I was watching a late movie last night where Tommy Lee Jones was a sheriff carrying a 1911. Other than the U.S. Mashall movies, he seems to be carrying a cocked n' locked 1911 in most of his films, and Steven Segal seems to be a 1911 man also along with Toby Keith in his new movie. When I see a guy carrying an ole' 1911 in a modern film I tend to think they might be a gun savy person and I was just wondering what current TV/movie people are gun enthusists?
TV/Movie personalities who like guns?
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diamonback68
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Steven Segal has some of the finest made custom 1911s ever, not to mention he is quite the shootist. He does all his own stunts with guns.
Almost all of his 1911s are Caspian Arms made and then turned over to pistolsmith Terry Tussey for tweaking, fine tuning and accoutrements.
On occassion he teaches CQB at local police academies.
There have been several articles written about his gun prowess.
Almost all of his 1911s are Caspian Arms made and then turned over to pistolsmith Terry Tussey for tweaking, fine tuning and accoutrements.
On occassion he teaches CQB at local police academies.
There have been several articles written about his gun prowess.
Tom Selleck for sure. People have met him at the big Las Vegas gun show and he's known for getting custom guns for his Westerns and now the Jesse Stone series.
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore are certainly not antis. She bought a gun at a Chicago suburban shop some years back when Willis was in town making a movie.
Brad Pitt, after "The Assassination of Jesse James," asked and got the U.S. Firearms he
carried in that picture. And Angelina Jolie has said anybody comes around her kids, her house, is going to be shot. Her father, Jon Voight, I believe is also gun savvy.
Those I'm sure of, at least as sure as one can be. I believe plenty of others exist but
I wouldn't name them as guesses.
Regarding the 1911, liberal Alec Baldwin has toted them in several of his pictures but that might have just been scripted.
Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg are avid shotgunners but that doesn't mean they are for handguns, etc. (Some shotgunners that I've met consider themselves above the unwashed who favor handguns, automatic rifles, etc.}
Clint Eastwood has very much been on the line for pro/con and I wouldn't count him a gun advocate.
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore are certainly not antis. She bought a gun at a Chicago suburban shop some years back when Willis was in town making a movie.
Brad Pitt, after "The Assassination of Jesse James," asked and got the U.S. Firearms he
carried in that picture. And Angelina Jolie has said anybody comes around her kids, her house, is going to be shot. Her father, Jon Voight, I believe is also gun savvy.
Those I'm sure of, at least as sure as one can be. I believe plenty of others exist but
I wouldn't name them as guesses.
Regarding the 1911, liberal Alec Baldwin has toted them in several of his pictures but that might have just been scripted.
Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg are avid shotgunners but that doesn't mean they are for handguns, etc. (Some shotgunners that I've met consider themselves above the unwashed who favor handguns, automatic rifles, etc.}
Clint Eastwood has very much been on the line for pro/con and I wouldn't count him a gun advocate.
Mel Torme the singer was quite a gun collector.
His cousin owned a grocery store in the city where I was a police officer. I used to see him at the bank, carrying a Browning High Power, C&L, Mexican style.
His cousin owned a grocery store in the city where I was a police officer. I used to see him at the bank, carrying a Browning High Power, C&L, Mexican style.
philmontscout
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Chuck Norris, definitely a 1911 guy
USAF385
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I think I once heard Charlton Heston liked guns..............
feralmerril
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Robert stack, a competeive shotgunner and wrote columes on it. But he`s gone. I heard robert taylor used to haunt gun shops.
Eastwood is, at least, somewhat knowledgeable about guns and its been reported he likes to shoot, but opposes hunting. Kurt Russell is a gun guy, as well; and I understand Kevin Costner is an enthusiast of 19th-century arms.
The late Buddy Hackett had a significant collection, most of which were Colts.
Smith357
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I do remember seeing a Buddy Hacket gun at the OGCA show a few years back. If I remember correctly it was a S&W 29 with a little light engraving along with his name engraved in it.
Many Country music artists are pro freedom. I have seen Hank Williams Jr's class III Thompson at the OGCA show too.
Elvis was a gun guy.
44forever
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Samy Davis Jr. was into revolvers, mosty old west style. I saw an 8 3/8" model 57 for sale that the seller claimed had belonged to him also - out of my price range.
I have no idea how he feels about guns, but Tom Cruise in the movie "Collateral" did a by-the-book takedown of a group of thugs about to attack him. He used a 1911, and I understand he took excellent instruction from gun pros on how to do it. I watched that sequence again and again, and it's textbook flawless. Maybe some gun savvy rubbed off on him?
Mel Torme was a big-time Colt SAA collector.
And Chuck Norris is in the forefront of pro-Second Amendment folks.
And so is Ted Nugent.
And so is Louise Mandrell.
Director John Milius is a big-time collector and enthusiast. He really strives to make his movies technically correct where guns are concerned.
Mel Torme was a big-time Colt SAA collector.
And Chuck Norris is in the forefront of pro-Second Amendment folks.
And so is Ted Nugent.
And so is Louise Mandrell.
Director John Milius is a big-time collector and enthusiast. He really strives to make his movies technically correct where guns are concerned.
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And Dolly Parton has said she regularly carries a pistol.
I believe Tom Cruise had a Glock at the onset of "Collateral," but that is a Michael
Mann film and he believes in having his actors trained in arms. Look at "Thief,"
"Heat," "Last of the Mohicans," and of course currently "Public Enemies."
And Russell Crowe, ever since "The Quick and the Dead," he has used gun speedster/trainer Thell Reed as a gun advisor. Eastwood has also used him for several pictures.
I believe Tom Cruise had a Glock at the onset of "Collateral," but that is a Michael
Mann film and he believes in having his actors trained in arms. Look at "Thief,"
"Heat," "Last of the Mohicans," and of course currently "Public Enemies."
And Russell Crowe, ever since "The Quick and the Dead," he has used gun speedster/trainer Thell Reed as a gun advisor. Eastwood has also used him for several pictures.
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Texas Star
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Glad to see Mel Torme mentioned. I met him in a Dallas gun shop many years ago. Quite unaffected and friendly. He was a noted Colt collector, mainly SAA's.
Singer Eric Clapton is a gunner, mainly shotguns, I think. But British laws probably preclude him having much else! I read a comment from him recently that he periodically cleans out his collection and tries new items. (I suppose that he has favorites that remain.)
With few exceptions, most celebs who like guns and will admit it are country singers and the like.
Jennifer O'Dell once said that she was jealous of her co-stars on The Lost World having guns, where she carried only knives on the show. I suspect that if she felt threatend, Jen would own a gun. May do; I've never seen her interviewed about that, and she might be reluctant to divulge that info. Hollywood is very anti-gun. I was surprised to see her make that remark about guns on the show.
Author John Sanford (the "Prey" series) hunts and owns handguns, but is also a big-time Democrat, and in his latest book, made disparaging remarks about a .50 caliber rifle. His hero, Lucas Davenport, is an obvious Democrat, as are the politicians he works for in Minnesota.
Ian Fleming owned a number of guns, some of which James Bond used. But he wasn't especially gun knowledgeable. If someone asks, I'll mention guns that I know he owned.
Tom Clancy is pro-gun, and owns firearms. He was gun-friendly in his books, which have sold in huge numbers.
C.J. Box, who writes good books about a Wyoming game warden, hunts, and his guns in the books are the ones that real warden friends use. I've talked to him, and he seems a really nice guy. But I think he's more a casual hunter than a real gun nut.
Jack Higgins's bio on his books says that he is a marksman, but he usuallly just mentions a few gun models, most used by British intelligence and Army types. His characters still use some Colt. 25's, and he grossly exaggerates their power. But his characters are usually armed, and that alone is something in an author, especially a Brit. He lives in the Channel Islands, exempt from the 1997 gun ban.
Wilbur Smith often has armed characters and he hunts big game. But he is often wrong on his gun data. In his present bestseller, he has a woman with a Mannlicher-Schoenauer chambering the 9.3X74R cartridge, meant for drillings and double-barrelled guns. I think it is too long for the Mannlicher action. I was also surprised to see his hero carrying a .470 in a saddle scabbard! But it's still a great read. "Assegai!" is now in booksellers and at many libraries.
Suzanne Arruda www.suzannearruda.com has armed her heroine, Jade Del Cameron, with a Winchester M-94. I felt this was in an unlikely caliber, even for 1920, and conferred with her when we met recently. I pointed out that the .32 caliber used by Jade was obsolete even then, and hardly likely to be stocked in Nairobi gun shops. Even the.30/30 would be a better bet. I suggested a .275 Rigby or a .318 Westley Richards, but the author wanted a Winchester, maybe to emphasize Jade's being American.
The .405 would be too llimited in versatility, so we settled on a M-95 in .303 British, for which ammo would be very readily available in 1920 Kenya. She reached her publisher and was able to make the change, and it should appear in her next book,"Treasure of the Golden Cheetah", due in September. I urge you to try her books, and especially, to recommend them to female friends. Jade is a great adventuress, with whom women can easily identify. Oh: one of her male characters has a Mannlicher, and the hero of the recent books (Jade's boyfriend) has a Colt .45, model unknown. I suggested a New Service, but don't know how seriously she took me.
Jade also carries a hunting knife, sometimes in a boot.
I gave the author a copy of Taylor's, "African Rifles and Cartridges", which she seemed to really appreciate, so we may see more authentic rifle choices in future books. Suzanne is a member of Women in the Outdoors, too. Her husband, Joe, does her nice site. Take a look.
T-Star
Singer Eric Clapton is a gunner, mainly shotguns, I think. But British laws probably preclude him having much else! I read a comment from him recently that he periodically cleans out his collection and tries new items. (I suppose that he has favorites that remain.)
With few exceptions, most celebs who like guns and will admit it are country singers and the like.
Jennifer O'Dell once said that she was jealous of her co-stars on The Lost World having guns, where she carried only knives on the show. I suspect that if she felt threatend, Jen would own a gun. May do; I've never seen her interviewed about that, and she might be reluctant to divulge that info. Hollywood is very anti-gun. I was surprised to see her make that remark about guns on the show.
Author John Sanford (the "Prey" series) hunts and owns handguns, but is also a big-time Democrat, and in his latest book, made disparaging remarks about a .50 caliber rifle. His hero, Lucas Davenport, is an obvious Democrat, as are the politicians he works for in Minnesota.
Ian Fleming owned a number of guns, some of which James Bond used. But he wasn't especially gun knowledgeable. If someone asks, I'll mention guns that I know he owned.
Tom Clancy is pro-gun, and owns firearms. He was gun-friendly in his books, which have sold in huge numbers.
C.J. Box, who writes good books about a Wyoming game warden, hunts, and his guns in the books are the ones that real warden friends use. I've talked to him, and he seems a really nice guy. But I think he's more a casual hunter than a real gun nut.
Jack Higgins's bio on his books says that he is a marksman, but he usuallly just mentions a few gun models, most used by British intelligence and Army types. His characters still use some Colt. 25's, and he grossly exaggerates their power. But his characters are usually armed, and that alone is something in an author, especially a Brit. He lives in the Channel Islands, exempt from the 1997 gun ban.
Wilbur Smith often has armed characters and he hunts big game. But he is often wrong on his gun data. In his present bestseller, he has a woman with a Mannlicher-Schoenauer chambering the 9.3X74R cartridge, meant for drillings and double-barrelled guns. I think it is too long for the Mannlicher action. I was also surprised to see his hero carrying a .470 in a saddle scabbard! But it's still a great read. "Assegai!" is now in booksellers and at many libraries.
Suzanne Arruda www.suzannearruda.com has armed her heroine, Jade Del Cameron, with a Winchester M-94. I felt this was in an unlikely caliber, even for 1920, and conferred with her when we met recently. I pointed out that the .32 caliber used by Jade was obsolete even then, and hardly likely to be stocked in Nairobi gun shops. Even the.30/30 would be a better bet. I suggested a .275 Rigby or a .318 Westley Richards, but the author wanted a Winchester, maybe to emphasize Jade's being American.
The .405 would be too llimited in versatility, so we settled on a M-95 in .303 British, for which ammo would be very readily available in 1920 Kenya. She reached her publisher and was able to make the change, and it should appear in her next book,"Treasure of the Golden Cheetah", due in September. I urge you to try her books, and especially, to recommend them to female friends. Jade is a great adventuress, with whom women can easily identify. Oh: one of her male characters has a Mannlicher, and the hero of the recent books (Jade's boyfriend) has a Colt .45, model unknown. I suggested a New Service, but don't know how seriously she took me.
Jade also carries a hunting knife, sometimes in a boot.
I gave the author a copy of Taylor's, "African Rifles and Cartridges", which she seemed to really appreciate, so we may see more authentic rifle choices in future books. Suzanne is a member of Women in the Outdoors, too. Her husband, Joe, does her nice site. Take a look.
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I've been told by a couple of people that Tom Cruise has a large handgun collection but other than their statements, I've never heard or seen any evidence to support it.
Most Hollywood types today either keep their distance from firearms ownership or keep it quiet I suspect to avoid any problems with the anti-2A Hollywood establishment.
Was a time when most every guy in Hollywood was a shooter and didn't mind being seen shooting a round of Trap or Skeet at the local high roller gun club.
Many were hunters, collectors or accumulators of fine firearms.
That doesn't happen much anymore.
Very few of those folks left around. Other than the same few names that come to mind of current celebs, you have to go back a ways to come up with others when they were in their Hollywood prime.
Most Hollywood types today either keep their distance from firearms ownership or keep it quiet I suspect to avoid any problems with the anti-2A Hollywood establishment.
Was a time when most every guy in Hollywood was a shooter and didn't mind being seen shooting a round of Trap or Skeet at the local high roller gun club.
Many were hunters, collectors or accumulators of fine firearms.
That doesn't happen much anymore.
Very few of those folks left around. Other than the same few names that come to mind of current celebs, you have to go back a ways to come up with others when they were in their Hollywood prime.
Donald Hamilton
Donald Hamilton, creator of the Matt Helm series of books, some of which were later made into movies, was a big supporter of guns and hunting.
His book, On Guns and Hunting, was a series of short stories about hunting experiences, and introducing his daughter into hunting. The stories tell about hunting, from the eastern shore of Maryland, geese and rail Rocky Mountains and plains for deer, elk, antelope, ALG/SwedishElk/Moose? in Sweden in a humorous way about typical incidents and events that anyone who has hunted can relate too. He also gets into the caliber wars, various hunting techniques. Several of his dog stories the group here can relate to what he is writing about.
Donald Hamilton, creator of the Matt Helm series of books, some of which were later made into movies, was a big supporter of guns and hunting.
His book, On Guns and Hunting, was a series of short stories about hunting experiences, and introducing his daughter into hunting. The stories tell about hunting, from the eastern shore of Maryland, geese and rail Rocky Mountains and plains for deer, elk, antelope, ALG/SwedishElk/Moose? in Sweden in a humorous way about typical incidents and events that anyone who has hunted can relate too. He also gets into the caliber wars, various hunting techniques. Several of his dog stories the group here can relate to what he is writing about.
greyhawk178
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Johnny Depp, I think
The gun Cruise used in that movie was a full-sized HK USP 45. The bonus features on the DVD show him training with it prior to filming.
I forgot to mention that the late great Clark Gable was a shotgun enthusiast and often went out on the ranges with other stars of his era.
I guess I didn't look that closely at Cruise's gun in "Collateral." His technique was dazzling, though.
I guess I didn't look that closely at Cruise's gun in "Collateral." His technique was dazzling, though.
sparkgap
Absent Comrade
John Larroquette
John Larroquette from Nightcourt and other TV shows is a gun guy and a reloader. You can purchase a reloading video here that he made.
http://www.varminthunter.org/index2.html
Bob
John Larroquette from Nightcourt and other TV shows is a gun guy and a reloader. You can purchase a reloading video here that he made.
http://www.varminthunter.org/index2.html
Bob
