to own it! but don't). I saw it on a email and wanted to post it for everyone. The back story is that the Hollywood rental company purchased this gun specifically for HEAT and did some specific blank modifications for this movie specifically. It appears that in 2007, the rental company auctioned off many rental guns (in England? or maybe just the auction company was located in England). The auction brochure indicated a "going price" of $600 to $1200. The asking price is now $100K. The "company" that is now selling the gun has sold other guns from some sort of collection before (they had "Old Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra's guns and a few other ones before). As a side note, the original auction in 2007 had some cool stuff! Ad: Al Pacino's Colt 1991 A1 Original Auction in 2007 brochure (easy google find, assume it's original): https://www.originalprop.com/b...rmory-collection.pdf NOTE: Page 17 is Page 23 of the PDF Picture:  James in Denver ---------------------------- "Voldemorte himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!" Book 6 - Ch 23 | ||
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Definitely a cool pistol from a very entertaining movie, but priced WAY out of my range! At least for those on the east coast or visiting the DC area, the NRA National Firearms Museum has several other firearms that were used in Heat, as well as many other TV and movie firearms that were donated or loaned, such as the Model 29 used in Dirty Harry. Lots of SIGs there, too! | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
$100k  Gotta be kidding me. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Pursuing the wicked |
Personally I’d rather have that rifle he used to drop Tom Sizemore with. | |||
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
My guess is my Sig 1911 TacOps is a lot better gun for a very small fraction of the price. Looks like a pretty run of the mill piece to me, having been used by a famous person in a movie is of no value to me. What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???  | |||
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| Who Woulda Ever Thought? |
That barrel sure looks rough. | |||
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Nosce te ipsum |
I’d buy it except that 1) I already have one, and 2) those roll marks never appealed to me. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
The pistol has been altered for blank firing. The price is obscene and emblematic of our shallow, not-all-that-bright era. | |||
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| Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock |
Even if it had Natalie Portman's "fake blood" ???   ---------------------------- "Voldemorte himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!" Book 6 - Ch 23 | |||
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| Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
A hunderd grand AND I have to clean it?  What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand??? | |||
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How many magazines does it come with? "Ninja kick the damn rabbit" | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
I could see paying a few extra grand, but not anywhere near 100K | |||
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delicately calloused |
Buy the gun, not the story. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Member |
^^^^ Or, said another way - leave the gun take the cannoli  | |||
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| Moderator |
I’d have to strip it down before even considering buying it  __________________ "Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician." -Jeff Cooper | |||
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Military Arms Collector |
You certainly can buy the story, as long as it's documented and verifiable. | |||
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| Leatherneck |
Indeed. The “buy the gun and not the story” advice is only valid if you are trying to buy a gun to be a gun. If you want an investment piece then the story can be very valuable. In this case you aren’t really buying a gun anyway. This is a prop, no different than an outfit worn by Elvis or a car driven by Steve McQueen. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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Hop head  |
looks like in an odd way too, the slide has been cut to expose the rear lug on the barrel, most blanked guns I have seen for the Reenactment crowd are simply plugged (threaded allen screw in the muzzle with hole) and other parts of the barrel modified, I did sell a Luger that had part of the toggle modified ,, (that was a shame to see) but not visible from the exterior https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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Bone 4 Tuna |
I had in my mind's eye that it was a compact double stack para-ordnance. Proves me wrong. Gives me reason to pull out the blue ray and enjoy the film one more time. _________________________ An unarmed man can only flee from evil and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. - Col Jeff Cooper NRA Life Member Long Live the Super Thirty-Eight | |||
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Haha! ------------------------------------------------------------ “Come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?” Sergeant Major Dan Daly (USMC) | |||
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