Jason over at Jason's BLOG had a post about Rossi's new pistol the Ranch Hand. I wanted this type of gun bad after seeing Zombieland but quickly lost interest when I found that they cost in the $1000+ price range. This new one made by Rossi has a suggested retail under $500 and can probably be had for $100 less than that. At that price I might have to look into a .38/357 version next year although I freely admit I have no practical use for it at all! His post also got me thinking about guns that I purchased after seeing one in the movies. There have been plenty of movie guns over the years that I would have liked to have but there were only two that I had to have. I purchased my first Smith & Wesson N frame (a Model 25) because it had a remarkable resemblance to Dirty Harry's big .44 (Model 29). The only other gun I ever bought because of a movie was the Beretta 92 pistol. I purchased one in the early 1990s after seeing Bruce Willis with them in the Diehard movies. I went through a Beretta "phase" in the early and mid 90s and those films (and to a lesser degree Mel in the Lethal Weapon films) really fueled the desire. I had at least one of every model from the 92S through the 92FS. Eventually I lost interest in the caliber and the pistol but I can say they were all great guns!
Did you ever buy a gun because (or partly because) of a movie? If so you might be a gun nut...
DIE HARD made me want an H&K SMG. And most westerns make me want to run out and buy a Colt SAA. But sadly, I never seem to have the disposable income to act on such impulses. But I do have to admit that Det. Dave Starsky's* S&W model 59 probably influenced me in my purchase of an S&W 915 (basically a descendant of the 59). But this was a good 15 years after the show went off the air.
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Hutch was the first one to inspire me to own a Colt Python. I’ve also been tempted to buy a Desert Eagle many times over the years watching it in various productions, but never had the green at that particular moment. Then the moment would pass…
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