Talk:Van Helsing - Revision history

Slon95: /* Images posted by the designer/builder */

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	The "revolvers" have handguards, which is different from what was used in the film, but otherwise appear to be the same.		The "revolvers" have handguards, which is different from what was used in the film, but otherwise appear to be the same.
	--[[User:James3\|James3]] ([[User talk:James3\|talk]]) 11:35, 30 January 2017 (EST)		--[[User:James3\|James3]] ([[User talk:James3\|talk]]) 11:35, 30 January 2017 (EST)

			:[http://www.icollector.com/Van-Helsing-Van-Helsing-s-Stunt-Gun-Hugh-Jackman_i14358461] I do not be surprised, if they did not have a real guns. --[[User:Slon95\|Slon95]] ([[User talk:Slon95\|talk]]) 08:57, 3 October 2018 (EDT)

James3: /* Images posted by the designer/builder */

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Images posted by the designer/builder

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	==Images posted by the designer/builder==		==Images posted by the designer/builder==
	It looks like the man (Simon Murton) who designed ~~and built~~ the weapons for the movie has a website. Here is a link to a gallery of props and designs from several films, including Van Helsing.		It looks like the man (Simon Murton) who designed the weapons for the movie has a website, and some images of the props.

			Here is a link to a gallery of props and designs from several films, including Van Helsing.

	http://www.simonmurton.com/#/143437/		http://www.simonmurton.com/#/143437/

James3 at 16:35, 30 January 2017

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	== Gatling Gun Drum Magazine ==		== Gatling Gun Drum Magazine ==
	It may have been adapted but the magazine on the Gatling gun is not entirely fictional. A mag exactly similar to the one portrayed in the movie was used on the Model 1883 Gatling gun and is called the "Accles Positive Feed Magazine" and held about 100 rounds. --[[User:Charon68\|Charon68]] 11:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)		It may have been adapted but the magazine on the Gatling gun is not entirely fictional. A mag exactly similar to the one portrayed in the movie was used on the Model 1883 Gatling gun and is called the "Accles Positive Feed Magazine" and held about 100 rounds. --[[User:Charon68\|Charon68]] 11:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

			==Images posted by the designer/builder==
			It looks like the man (Simon Murton) who designed and built the weapons for the movie has a website. Here is a link to a gallery of props and designs from several films, including Van Helsing.

			http://www.simonmurton.com/#/143437/

			The "revolvers" have handguards, which is different from what was used in the film, but otherwise appear to be the same.
			--[[User:James3\|James3]] ([[User talk:James3\|talk]]) 11:35, 30 January 2017 (EST)

Charon68 at 11:01, 10 April 2010

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	I'm not in the movie business or anything, but to me it appears that the twin revolvers used in 'Van Helsing' had much more than a bit of 1878 Mauser Zig-zag Revolver ancestry. There certainly could be modern revolvers hiding inside there, but there also were a lot of knock-offs of the Mauser revolver made, notably in Belgium, in the later part of the 19th Century. Original German ones were desirable but expensive and the Belgian (and Spanish) gun industries were more than willing to create knock-offs, some of them quite elaborate.		I'm not in the movie business or anything, but to me it appears that the twin revolvers used in 'Van Helsing' had much more than a bit of 1878 Mauser Zig-zag Revolver ancestry. There certainly could be modern revolvers hiding inside there, but there also were a lot of knock-offs of the Mauser revolver made, notably in Belgium, in the later part of the 19th Century. Original German ones were desirable but expensive and the Belgian (and Spanish) gun industries were more than willing to create knock-offs, some of them quite elaborate.
	There are good photos of original Mauser Mausers on the Belgian website littlegun.be: compact revolvers, full-sized and even a carbine, and the basic Mauser pistol design in 2 different models. They even have an excellent photo of an original gun completely stripped down. I really think that this is at least the genesis of the strange revolvers used in the film.
			There are good photos of original Mauser Mausers on the Belgian website littlegun.be: compact revolvers, full-sized and even a carbine, and the basic Mauser pistol design in 2 different models. They even have an excellent photo of an original gun completely stripped down. I really think that this is at least the genesis of the strange revolvers used in the film.


	== Gatling Gun Drum Magazine ==		== Gatling Gun Drum Magazine ==
	It may have been adapted but the magazine on the Gatling gun is not entirely fictional. A mag exactly similar to the one portrayed in the movie was used on the Model 1883 Gatling gun and is called the "Accles Positive Feed Magazine" and held about 100 rounds. --[[User:Charon68\|Charon68]] 11:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)		It may have been adapted but the magazine on the Gatling gun is not entirely fictional. A mag exactly similar to the one portrayed in the movie was used on the Model 1883 Gatling gun and is called the "Accles Positive Feed Magazine" and held about 100 rounds. --[[User:Charon68\|Charon68]] 11:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Charon68 at 11:01, 10 April 2010

2010-04-10T11:01:07Z

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	I'm not in the movie business or anything, but to me it appears that the twin revolvers used in 'Van Helsing' had much more than a bit of 1878 Mauser Zig-zag Revolver ancestry.		I'm not in the movie business or anything, but to me it appears that the twin revolvers used in 'Van Helsing' had much more than a bit of 1878 Mauser Zig-zag Revolver ancestry. There certainly could be modern revolvers hiding inside there, but there also were a lot of knock-offs of the Mauser revolver made, notably in Belgium, in the later part of the 19th Century. Original German ones were desirable but expensive and the Belgian (and Spanish) gun industries were more than willing to create knock-offs, some of them quite elaborate.
	There certainly could be modern revolvers hiding inside there, but there also were a lot of knock-offs of the Mauser revolver made, notably in Belgium, in the later part of the 19th Century. Original German ones were desirable but expensive and the Belgian (and Spanish) gun industries were more than willing to create knock-offs, some of them quite elaborate.		There are good photos of original Mauser Mausers on the Belgian website littlegun.be: compact revolvers, full-sized and even a carbine, and the basic Mauser pistol design in 2 different models. They even have an excellent photo of an original gun completely stripped down. I really think that this is at least the genesis of the strange revolvers used in the film.
	There are good photos of original Mauser Mausers on the Belgian website littlegun.be: compact revolvers, full-sized and even a carbine, and the basic Mauser pistol design in 2 different models. They even have an excellent photo of an original gun completely stripped down.
	I really think that this is at least the genesis of the strange revolvers used in the film.
			== Gatling Gun Drum Magazine ==
			It may have been adapted but the magazine on the Gatling gun is not entirely fictional. A mag exactly similar to the one portrayed in the movie was used on the Model 1883 Gatling gun and is called the "Accles Positive Feed Magazine" and held about 100 rounds. --[[User:Charon68\|Charon68]] 11:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Smellie: Helsing guns could be 1878 Mauser knock-offs

2010-04-10T09:36:53Z

Helsing guns could be 1878 Mauser knock-offs

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I'm not in the movie business or anything, but to me it appears that the twin revolvers used in 'Van Helsing' had much more than a bit of 1878 Mauser Zig-zag Revolver ancestry.
There certainly could be modern revolvers hiding inside there, but there also were a lot of knock-offs of the Mauser revolver made, notably in Belgium, in the later part of the 19th Century. Original German ones were desirable but expensive and the Belgian (and Spanish) gun industries were more than willing to create knock-offs, some of them quite elaborate.
There are good photos of original Mauser Mausers on the Belgian website littlegun.be: compact revolvers, full-sized and even a carbine, and the basic Mauser pistol design in 2 different models. They even have an excellent photo of an original gun completely stripped down.
I really think that this is at least the genesis of the strange revolvers used in the film.