How many of you saw Aliens, saw the pistols used, then went out and BOUGHT a pistol because of it? Either a Smith 39 or a HK VP70?
I seem to remember Tam having admitted to a serious jones for the VP70, but not necessarily because of this movie or any other. Bet it didn't hurt though. And I have no idea if she actually bought one.
Or any movie. How many Berettas were purchased because of Mel Gibson or Bruce Willis in Lethal Weapon or Die Hard?
Now I can understand not wanting to admit being a serious gunnie now and falling Hollywood marketing at one time...
I guess WWII video games and Band of Brothers was a big impetus to me getting a Garand. That's nothing to regret. Customizing a P-38 to match the Man from U.N.C.L.E. gun might be taking it too far though.
Heck, I'm a bit embrassed for seeing a 1911 in the Aliens movie instead of the Smith it was. Silly mistake.
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The only weapon I've ever craved after seeing it in a movie was a Mauser C96, and they're too rare and expensive to be bought on a whim.
Not me, I stick with the ones I have (pretty much), and I can't afford the ones I REALLY want! :-)
Working in a gun store, you'd never have to set foot in a theater to know what guns were being used in the popular action flicks at any given time.
I purchased a Colt Anaconda in .45 Colt specifically because my gamemaster was making noises about making a world where we'd be playing ourselves as characters and it would be the Old West.
I wanted a technological edge so I bought a gun that I could feed in 1878. We were allowed to bring anything we owned and could haul through his 4th floor apartment door in one trip.
Kinda makes buying a gun because you saw in a film seem pretty damn sensible, doesn't it?
McThag,
I don't know what's sadder: Your story, or the fact that it made perfect sense to me. ;)
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