Movie props
- Thread starter Ryefish
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- calgary alberta
Most movie props including firearms are owned by companies that cater to the motion picture industry.
Some of the big sets do sell off some of the props after the filming is completed. Seldom do firearms go up for sale.
The hard part is breaking into the inner sanctum of the industry, it is a fairly closed industry.
We do a fair bit of both converting real guns into prop guns as well as making complete prop guns.
Sorry I know that doesn't help you.
A lot of times the scopes are just a shell and they edit in a reticle, or are a rubber mold of a scope...........
- Location
- calgary alberta
Yup. Its like sell the eggs or sell the chicken, which makes the most business sense?
Believe me though you the rental per gun is not printing money. There can be years between rentals too. And the film industry comes and goes. I expect we will see more in Canada in the near future simply because of our dollar being nearly worthless against USD, which makes a films budget go 25% further than shooting the same film in the USA.
My sis is in the 'biz' looking after exactly what you ask - the answers above are all correct - they usually rent/lease stuff like that, and yes it is a bit of a closed loop, and they are the best of the best of replicating things to look like the original.
You have a very very slim chance of being able to obtain this sort of thing unless one of the renters/leasee's want to part with. A lot of the swag that isn't rented or leased gets sucked up by staff. The rest that i have seen become avail is either super low demand stuff (window drapes, lights, etc) or just plain junk.
You have a very very slim chance of being able to obtain this sort of thing unless one of the renters/leasee's want to part with. A lot of the swag that isn't rented or leased gets sucked up by staff. The rest that i have seen become avail is either super low demand stuff (window drapes, lights, etc) or just plain junk.
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
The downside to movie guns is they get treated like lumber during the shoot. The barrels get a Blank Firing Attachment welded into the bore. The object is to have a gun that functions for the shot; not that will withstand a 6" inspection. The actors don't have to have PALs when they are under supervision of the tech experts and armourers. But the people who know how to handle the guns are out of the camera shot. Stuff gets dropped, banged, yanked and otherwise abused by the bright and beautiful folks.
Unless the director wants the gun firing in the shot, the guns in the background are props, ie replicas. We all know replicas are really really dangerous in Canada, and only a few blessed individuals or companies can own them.
Unless the director wants the gun firing in the shot, the guns in the background are props, ie replicas. We all know replicas are really really dangerous in Canada, and only a few blessed individuals or companies can own them.
Maybe you should educate yourself then........lol
What he said
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- Richmond, BC
Lol!
You may not to buy them, even if you could...
Many years ago, a local Vancouver guy named Tom Bongalis of Castle Armory passed away, and his company's stuff was auctioned off.
I bought a gun sight unseen, and found it to be totally fooked up.
It had a setscrew threaded into the muzzle to restrict gas to get it to cycle with blanks.
And the receiver was badly cracked. (Perhaps from the muzzle being too restricted)
I felt I wasted $55 at the time.
Many years later, SFRC listed stripped Garand receivers for sale, and I just happened to have a pile of parts!
Many years ago, a local Vancouver guy named Tom Bongalis of Castle Armory passed away, and his company's stuff was auctioned off.
I bought a gun sight unseen, and found it to be totally fooked up.
It had a setscrew threaded into the muzzle to restrict gas to get it to cycle with blanks.
And the receiver was badly cracked. (Perhaps from the muzzle being too restricted)
I felt I wasted $55 at the time.
Many years later, SFRC listed stripped Garand receivers for sale, and I just happened to have a pile of parts!
The other interesting thing is that if the gun doesn't go bang it's nearly always a fake/replica anyway. And sometimes even if they DO go bang it's not necessarily real either. Case and point is the final lobby scene in the first matrix movie. The SMGs used were fake and everything was digitally added after the fact. In my limited experience with the movie industry it's both fascinating and a huge let down to see behind the scenes.
I work in the movie industry, 9 out of 10 times they are air soft guns, when they DO bring an armorer in like others have said the guns are modified to shoot blanks if semi auto, and generally banged around by actors that don't really know anything about them. Honestly unless they are specialized guns like "snipers rifles" the optics and all the crap bolted on are air soft as well and useless to you. Aside from looking for the extract " gun used in X movie" looking for a movie gun isn't worth it. Sides all the cool stuff is prohib anyway...
Yeah I probably should.
Maybe you should educate yourself then........
Still have "Bob Lee's" bangstick kicking around the gunsafe?
