Friend of mine gave this all metal Colt SAA replica today. MGC-Made in Japan. I read some say they were movie prop guns from the 1950's. Say a couple on the internet that sold for around $150. Seems hard to believe it's worth much but you never know.
MGC 44-40 Long blank
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Jim Watson
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There were a lot of such things in small ads in the back of "men's magazines" like True and Argosy, and in gunzines even though you could then buy a real pistol mail-order.
There is an article in an old Gun Digest about movie guns. Most were real guns bought cheap on the used gun market and accumulated ever since the studios opened. At one time, SAAs were cheap.
I recall an article about Bonanza describing the rubber guns they carried when shooting was not scripted. Lighter to carry and not as hard to roll on when the hero elected to duke it out with a crook instead of simply shooting him.
There is an article in an old Gun Digest about movie guns. Most were real guns bought cheap on the used gun market and accumulated ever since the studios opened. At one time, SAAs were cheap.
I recall an article about Bonanza describing the rubber guns they carried when shooting was not scripted. Lighter to carry and not as hard to roll on when the hero elected to duke it out with a crook instead of simply shooting him.
There were a lot of plastic or zinc based(aka pot metal) replica/toy firearms made in Japan by MGC, et al. They call 'em model guns. They are not Airsoft toys though. Most fired nothing but caps. If they fired anything at all. Real firearms are essentially non-existent in Japan and a guy needs his toys.
"...Lighter to carry and not as hard to roll on..." More about the actors not damaging 'em or playing with 'em and endangering everybody around 'em when they do play with 'em.
Brandon Bruce Lee and Jon-Erik Hexum for instance.
It's not a .44-40 Long though. It's a .44-40 Win.
Most prop guns use what's called a 5 in 1 blank that can be used in multiple types/chambered of firearm. https://truewestmagazine.com/hollywoods-5-in-1-movie-blank/
"...Lighter to carry and not as hard to roll on..." More about the actors not damaging 'em or playing with 'em and endangering everybody around 'em when they do play with 'em.
Brandon Bruce Lee and Jon-Erik Hexum for instance.
It's not a .44-40 Long though. It's a .44-40 Win.
Most prop guns use what's called a 5 in 1 blank that can be used in multiple types/chambered of firearm. https://truewestmagazine.com/hollywoods-5-in-1-movie-blank/
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That's a cool piece of some kind of history, although I don't know just what corner of history it fits in. It reminded me immediately of a currently available blank-firing six gun replica, made by Kimar in Italy. I'm pretty certain that Kimar is Chiappa, but I can't nail it down conclusively. And the Kimar six guns don't fire five-in-one blanks, they fire (IIRC) shotgun primers.
Nope, wrong again. .22 blanks, but not the same as the .22 blanks you can buy at Lowe's or Home Depot for shooting nails into concrete.
https://blankgunarmory.com/deluxe-m1873-western-blank-firing-revolver-black/
Nope, wrong again. .22 blanks, but not the same as the .22 blanks you can buy at Lowe's or Home Depot for shooting nails into concrete.
https://blankgunarmory.com/deluxe-m1873-western-blank-firing-revolver-black/
Jim Watson
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What do the chambers look like? Please show pictures.
Looks like John Hart who played "The Lone Ranger" for one season owned one of these MGC Six-Shooters.
https://www.rockislandauction.com/riac-blog/guns-of-the-lone-ranger/
https://www.rockislandauction.com/riac-blog/guns-of-the-lone-ranger/
