Most widely seen gun in movies and TV

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Originally Posted by Excalibur

Does anyone know the most popular handgun, rifle, shotgun, etc in each category that has been seen in most movies and TV shows?

Handguns, historically would be either the M1911 or the Colt Single Action or the S&W Model 10. The SAA would be higher if we were to list EVERY SINGLE western movie or television episode made in the U.S. (and other countries) between the silent era and now. And that's a LOT! Including the serials and old shows like 'the Lone Ranger', etc. etc.

As far as modern semiautos, the champion is still the Beretta 92FS, from the early 1980s on, followed closely by the Glock and then the SIG.

Rifle is harder since lever actions are in the tons of westerns made between the silent era to today. But bolt action sporting rifles are the most generic, but then M16s or AKs are the most prevalent in 'action/thriller/espionage/military/etc films since the 1960s.

Shotguns - I'm pretty sure it's either a toss up between the Remington 870 and the Ithaca Model 37.