Just now found the thread on Clark Gable' Registered Magnum, and thought that it would be an excellent excuse to update ya'll on what's going on at the NRA's National Firearms Museum, especially as it relates to things Smith & Wesson and our new display.
First off, thanks to Ricketts for posting that great pic of Gable's RM!
And as a quick response to Ed's articulate and only moderately cranky signage critique, my choice was to sit on the guns for 2 months until the display and signage was ready, or go ahead and put em out for folks to enjoy while we completed the new Hollywood Guns gallery. I decided to put them in the sneak preview case, so the 5,000 people who have visited during the last 60 days would get to at least see these beauties.
Here's the scoop on S&W's that will be on display at the Museum for a year in Hollywood Guns, starting June 24. (Ok, they ARE viewable now most days, but with signage not up to opoefc standards...):
* Schofield used by Steve McQueen in Nevada Smith.
* Dirty Harry / Magnum Force Model 29
* Model 66 used by Clint Eastwood in Tightrope
* Model 38 Bodyguard used by Andrew Dice Clay in Adventures of Ford Fairlane, with gen-you-wine spring loaded sleeve holster
* Model 639 & 659 auto pistols used by Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) and Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) in Reservoir Dogs (featured in the "Mexican standoff" poster)
* Model 30 .32 cal. Hand Ejector used by Tim Roth as Ringo ("Pumpkin") in the cafe hold up that opens and closes Pulp Fiction.
* Model 6906 auto pistol used by Gabriel Byrne as Kaiser Soze in The Usual Suspects. (Who IS Kaiser Soze???)
* The Schofields from 3:10 to Yuma (ok, ok, they Cimarrons... but still....)
* Big *** Model 500 used by Samuel L. Jackson in The Spirit.
* and, of course, Clark Gable's beautiful Registered Magnum.
Since this is the S&W forum, I spose I shouldn't mention other brands on display, such as the Barrett .50 cal. sniper rifle from Hurt Locker, or the Colt Machine Gun from the finale of The Wild Bunch, or the Beretta used both by Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon and Bruce Willis in Die Hard, the original Gatling Gun from Gunga Din, the seven barrel antique Nock volley gun from The Alamo, or the silenced Remington shotgun from No Country for Old Men.
I won't speak of the John Wayne used guns from Stagecoach, Rooster Cogburn, The Shootist, Rio Lobo, Chisum, and Big Jake; or the Clint Eastwood Walkers from Outlaw Josey Wales.
Nope, it would be wrong, so I won't mention them, nor any of the other hundred guns from 80 different movies.
What i can do, is invite you to come see em at the NRA National Firearms Museum at the NRA Headquarters building, 11250 Waples Mill Rd., Fairfax VA. We're open every day 9:30 to 5, with no admission charge.
In addition to the Hollywood Guns exhibit, you'll be able to browse 2,200 other guns on display. (But please note that until June 24, the Hollywood room may be closed for a few hours at a time while we work on the display).
And, I'll try to let you know when we get them up on our New Improved website,
NRA
(that'll probably take a month or so)
Jim
Clark Gable, Dirty Harry, Uncle Ed, and S&W's at the NRA Museum...
Linear Mode
