Weapons in the Red Dawn Remake

[MoviePropMaster2008]

I always love it when guys say "Gee why don't you spend tens of thousands of dollars on obscure weapons that will rent once and never again. That's an smart use of your financial resources. " That's the primary reason American armorers don't use the newest stuff. Sure, if it will be rented many times, then of course. Also don't expect REAL versions of any of the recent Russian AKs, they will most likely all be build ups from receivers we already have in country.

[Nyles]

Actually, the Norinco Type-97 is even sold commercially here. Both standard and shorty versions. Not my cup of tea, but I've heard good thing.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Nyles

Actually, the Norinco Type-97 is even sold commercially here. Both standard and shorty versions. Not my cup of tea, but I've heard good thing.

You mean in CANADA where you're from.

For a moment I thought you were talking about the U.S. which would be a false statement since I know that Type 97s aren't available anywhere in the U.S.

I know that Canadians can still get stuff which we American cannot (at least without jumping through a million hoops). We can blame the ATF for a lot of our woes, but they're just doing the bidding of whatever administration comes down the pipe. What we need is Congressional action to reign them in, good luck of that ever happening.

[Excalibur]

Why is the Norinco 95 or type 97s banned in the US anyway and yet we can get other bullpup style rifles here? What's the point.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

Why is the Norinco 95 or type 97s banned in the US anyway and yet we can get other bullpup style rifles here? What's the point.

What Imported Bullpup can you get (since 1989)? Name one. All of the bullpups in country are built here. A few got in in the 90s like the stilly Steyr USR with the 'thumbhole stock and 10 round magazine, but that was the only one and now ATF won't even allow THAT in.

So what new military style bullpup have you seen for sale in the U.S. that is an IMPORTED gun? It's a function of the non sporting clause of the import ban. That's why the only bullpups we can get here are US built ones or US licensed ones. As far as I know, no one licenses Chinese designs.

[Markit]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

I always love it when guys say "Gee why don't you spend tens of thousands of dollars on obscure weapons that will rent once and never again. That's an smart use of your financial resources. " That's the primary reason American armorers don't use the newest stuff. Sure, if it will be rented many times, then of course. Also don't expect REAL versions of any of the recent Russian AKs, they will most likely all be build ups from receivers we already have in country.

I didn't mean to come across as naive, but how much does it typically cost to modify existing prop weapons to be more "modern" or "sci-fi" looking?