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=Handguns= | |||
== Colt Detective Special == | == Colt Detective Special == | ||
John Shaft ([[Richard Roundtree]]) uses a [[Colt Detective Special]] 1st Gen throughout the film. Throughout the first half of the film, he carries a blued one and keeps a nickel one wrapped up in his refrigerator, which he uses for the rest of the film. | John Shaft ([[Richard Roundtree]]) uses a [[Colt Detective Special]] 1st Gen throughout the film. Throughout the first half of the film, he carries a blued one and keeps a nickel one wrapped up in his refrigerator, which he uses for the rest of the film. | ||
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[[Image:Shaft 1911 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Shaft continues to aim at the kidnappers while they are arrested]] | [[Image:Shaft 1911 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Shaft continues to aim at the kidnappers while they are arrested]] | ||
[[Image:Shaft Colt DS 9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Ben Buford's men (On the left) holds a Colt 1911 while rescuing Marcy]] | [[Image:Shaft Colt DS 9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Ben Buford's men (On the left) holds a Colt 1911 while rescuing Marcy]] | ||
== Smith & Wesson Model 10 == | == Smith & Wesson Model 10 == | ||
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[[Image:Shaft 1903 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Buford's men holds the 1903 Hammerless on a cook in order to get disguises]] | [[Image:Shaft 1903 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Buford's men holds the 1903 Hammerless on a cook in order to get disguises]] | ||
[[Image:Shaft 1903 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the scene]] | [[Image:Shaft 1903 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the scene]] | ||
=Submachine Guns= | |||
== Thompson M1928 == | |||
The [[M1928 Thompson]] submachine gun is commonly seen throughout the film, most notably used by Marcy's kidnappers. It is also wielded by some of Ben Buford's ([[Christopher St. John]]) men while rescuing Marcy with Shaft in the end. There is also a brief scene when three of Buford's gangsters are gunned down of a stairway by a policeman's Thompson when cops stormed his building. | |||
[[Image:M1928.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Thompson M1928 with 50 round drum magazine .45 APC]] | |||
[[Image:Shaft thompson 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A policeman's Thompson cuts down Ben Buford's men]] | |||
[[Image:Shaft thompson 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marcy's kidnappers aim their Thompsons]] | |||
[[Image:Shaft thompson 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A kidnapper holds his Thompson on Shaft after shooting him in the arm]] | |||
[[Image:Shaft thompson 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the kidnappers picks up his Thompson while guarding Marcy]] | |||
[[Image:Shaft thompson 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ben Buford with his Thompson]] | |||
[[Image:Shaft thompson 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ben Buford fires his Thompson at a kidnapper]] | |||
[[Image:Shaft thompson 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of Buford's Thompson as he guns down more kidnappers]] | |||
Revision as of 02:58, 4 December 2016
Shaft is a 1971 Blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks and stars Richard Roundtree as John Shaft, a private detective who is hired by Harlem Mafia boss Bumpy Jonas (Moses Gunn) to find his kidnapped daughter Marcy (Sherri Brewer). With help from gang leader Ben Buford (Christopher St. John) and Police Inspector Vic Androzzi (Charles Cioffi), he ventures into a dangerous world of gangsters, pimps and junkies. The film received an Academy Award for actor/musician Isaac Hayes, who composed the music and sang the now iconic theme song. The film would spawn several sequels and would later inspire a feature film update released in 2000 that starred Samuel L. Jackson and Roundtree reprising his role.
The following weapons were used in the film Shaft (1971):
Handguns
Colt Detective Special
John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) uses a Colt Detective Special 1st Gen throughout the film. Throughout the first half of the film, he carries a blued one and keeps a nickel one wrapped up in his refrigerator, which he uses for the rest of the film.
Colt M1911
One of the gangsters that Shaft fights in the beginning carries a Colt M1911, identifiable by its ejection port, which is smaller than the M1911A1. Shaft is also seen using one to arrest some of Marcy's kidnappers in a bar.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
The Smith & Wesson Model 10 is briefly seen being used by one of Ben Buford's gangsters and one of the kidnappers. A snubnose version is also seen being held by one of Buford's men.
Colt Model 1903 Hammerless
One of Buford's men can briefly be seen with a Colt Model 1903 while rescuing Marcy.
Submachine Guns
Thompson M1928
The M1928 Thompson submachine gun is commonly seen throughout the film, most notably used by Marcy's kidnappers. It is also wielded by some of Ben Buford's (Christopher St. John) men while rescuing Marcy with Shaft in the end. There is also a brief scene when three of Buford's gangsters are gunned down of a stairway by a policeman's Thompson when cops stormed his building.
