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Originally Posted by MT2008
It's a mystery I've been trying to crack for a while.
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Remember I'm only a visitor to the set.
Sorry, my contacts in the great white north are cast and above the line production crew only. It's kinda depressing when I talk to a top billed actor and ask them, "So who's the armorer on this set?" and they look at me with a blank stare like I just asked them who the 2nd 2nd Assistant Gaffer was.......
My only pics of Canadian guns from from buddies who I know personally who are big gun collectors or Canadian law enforcement dealers. And even those guys I talk to maybe ONCE in every 3 years. I haven't talked to any Canadian armorers in a long time. I'm surprised you couldn't get one of the other armorers like Al. He must know.
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Originally Posted by MT2008
That's an interesting theory. But aren't there still conversion kits for the (enormous) number of M1s that are in armories? Since they're in such abundance in the industry, I'd figure somebody would have built some more M2s by this point, if they wanted to. But I guess it's just that few directors have asked for them.
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People don't stock items that no one asks for and I think most Directors don't even know what an M2 Carbine is (versus the very familiar M1). Also, post 86 conversions are a pain, because you're either stuck with them as a Title II manufacturer or you can only sell them to other Title II LEO dealers or LEO departments. M2s are for sale by Class III dealers, a lot of the pre-1986 full auto guns seem to be shifting around (usually amongst the same crowd hahahahaha). I figure more than a few of the 'regulars' at the Knob Creek shoot have some M2s.
As for the movies, I think the best rule of thumb is to assume it's an M1 unless compelling proof that it is an M2. We have entries in the movie section that have real M2 and have either the screen caps or scenes of the guns firing full auto to prove it. So they are out there.