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Ed Harris' LeMat Conversion Revolver in HBO's WestWorld
What is that unusual revolver that Ed Harris' character is carrying in the new HBO show "Westworld"? It's a modern cartridge conversion of a Confederate LeMat grapeshot revolver. Pretty cool!
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The Mandalorian Carries an 1894 Bergmann No.1
The new Star Wars TV series "The Mandalorian" does, in fact, feature a sidearm based on the Bergmann No1 / 1894 semiauto pistol. These are extremely rare today (probably only 5 or 6 still exist), and I am quite sure the prop was built from scratch and is not an actual original gun. However, the p...
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Is Fury Historically Acurate? | WW2 MP44 Sturmgewehr German Assault Rifle | Walk-in Wednesday
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What's Wrong with Private Jackson's Sniper Rifle? (Saving Private Ryan)
Today we are going to take a look at how Private Jackson's sniper rifle is portrayed in Saving Private Ryan. It's a great movie, and I enjoyed it a lot - but this sniper rifle is incorrect in every scene...
At the beginning of the film, the rifle is shown as an M1903A4 (which is appropriate) b...
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That One Terrible Gun Myth in Siege of Jadotville
The Netflix film "The Siege of Jadotville" recounts the fighting between Katanga soldiers and mercenaries and Company A of the 35th Irish Infantry Battalion, who were deployed to the Katanga province of Congo in 1961 as part of the UN peacekeeping mission there. The Irish soldiers fought valiantl...
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Book (and Movie) Review - Anthropoid
The story of the Czechoslovak resistance to German annexation and occupation during World War Two is a pretty bleak one - the Gestapo did a very effective job of rooting out almost the entire organization. One of the most notable actions taken was the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by two SOE...
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Movie Review: 1917
I have had a bunch of requests to comment on the recent movie 1917 by Sam Mendes, and I finally had a chance to watch it...
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The Real Guns of Star Wars: A New Hope
Ever since The Mandalorian chose a terrific prototype Bergmann pistol as the base for Mando's blaster pistol, I've been asked to cover the real gun origins of the blasters form he original Star Wars film. This isn't a particularly difficult thing to look up online, but hopefully I can bring a bit...
