[SML] stage guns

[Jerry Durand]

Thanks, didn't know they did that much work on standard guns.  I knew
the sci-fi guns took quite a bit of work.

On 08/15/2015 08:52 AM, Alf Sauve' via Stagecraft wrote:
> There's a lot more to movie guns than just putting in reduced charge
> blanks. In fact that's exactly what they don't do.  A whole industry
> was created to make guns function safely for movies.
>
> The leader in movie weaponry is ISS.
>
> http://issprops.com/weapons
>
> They may start with a real gun, but they will totally change the
> inside.  Some work off of CO2 or other compressed gas.
>
> Besides making them safe from a "projectile" standpoint, they also
> make them safe from a hearing standpoint.  The Bang is added in post
> production.   But at the same time, the guns have to look and act like
> the real thing.   Actors may be trained to fake the recoil, since most
> of their guns will have much lower recoil than in real life.  Look at
> ISS's NON GUN  guns.
>
> I think Gun Stories or Shooting Gallery (Outdoor Channel) did a whole
> episode on ISS.  Fascinating stuff.  I believe, if I remember
> correctly, they showed how they designed Hans Solo's gun in that episode.
>
> Alf
>

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