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I don't think this qualifies. Evil Tim (talk) 21:42, 30 November 2016 (EST)

It seems to fit all of the exception criteria for a single firearm page. Certainly seems just as (if not more) eligible than some other one-gun media pages I've seen. StanTheMan (talk) 02:31, 1 December 2016 (EST)

Well, the problem is the single gun rule requires the firearm to be real and identifiable. This one has a fictional "boomstick" that looks like a flintlock blunderbuss, but was probably never a functional firearm (because really, why would it be?) Evil Tim (talk) 02:41, 1 December 2016 (EST)

For me, it's a flintlock blunderbuss (of course, a modern reproduction), with some mock ups to make it look more fantasy. I don't know, is this gun was fired in the movie, or not (in the last case, it's non-firing prop). Also, may be useful to rename the section "boomstick" to "blunderbuss"? Pyramid Silent (talk) 11:57, 1 December 2016 (EST)

I don't think a generic flintlock blunderbuss prop really warrants a page - it'd be one thing if it were clearly a real, historical firearm, but this is a completely fictional prop that probably doesn't even fire. You have to consider that IMFDb is a resource for people trying to identify guns in media they've seen, and it's very unlikely anyone is going to stumble around trying to find out what the weapon used was. The only time fictional guns really deserve a pass is if they're clearly based or built off of real guns (see Blade's MAC-11s) or if they play a very prominent role in the film/game/show/whatever (see the Samaritan in Hellboy) - and usually only if the source already features a lot of real firearms that would qualify the page anyway. This doesn't really fit either of those. --Sergeant Simpleton (talk) 15:15, 1 December 2016 (EST)

identify guns in media they've seen Which is why i wonder why someone keeps making all these pages for obscure russian (or wherever they are from) movies with like two guns in them. Who seriously is watching those movies and then showing up here?--AnActualAK47 (talk) 16:02, 1 December 2016 (EST)

I had found the screen used gun. I'm not sure, but it's looks similar to real historical blunderbusses, like this and this. Pyramid Silent (talk) 16:12, 1 December 2016 (EST)

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Screen used gun.

Bah, I was thinking it's certainly present enough for a curious party to see and it and go 'Is that maybe a real firearm or something?' Again, certainly more so than some other pages. Granted it may be a fictional gun but unlike a lot of that VG stuff this at least has a fairly decent basis in reality. I'll admit it's something of a stretch on both counts, still though. That said, I don't think it's fair to criticize pages for media from other countries; They might watch stuff and wonder what gun is what, too - and visit this page. Last I checked the site isn't just for popular films. (For the record, most of those 'obscure russian' titles actually have a fair bit more than two guns in them that I've seen). StanTheMan (talk) 18:40, 1 December 2016 (EST)

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 :I had found the screen used gun. I'm not sure, but it's looks similar to real historical blunderbusses, like [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcomcoiX0T1rwjpnyo1_1280.png this] and [http://c8.alamy.com/comp/CYRN34/a-persian-miquelet-lock-blunderbuss-19th-century-damascus-blunderbuss-CYRN34.jpg this]. [[User:Pyramid Silent|Pyramid Silent]] ([[User talk:Pyramid Silent|talk]]) 16:12, 1 December 2016 (EST)
 [[Image:Warcraft blunderbuss.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Screen used gun.]]
-:: Bah, I was thinking it's certainly present enough for a curious party to see and it and go 'Is that maybe a real firearm or something?' Again, certainly more so than some other pages. Granted it may be a fictional gun but unlike a lot of that VG stuff this at least has a fairly decent basis in reality. I'll admit it's something of a stretch on both counts, still though. That said, I don't think it's fair to criticize pages for media from other countries - They might watch stuff and wonder what gun is what, too and visit this page. Last I checked the site isn't just for popular films. (For the record, most of those 'obscure russian' titles actually have a fair bit more than two guns in them that I've seen). [[User:StanTheMan|StanTheMan]] ([[User talk:StanTheMan|talk]]) 18:40, 1 December 2016 (EST)
+:: Bah, I was thinking it's certainly present enough for a curious party to see and it and go 'Is that maybe a real firearm or something?' Again, certainly more so than some other pages. Granted it may be a fictional gun but unlike a lot of that VG stuff this at least has a fairly decent basis in reality. I'll admit it's something of a stretch on both counts, still though. That said, I don't think it's fair to criticize pages for media from other countries; They might watch stuff and wonder what gun is what, too - and visit this page. Last I checked the site isn't just for popular films. (For the record, most of those 'obscure russian' titles actually have a fair bit more than two guns in them that I've seen). [[User:StanTheMan|StanTheMan]] ([[User talk:StanTheMan|talk]]) 18:40, 1 December 2016 (EST)

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