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Old 08-23-2009, 04:28 PM
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I don't know, the bevel in the front of the slide of that vektor is kind of sharp while the one in the screenshot is curvy and gradual.
Hmmm, I guess. Not sure then. Might also be one of the target Berettas (like the 92 Combat), except that I'm not sure those were around when the movie was made.
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Old 08-23-2009, 04:28 PM
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Most of the guns used in Vantage Point were airsoft. That sniper rifle looks like an airsoft gun to me. There is a major airsoft website that claims to have supplied the film, I don't remember which one exactly. Redwolf maybe.
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Old 08-23-2009, 04:30 PM
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Hmmm, I guess. Not sure then. Might also be one of the target Berettas (like the 92 Combat), except that I'm not sure those were around when the movie was made.
ohhh those are purrrdddyyyy
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Old 08-23-2009, 05:13 PM
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Most of the guns used in Vantage Point were airsoft. That sniper rifle looks like an airsoft gun to me. There is a major airsoft website that claims to have supplied the film, I don't remember which one exactly. Redwolf maybe.
I would highly doubt that. Airsoft manufacturers have been claiming their products are used in major movies for years, and then somebody proves them wrong. The airsoft community itself is full of bullshitters who claim they see an airsoft gun in a movie and then it turns out they were lying.
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Old 08-23-2009, 05:35 PM
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I would highly doubt that. Airsoft manufacturers have been claiming their products are used in major movies for years, and then somebody proves them wrong. The airsoft community itself is full of bullshitters who claim they see an airsoft gun in a movie and then it turns out they were lying.
1234 So true.
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Old 08-23-2009, 09:47 PM
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Okay I asked around on a Gun forum and they were a gold mine of help (no not really lol)

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f...42/index2.html

But basically they all thought the slide and the frame were from a Beretta 92 type handgun.
(still doesn't explain the non open slide however)
Alot of them also thought it was fake because it was from a movie.
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Old 08-23-2009, 10:19 PM
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Okay I asked around on a Gun forum and they were a gold mine of help (no not really lol)

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f...42/index2.html

But basically they all thought the slide and the frame were from a Beretta 92 type handgun.
(still doesn't explain the non open slide however)
Alot of them also thought it was fake because it was from a movie.
Ugh, what a bunch of morons. Tell them that if they think guns in movies are fake, they're free to come to IMFDB and talk to any of the professional armorers who are admins here. I'm sure they'd resent being told that the guns that they have to take care of on-set are all "fake".
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Old 08-23-2009, 11:29 PM
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cpttango30 doesn't know shit about anything. He didn't ID anything right on the table, and believes the gun is fake. He's a retard.
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Old 08-25-2009, 07:59 PM
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I would highly doubt that. Airsoft manufacturers have been claiming their products are used in major movies for years, and then somebody proves them wrong. The airsoft community itself is full of bullshitters who claim they see an airsoft gun in a movie and then it turns out they were lying.
Well I'm not a bullshitter. Jeez man, chill out.

I'm not sure where you fostered this attitude, but in this case it happens to be a reseller, not a manufacturer, making the claim.

http://www.speedytoys.com/shop/

Scroll down, you'll see what I'm talking about.

That rifle IS an airsoft gun. It's a UTG.


I used to work a lot with maxsell armory in florida, and they provided guns to several movies including the most recent Shaft film.

I don't just pull nonsense out of thin air ya know.
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Cool, that image will fit well on the Vantage Point page when I get around to it.
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