What is Vera?
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I have been trying to find out what kind of gun Vera, but there is nothing that I have seen. please help, I know nothing of guns 
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Per the script...
Quote:Probably isn't what you're looking for, but it's the best I got.
Said by Jayne:
It's a Callahan fullbore autolock, customized trigger and double cartridge thourough(sic)-gage.
Rabit
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rabit:
Per the script...Quote:Probably isn't what you're looking for, but it's the best I got.
Said by Jayne:
It's a
Rabit
Thanks Rabit but I was looking more for AK47 or something - I woul spell Kalashnicov, but I will probably spell it wrong ;) any other ideas?
edit: change that - I have just been to wikipedia
http://www.fireflywiki.org/Firefly/CallahanFullboreAutolock
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Vera is a heavily customized prop gun, originally The Gun in the movie "Showtime," which is why you probably won't find anything close. Do some searching for that movie and maybe you'll come up with some more details. I did once, but can't recall much about it.
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I don't have any facts to support this opinion, but I have to agree with the idea that it is just a modified prop gun. I am not a weapon expert, but I have done a little research from time to time on the subject and I realy really doubt that Vera is modified from any modern firearm.
If you want to look yourself, this is a pretty interesting webpage:
http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm
If Vera came from anything, it would either be a sub-machine gun or assult rifle, so I would suggest looking in those areas. However, I wouldn't get your hopes up.
-Oxy
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Yep, cool though it looks, it's pure hollywood.
Vera, Mal's revolvers, of course the laser pistol, the lassiter (sp?) and the pencil-thin pistol Inara has at the end of Trash are all either totally fake or so cobbed-together as to be unrecognizeable as real.
Best as I can tell, all the other firearms in the show are commercailly available today ('cept maybe the dual .50 cal that Mal shoots down the skiff with in the pilot).
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Rather than AK-47, Vera prolly started out more from an AR15(M-16) type rifle. It was spac-i-fied obviously. The AR15 platform is ultimately customizable and you could dress one up to look very much like Vera. Custom parts would have to be made of course. It would seem she has close to a 1" caliber from the rounds in the magazine and butt stock. In the show, Jayne states that Vera could not(or barely) breach the hull but easily shoots through the windows of the carrion house which seems to be contradictory. But it is in the script so what are you gonna do?
Hope this helps.
ByteTheBullet (-:
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Originally posted by JCKnife:
Best as I can tell, all the other firearms in the show are commercailly available today ('cept maybe the dual .50 cal that Mal shoots down the skiff with in the pilot).
Interestingly enough, you can certainly purchase a dual or even quad .50 cal. It is not the easiest thing to do, but if the have the patience, the money, and can pass the rigorous background checks you too can own one. Oh, provided you live in a country or state that has not outlawed it. Don't forget to purchase a few pallets of ammo.
ByteTheBullet (-:
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Thank you all for the speedy response - it has all helped
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I always thought a Saiga-12K was the closest thing to a modern day Vera. Slap a scope on it and some do some other cosmetic things and you got one damn intimidating weapon.
BTW the AA gun Mal uses in the pilot was not .50 cal. It looked like a 30mm to 50mm gun. I think the type of gun is mentioned in the commentary- 53mm I think.
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