Guns with braces in movies

[commando552]

A few reasons spring to mind why they might have used it. Firstly, the braced guns are far more common than the SBRs. Although they are listed on the manufacturers site as being available in an SBR configuration, I imagine that in stores the vast majority are braced pistols as the demand for these is overwhelmingly higher. Maybe that was the only version that was available on short notice. Not sure I buy this though as you have to do a fair bit of gun-smithing to get it to fire blanks so I assume you could just swap the stock over whilst doing this if you wanted an SBR type.

A second potential reason is that it is part of a product placement deal. The braced pistol version is the version that people will actually buy rather than the SBR, so maybe IWI paid for that version to be used.

Normally SBRs and machine guns are not a legal problem for prop houses as I believe that they tend to be Type 7 FFL holders meaning that they can essentially manufacture anything excluding DDs. However, I think the scene in question was filmed on location in Columbia so that is a completely different story. Maybe they had to use the only version that was available locally or something.

Honestly, to the wider world it is a total non issue anyway. The vast majority of people would not even notice that this is a braced rather than a "real" stock.

[Jcordell]

Until this thread I hadn't even thought about it. Maybe folks in the movie industry just think the braces look cool? It reminds me of when the movie industry in the sixties and early seventies suddenly "discovered" the Mauser C/96 'Broomhandle' pistol. Mausers appeared in everything from spy stories to crime-dramas and westerns. They were everywhere and then ,just as quickly, faded away. Anyway that's my take.

[Excalibur]

Well, not sure I buy that a company paid to have a gun part designed by the civilian market for a particular film instead of just the base gun in general. I think since this is still a relatively new gun, having a base model of it shipped to Columbia for filming shouldn't be too hard considering other weapons used. Maybe it has something to do with gun laws in Columbia, but it doesn't make sense in John Wick 3 or Hawaii Five-0

[commando552]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

Well, not sure I buy that a company paid to have a gun part designed by the civilian market for a particular film instead of just the base gun in general. I think since this is still a relatively new gun, having a base model of it shipped to Columbia for filming shouldn't be too hard considering other weapons used. Maybe it has something to do with gun laws in Columbia, but it doesn't make sense in John Wick 3 or Hawaii Five-0

Gun companies do pay to have their guns featured in films regardless of whether it is realistic for that situation. This happens all the time but you mostly never hear of it, one that became public knowledge because it was listed as an example on the company website was the SEALs in Lone Survivor carrying Berettas. If we accept the fact that deals like this happen, I can see a potential situation where a company would want that gun that people actually buy to be the one that is featured.

[Ultimate94ninja]

So, since January, short-barreled firearms fitted with braces are apparently no longer pistols legally, and are now considered SBRs. Manufacturers have been accordingly removing braced weapons from their websites and replacing them by non-stocked "pistols".

[Ultimate94ninja]

Originally Posted by Ultimate94ninja

So, since January, short-barreled firearms fitted with braces are apparently no longer pistols legally, and are now considered SBRs. Manufacturers have been accordingly removing braced weapons from their websites and replacing them by non-stocked "pistols".

...and now it's overruled.

https://www.sigsauer.com/blog/federa...-are-now-legal

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Ultimate94ninja

...and now it's overruled.

https://www.sigsauer.com/blog/federa...-are-now-legal

Never stood a chance, though I sold my Noveske/Daniel Defense MK18 clone nearly two years ago now to be safe. (Granted: I had also decided that I didn't really like the recoil impulse of a 10.3" barrel in 5.56; my next AR pistol will be a .300 Blackout build with an even shorter barrel.)

We'll see if ATF appeals it, which will cause 5th to uphold the decision and the issue to get kicked up to SCOTUS. But given the bump stock ruling (and the ruling on Chevron), we already know how SCOTUS feels about the ATF's misuses/abuses of their authority.