Movies that influence gun sales

[MikhailBarracuda91]

Watching Robocop as a kid I always wanted an ED-209. When I turned 18 I bought my first one, now 12 years later, the ED-209 is still is still part of my everyday rotation.

Pretty much the only downside is stairs, but other than that "most" of the bugs have been worked out since the original ones in 1987.

I highly recommend them.

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[JDH1]

IMHO DIE HARD had more influence on 92 sales than did LETHAL WEAPON.

What I can’t fathom is how JAMES BOND and the PPK have not been mentioned.

[Slater]

"The Wild Geese" (1978) introduced a lot of Americans to the FAL. Although in 1978 I'm not sure if there were any civvie versions on the market?






Unrelated: That DPM camo really rocked back then:

[Diamondback]

Before most "gun movies" there was the Executioner series of pulp novels and the .44 Automag...

Tombstone deserves a mention here for bringing the Old West back mainstream. Wish somebody made affordable side-by-sides to the Greener design like Doc's... (Yes, the movie gun was an EAA Bounty Hunter II, made by Izhmash--when fact and depiction clash, I go with historical record.)

[BoringGuy45]

I remember there was an uptick in interest in the M14 after Black Hawk Down. The scene with Gordon and Shuggart got a lot of people I know, including myself, into drooling over customized M14s. I never got the money to buy one though.

[titsonritz]

I remember sitting in the theatre in 1984 watching "The Terminator". Seeing the Franchi SPAS 12 shotgun in action, I can recall thinking "Damn, that's one awesome shotgun. Can you buy those?" Not too much later I did end up buying one.

In the 1970's, Hollywood seemed fond of using the Armalite AR-180 in many movies and TV shows. I recall seeing it in everything from the old "S.W.A.T." series (where it was featured prominently in an episode called "The Bravo Enigma") to "T.J. Hooker". Don't know if the publicity convinced anyone to purchase one, but who knows?

The AR-180/AR-18 was also used in Terminator along side the SPAS-12.

[titsonritz]

Not to mention "Da .45 long slide with laser sighting" and "Da Uzi 9mm"

[3 AE]

"Red Dawn" Oh yeah, those lousy Commie Bastards are for sure coming up from Mexico at any moment. Buy anything that shoots, and looks badass! Because.... you never know!

[titsonritz]

Not sure how much sales where influenced (if at all) but I was always hot and slobbery for the Galil ARM .308 which I believe made its dubut on "Miami Vice" and I dig Benicio del Toro banging away with one in "The Way of the Gun".

[SteyrAUG]

Allegedly Dirty Harry and the S&W Model 29 was possibly the biggest sales booster.

Probably the first movie that generated significant gun sales. I remember a bunch of my dads dealer friends talking about how backordered that one was.