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'''The following guns were used in the movie ''Vantage Point'''''
''Vantage Point'' is a 2008 action thriller focusing on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States as told from eight unique points of view.
 
 
'''The following guns were used in the movie ''Vantage Point'':'''
[[Image:Vantage point.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Vantage Point (2008)]]
[[Image:Vantage point.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Vantage Point (2008)]]
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'''WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS!'''


== SIG-Sauer P229 ==
== SIG-Sauer P229 ==


All the Secret Service Agents including Thomas Barnes ([[Dennis Quaid]]) and Kent Taylor ([[Matthew Fox]]) carry the [[SIG-Sauer P220 pistol series#SIG P229|SIG-Sauer P229]] as their standard sidearms. Though the Secret Service chambers their SIG Sauer P229s for the .357 SIG round, the P229s used in the movie are chambered in 9x19mm Parabellum. There is also a continuity error when Dennis Quaid is seen firing over twenty rounds before reloading.  The gun only holds 13 rounds; 12 in the magazine, and 1 in the chamber.
The majority of the Secret Service Agents in the film including Thomas Barnes ([[Dennis Quaid]]) carry the [[SIG-Sauer P220 pistol series#SIG P229|SIG-Sauer P229]] as their standard sidearms. Though the Secret Service chambers their SIG Sauer P229s for the .357 SIG round, the P229s used in the movie are chambered in 9x19mm Parabellum. There is also a continuity error when Dennis Quaid is seen firing over twenty rounds before reloading.  The gun only holds 13 rounds; 12 in the magazine, and 1 in the chamber.


[[Image:P229.jpg |thumb|none|300px|Sig-Sauer P229]]
[[Image:P229.jpg |thumb|none|300px|Sig-Sauer P229]]
[[Image:Barnes_SIG_P229.png|thumb|none|600px|Thomas Barnes loads his SIG Sauer P229 before joining the detail]]
[[Image:Barnes_SIG_P229.png|thumb|none|600px|Thomas Barnes loads his SIG Sauer P229 before joining the protecton detail.]]
[[Image:Sig Sauer P229.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Thomas Barnes rushes to the crashed police car with his Sig-Sauer P229 in hand]]
[[Image:Sig Sauer P229.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A production still of Dennis Quaid as Thomas Barnes with a SIG-Sauer P229 in hand.]]
 
[[Image:Vantage005.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barnes draws the SIG.]]
== Beretta M92FS ==
 
The [[Beretta 92 pistol series#Beretta 92 FS|Beretta M92FS]] is carried by all the terrorists in the film which includes Kent Taylor and Javier ([[Edgar Ramirez]]) during the police car scene; the Spanish policeman; female terrorist Veronica ([[Ayelet Zurer]]) and the terrorist head Suarez ([[Saïd Taghmaoui]]). There is also a continuity error with these pistols. the are "fired" but then immediately shown with the hammer forward.
 
[[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta M92FS 9mm]]


== Beretta 92FS ==
The majority of the terrorists and covert operatives in the film carry the [[Beretta 92 pistol series#Beretta 92 FS|Beretta 92FS]].  Those who use it include Javier ([[Edgar Ramirez]]) during the police car scene; the Spanish policeman; female terrorist Veronica ([[Ayelet Zurer]]) and the terrorist head Suarez ([[Saïd Taghmaoui]]). Continuity errors with these pistols occur in several scenes when the gun is "fired" and then immediately shown with the hammer forward.  While the USSS agents usually carry SIG P229's, Agent Kent Taylor ([[Matthew Fox]]) is seen only using the Beretta.
[[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta 92FS 9mm]]
[[Image:Vantage003.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Taylor fires the Beretta.]]
[[Image:Beretta 92fs Screen 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Suarez loading a Beretta 92FS]]
[[Image:Beretta 92fs Screen 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Suarez loading a Beretta 92FS]]
[[Image:Beretta 92fs Screen 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Javier points a Beretta 92FS, telling Kent to take him to his brother]]
[[Image:Beretta 92fs Screen 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Javier points a Beretta 92FS, telling Kent to take him to his brother]]
[[Image:Beretta 92fs Screen 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After the ambulance crash scene, Veronica's Beretta 92FS can be seen lying next to her]]
[[Image:Beretta 92fs Screen 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After the ambulance crash scene, Veronica's Beretta 92FS can be seen lying next to her]]
Could these be Vector Z-88s?  I say this because in the last picture, I do not see the traditional Beretta roundel.  Instead, there appears to be a triangle.[[User:SAWGunner89|SAWGunner89]] 00:55, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


== Glock 17 ==  
== Glock 17 ==  
A [[Glock 17]]  is used by the former special forces soldier Javier ([[Edgar Ramirez]]) who kidnaps the real President. The one shown in the film features a stainless steel slide and a suppressor. Might be a G17-Pro.
A [[Glock 17]]  is used by the former special forces soldier Javier ([[Edgar Ramirez]]) who kidnaps the real President. The one shown in the film features a stainless steel slide and a suppressor. Might be a G17-Pro.
[[Image:Glock 17.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Glock 17 9mm with stainless steel slide]]
[[Image:Glock 17.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Glock 17 9mm with stainless steel slide]]


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==Unidentified Glock==
==Glock 30==
When Agent Barnes ([[Dennis Quaid]]) rescues President Ashton ([[William Hurt]]), Suarez pulls a [[Glock|Glock 30]].
[[Image:Glock30.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Glock 30 .45 ACP]]
[[Image:Vantage011.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]


When Agent Barnes ([[Dennis Quaid]]) resuces the President (William Hurt) from the ambulance, Suarez pulls a Beretta M92FS on him and is shot by Barnes before he can use it. The M92FS changes to a fully black Glock of some sort for a brief moment (you may even have to pause the movie to notice.) It is smaller than a G17, but bigger than a G26/27. It may be a Glock 19.


== Heckler & Koch MP5A2 ==
== Heckler & Koch MP5A2 ==


The [[Heckler & Koch MP5#Heckler & Koch MP5A2|H&K MP5A2]] is seen throughout the film in the hands of Spanish police officers, some seen with two magazines strapped together.
The [[Heckler & Koch MP5#Heckler & Koch MP5A2|H&K MP5A2]] is seen throughout the film in the hands of Spanish police officers, some seen with two magazines clamped together.


[[Image:H&KMP5A2WideForearm.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Heckler & Koch MP5A2 9mm]]
[[Image:H&KMP5A2WideForearm.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Heckler & Koch MP5A2 9mm]]
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== Remington 700 ==
== Remington 700 ==
The [[Remington 700]] rifle appears in the hands of Secret Service snipers in the film, fitted with folding bipods. A few rifles actually may be M40's, but most of the close-up shots use R700's.
The [[Remington 700]] rifle appears in the hands of Secret Service snipers in the film, fitted with folding bipods. A few rifles actually may be M40's, but most of the close-up shots use R700's.



Revision as of 01:20, 22 January 2010

Vantage Point is a 2008 action thriller focusing on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States as told from eight unique points of view.


The following guns were used in the movie Vantage Point:

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Vantage Point (2008)


WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS!

SIG-Sauer P229

The majority of the Secret Service Agents in the film including Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) carry the SIG-Sauer P229 as their standard sidearms. Though the Secret Service chambers their SIG Sauer P229s for the .357 SIG round, the P229s used in the movie are chambered in 9x19mm Parabellum. There is also a continuity error when Dennis Quaid is seen firing over twenty rounds before reloading. The gun only holds 13 rounds; 12 in the magazine, and 1 in the chamber.

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Sig-Sauer P229
File:Barnes SIG P229.png
Thomas Barnes loads his SIG Sauer P229 before joining the protecton detail.
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A production still of Dennis Quaid as Thomas Barnes with a SIG-Sauer P229 in hand.
File:Vantage005.jpg
Barnes draws the SIG.

Beretta 92FS

The majority of the terrorists and covert operatives in the film carry the Beretta 92FS. Those who use it include Javier (Edgar Ramirez) during the police car scene; the Spanish policeman; female terrorist Veronica (Ayelet Zurer) and the terrorist head Suarez (Saïd Taghmaoui). Continuity errors with these pistols occur in several scenes when the gun is "fired" and then immediately shown with the hammer forward. While the USSS agents usually carry SIG P229's, Agent Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) is seen only using the Beretta.

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Beretta 92FS 9mm
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Taylor fires the Beretta.
File:Beretta 92fs Screen 1.jpg
Suarez loading a Beretta 92FS
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Javier points a Beretta 92FS, telling Kent to take him to his brother
File:Beretta 92fs Screen 3.jpg
After the ambulance crash scene, Veronica's Beretta 92FS can be seen lying next to her

Glock 17

A Glock 17 is used by the former special forces soldier Javier (Edgar Ramirez) who kidnaps the real President. The one shown in the film features a stainless steel slide and a suppressor. Might be a G17-Pro.

File:Glock 17.jpg
Glock 17 9mm with stainless steel slide
File:Glock 17 Screen 01.jpg
Javier walks the hotel hallway armed with a Glock 17
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Here he takes out several guards as well as the chief of staff with his Glock 17
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Javier forces the president to go with him using the Glock 17


Glock 30

When Agent Barnes (Dennis Quaid) rescues President Ashton (William Hurt), Suarez pulls a Glock 30.

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Glock 30 .45 ACP
File:Vantage011.jpg


Heckler & Koch MP5A2

The H&K MP5A2 is seen throughout the film in the hands of Spanish police officers, some seen with two magazines clamped together.

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Heckler & Koch MP5A2 9mm
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Spanish Police officers stand ready with their MP5A2's as the President's limo passes

Heckler & Koch PSG-1

A Heckler & Koch PSG-1, mounted on an automated platform, is used by the terrorists to conduct the initial attack on the President. The PSG-1's distinctive wooden grip is featured during the scene when agent Taylor disassembles it.

File:HK-Psg1.jpg
Heckler & Koch PSG-1 7.62x51mm NATO
File:Hk psg-1 screen.jpg
A Heckler & Koch PSG-1 in an automated platform

Remington 700

The Remington 700 rifle appears in the hands of Secret Service snipers in the film, fitted with folding bipods. A few rifles actually may be M40's, but most of the close-up shots use R700's.

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Remington 700 .308 Winchester
File:Sniper rifle screen 1.jpg
A sniper armed with a Remington 700 watches as the presidential limo enters the plaza
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Another sniper watches over the plaza armed with a Remington 700