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[[Image:Back to the future.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Back to the Future'' (1985)]]
[[Image:Back to the future.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Back to the Future'' (1985)]]
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'''WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD!'''


== AKM ==
== AKM ==
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[[Image:BTTF1000.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Libyan with his AKM rifle confronts Doc.]]
[[Image:BTTF1000.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Libyan with his AKM rifle confronts Doc.]]
[[Image:BTTF003.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Libyan prepares to fire his AKM at Doc.]]
[[Image:BTTF003.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Libyan prepares to fire his AKM at Doc.]]
[[Image:BTTF 306.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Firing the weapon.]]
[[Image:bttf2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the AKM as the Libyan hears Marty.]]
[[Image:bttf2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the AKM as the Libyan hears Marty.]]
[[Image:BTTF 311.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The weapon jams.]]
[[Image:BTTF 312.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Libyan fires in the chase with the Delorean.]]


==RPG-7 ==
==RPG-7 ==

Revision as of 10:32, 15 February 2011

The following weapons were used in the film Back to the Future:

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Back to the Future (1985)


WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD!

AKM

Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) is shot with a AKM by Libyan terrorists. This is probably the only time in a motion picture where a Kalashnikov-pattern rifle is seen jamming (yet it can happen, usually when a round pops up at a strange angle in the magazine, stopping the feed completely, and racking the action doesn't immediately eject the misfed round). Why this was noteworthy amongst firearms enthusiasts is because the AK series is considered some of the world's most reliable weapons and rarely experiences jams such as the one portrayed in the film.

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AKM, Stamped Steel Receiver w/ slant muzzle brake 7.62x39mm
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The Libyans open fire on Doc Brown from the van with his AKM rifle, however in the motion picture world, the 7.62x39mm round cannot penetrate the thin aluminum wall of a delivery van.
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The Libyan with his AKM rifle confronts Doc.
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The Libyan prepares to fire his AKM at Doc.
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Firing the weapon.
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Another view of the AKM as the Libyan hears Marty.
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The weapon jams.
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The Libyan fires in the chase with the Delorean.

RPG-7

The Libyan terrorists attempt to destroy the time machine with an RPG-7, causing Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) to accelerate to the speed necessary to initiate time travel in an attempt to escape. In reality, the weapon is a fake RPG-7 common in films made in the 1980's.

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Russian RPG-7 40mm
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The side mirror view of the Libyan terrorist aiming the RPG.
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The Libyan terrorist prepares to fire his RPG-7 at Marty and the Delorean.

Colt Single Action Army

In the beginning of the movie, Doc Brown attempts to defend himself from the terrorists with a nickel-plated Single Action Army fitted with pearl grips. He has this as his personal sidearm because the "Wild West" is his favorite period in history as he mentions in the later movies.

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Colt Single Action Army .45 Long Colt 5.5" 'Artillery' model
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Doc Brown discovers that Colt SAA is unloaded. Looking down the barrel while the finger on the trigger isn't usually the best way to do so...
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Holding up the Colt, Doc tries to give himself up.

Charlie Parker 1878 Double Barrel Shotgun

When Marty first travels back in time to 1955, "Old Man Peabody", a farmer plus obsessive pine-tree breeder, (Will Hare), mistaking him for a malevolent space mutant, fires a Charles Parker shotgun at him.

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Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun 12 Gauge
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"Take that, you mutated son of a ---!"

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