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Old 06-16-2010, 08:26 PM
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Default is there any real dshks, not just mocked up m2s?

i see "fake dsh/mocked up m2" a lot on pages. Is there any real dshks in use?
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Old 06-16-2010, 08:29 PM
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I think there was one in The Boondock Saints
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Old 06-16-2010, 08:30 PM
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Depends where the movie was filmed and at what time from what I've seen. Movies like Rambo III had access to real Soviet weaponry and a real DShK is used in that, a real one is also used in Shooter and the Wolverine movie. (only ones that come to mind currently) but in the US I assume armorers have a lot of those mocked up DShKs and .50 BMG blanks are easier to aquire than 12.7x109mm rounds. But if authenticity is requested I assume they'll use real ones at this point.
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Old 06-17-2010, 01:44 PM
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There are at least 10 real dshk's that I know of in the motion picture armories on the west coast. They have been re-chambered to fire 50 BMG. I just used a pair of them on the TV pilot CHAOS.
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It seems to be mostly American and Canadian armorers who use the "fake" DShKs. Other armories outside of the U.S. have access to the real deal, especially countries that fought wars with ex-Soviet client states and captured lots of Russian weapons from them. For example, the Israeli movie armorers have access to DShKs captured from Arab armies, the South African armorers would have DShKs captured from the ANC and neighboring states like Angola and Mozambique, etc.

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There are at least 10 real dshk's that I know of in the motion picture armories on the west coast. They have been re-chambered to fire 50 BMG. I just used a pair of them on the TV pilot CHAOS.
Thanks for that info. Also, do you know how many of the "fake" DShKs (the ones made from M2HBs) are still in the industry? We still document those being used from time-to-time in current movies.

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Thanks for that info. Also, do you know how many of the "fake" DShKs (the ones made from M2HBs) are still in the industry? We still document those being used from time-to-time in current movies.
There are at least 8 Dshk's mod kits here in the west coast. They were built for the industry by Guiette Manufacturing Inc.
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Old 06-20-2010, 07:28 AM
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There are at least 8 Dshk's mod kits here in the west coast. They were built for the industry by Guiette Manufacturing Inc.
I've seen several real FULL DSHKs that at movie armories. the fake DSHKs made from Browning M2s are disappearing (like the C&C HK94s).
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There are at least 8 Dshk's mod kits here in the west coast. They were built for the industry by Guiette Manufacturing Inc.
Thanks again for the info.

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I've seen several real FULL DSHKs that at movie armories. the fake DSHKs made from Browning M2s are disappearing (like the C&C HK94s).
Speaking of which (Steve, maybe you can answer this, too), whatever happened to the DShKs made from M60s that were in "Red Dawn"? Are those still around, or did they just convert them back to M60s?
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Speaking of which (Steve, maybe you can answer this, too), whatever happened to the DShKs made from M60s that were in "Red Dawn"? Are those still around, or did they just convert them back to M60s?
Those were converted back to M60 form. The M60/DSHKs were no longer necessary (or pretty) when the first batch of DSHK Barrels started coming in from overseas.
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Just used a DSHK, we have it chambered for .50
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