Pictures of Mal's sidearm

POSTED BY: BrownCoat1
UPDATED: Friday, January 9, 2004 14:19
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BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, January 7, 2004 8:19 PM

Does anyone have detailed pics or close ups of Mal's pistol? I am looking for something that will let me see as much detail as possible so I can get a replica made that is as close as possible to the original.

I have a friend that makes replicas of weapons for anything you can imagine; Sci Fi, historical, modern, fantasy, etc.

I got him hooked on Firefly and he is helping me w/ my Browncoat costume for conventions, shindigs, Halloween, etc. The more detailed the photos, the better the replica.

Thanks for any help you might be able to give me.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

MRGREEN

Wednesday, January 7, 2004 9:09 PM

Well, the best (only) closup from in the show itself is in Serenity... here's a screencap from that ep...

*some reason the link wasnt working properly, if you still need the pic, let me know and I will email it to you*

shows it in pretty good detail.

hope it helps... would liek to see pics of the finished product!

Rob

*edited cuz I forgot to put the link in

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, January 8, 2004 8:06 PM

If you could MrGreen, email me the pic @ browncoat1@yahoo.com

Thanks for the help.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

MRGREEN

Thursday, January 8, 2004 8:33 PM

Done. Good luck!

GUNSLINGER

Thursday, January 8, 2004 8:36 PM

I am not sure what Mal's gun is built on. Jaynes is a LeMat revolver, a Civil War era 9 shooter with a tenth shot in a seperate shotgun barrel under the main barrel. They also used a LeMat in the final scene of 12 Monkeys.

Mal's pistol is in fact the only one I can't positively identify. Other contemporary and antique firearms I have notived in the show include:
DSHK, a Soviet heavy machine gun.
Astra 400, a pre WWII Spanish service pistol.
G-36, Current German assault rifle.
Various versions of the Kalashnikov.
Winchester Model 1894. The most popular hunting rifle of the last 110 years.
Sig/Blaser LRS-2, an awesome sniper rifle.
Remington scrounger carbine, Civil War carbine based on the Remington Army reviolver.

I could go on, but you get my point. This is nothing new. In the original Star Wars the guns included Sterling sub-machine guns, WWI era Lewis guns, MG-34s, an 1896 Mauser, and a Hi-Standard target pistol. At least in Aliens they dressed the pulse rifles up enough that they did not look too much like Tommy-guns.

I wll see if I can get a good enough pictue to tell what Mal's gun is a dressed up version of.

ASTRIANA

Thursday, January 8, 2004 8:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Gunslinger:
Other contemporary and antique firearms I have noticed in the show include:

DSHK, a Soviet heavy machine gun.
Astra 400, a pre WWII Spanish service pistol.
G-36, Current German assault rifle.
Various versions of the Kalashnikov.
Winchester Model 1894. The most popular hunting rifle of the last 110 years.
Sig/Blaser LRS-2, an awesome sniper rifle.
Remington scrounger carbine, Civil War carbine based on the Remington Army revolver.

Which one of these is Zoe's?

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, January 8, 2004 9:27 PM

Thanks MrGreen!

Thanks for the info Gunslinger. I was noticing in Out of Gas last night that Jayne's gun is a modified Lemat. In the flashback w/ Jayne holding his pistol on Mal & Zoe you can clearly see that the cylinder has 9 chambers. Looks like they capped the shotgun barrel. Still cool though!

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

GUNSLINGER

Thursday, January 8, 2004 11:17 PM

Zoe's gun is a sawed off 1894 Winchester. Looks like a .44 Magnum or .45 Colt chambering by the size of the bore.

ASTRIANA

Friday, January 9, 2004 2:19 PM

Thanks! Good to know.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.