Lugers in Film

Patrick Sweeney · Today, 02:14 PM

I've had the opportunity to talk to movie armorers and production people, while working on various movie and TV projects.

The prop guns that aren't actual blank-firing firearms are these days plastic or rubber copies cast from molded real ones. The molds are so good you can actually read the serial number of the sample they used. So, plastic/rubber gets dropped.

in fact, if you look over a a scene where everyone is "armed" (police ready room/detective office, SWAT cops on deployment, military unit) you are seeing piles and piles of plastic and rubber. Only the actually, there has to be noise and flying brass scenes, does anyone ever get handed a live firearm.

The "firearm" kicked across the floor? Rubber. the Foley artist adds in the nerve-wrenching scraping noise later.

Today, 02:14 PM	#7
Patrick Sweeney User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 83 Thanks: 0 Thanked 69 Times in 33 Posts	I've had the opportunity to talk to movie armorers and production people, while working on various movie and TV projects. The prop guns that aren't actual blank-firing firearms are these days plastic or rubber copies cast from molded real ones. The molds are so good you can actually read the serial number of the sample they used. So, plastic/rubber gets dropped. in fact, if you look over a a scene where everyone is "armed" (police ready room/detective office, SWAT cops on deployment, military unit) you are seeing piles and piles of plastic and rubber. Only the actually, there has to be noise and flying brass scenes, does anyone ever get handed a live firearm. The "firearm" kicked across the floor? Rubber. the Foley artist adds in the nerve-wrenching scraping noise later.