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* Can be used by the Player Character, Tommy Vercetti in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' | * Can be used by the Player Character, Tommy Vercetti in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' | ||
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==Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup== | |||
==Ruger Mini-14 in Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup Stock== | |||
[[Image:Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup.JPG|thumb|right|400px|Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup 5.56mm with scope]] | [[Image:Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup.JPG|thumb|right|400px|Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup 5.56mm with scope]] | ||
The '''Muzzelite MZ14''' is a polymer rifle stock that converts a Ruger Mini14/AC556/Mini 30 into a compact bullpup carbine originally designed for US Police Forces/SWAT Teams during the 1980s to convert Mini-14's into "Assault Rifles" when AR15/M16's were not avaliable. Although a number of shooters claim it is unreliable, It has become popular amongst the movie industry due to its futuristic look and sometimes used to take the role of the externally similar [[FAMAS]] currently used by the French Military. | The '''Muzzelite MZ14''' is a polymer rifle stock that converts a Ruger Mini14/AC556/Mini 30 into a compact bullpup carbine originally designed for US Police Forces/SWAT Teams during the 1980s to convert Mini-14's into "Assault Rifles" when AR15/M16's were not avaliable. Although a number of shooters claim it is unreliable, It has become popular amongst the movie industry due to its futuristic look and sometimes used to take the role of the externally similar [[FAMAS]] currently used by the French Military. | ||
The Muzzelite Stock was sold in configurations that could hold the Ruger Mini-14, the Ruger 10-22 and the Marlin Camp Carbine in 9mm, though the only version used in most movies or television shows were the Ruger Mini 14 version. Also in films like Total Recall, the AC556 full auto carbine with a shorter barrel was used inside this bullpup stock. | |||
Films like ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' and the television series ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'' utilized customized futuristic guns based on the Ruger Mini inside of a Muzzelite stock. These were preferred by the prop makers at Hollywood's Hand Prop Room, since the futuristic shape of the muzzelite stock made it easier to create unusual science fiction rifles, but also the fact that the Ruger Mini 14 is known in the industry as 'the jamless wonder'. It never jams or stovepipes using movie blanks, something that cannot be said of any of the other common 5.56 weapons used in films. | |||
=== Film === | === Film === | ||
* ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' | * ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' (Heavily modified version, called the "Morita Rifle") | ||
* ''[[RoboCop 3]]'' | * ''[[RoboCop 3]]'' | ||
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* Vori soldiers and [[Robert Beltran]] as Chakotay in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' (episode "Nemesis", with and without tactical flashlights mounted on the carry handle) | * Vori soldiers and [[Robert Beltran]] as Chakotay in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' (episode "Nemesis", with and without tactical flashlights mounted on the carry handle) | ||
* ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'' (another heavily modified version, also made by the Hand Prop Room, which also assisted in the production of the fictional rifles for ''[[Starship Troopers]]''. | |||
[[Category:Gun]] | [[Category:Gun]] | ||
Revision as of 00:21, 25 October 2008
The Ruger Mini-14/AC556can be seen in the following movies and television series used by the following actors:
Ruger Mini-14
Film
- Ironbar in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- City Cowboys in Crocodile Dundee
- Geena Davis as Samantha Caine in The Long Kiss Goodnight
- Prison guards in Face/Off
- A Prison Guard in Boondock Saints
- Some of Travis' henchmen in Lethal Weapon 3
- Cuervo Jones in Escape from LA
- M.C. Gainey as Earl in Breakdown
- John Travolta as Major Vic 'Deak' Deakins in Broken Arrow
- Snake Eater
- Drug dealers in Elite Squad
- Gang members in S.W.A.T.
- Redfoot's henchmen in The Usual Suspects
Television
- Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24
- Wielded by numerous members of The A-Team
Video Games
- Can be used by the Player Character, Tommy Vercetti in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Ruger Mini-30
The Ruger Mini-30 was introduced in 1987 to used the 7.62x39 (AK47) round. The Mini-14 was a popular hunting rifle but sometimes the .223 Remington/5.56mm round was not approved for hunting, thus the Mini-30 was developed so that hunters could use a 'legal' .30 caliber round. Like the Mini-14, the Mini-30 is not particularly accurate for precise hunting shots, and is used primarily as a utility 'varmint' gun. Essentially identical to the Mini-14, it only differs in the fact that it is chambered in 7.62x39mm. The relative barrel thickness and fatter, more dynamically curved high-capacity magazines are the easiest way to tell them apart.
Ruger Mini-14 in Muzzelite MZ14 Bullpup Stock
The Muzzelite MZ14 is a polymer rifle stock that converts a Ruger Mini14/AC556/Mini 30 into a compact bullpup carbine originally designed for US Police Forces/SWAT Teams during the 1980s to convert Mini-14's into "Assault Rifles" when AR15/M16's were not avaliable. Although a number of shooters claim it is unreliable, It has become popular amongst the movie industry due to its futuristic look and sometimes used to take the role of the externally similar FAMAS currently used by the French Military.
The Muzzelite Stock was sold in configurations that could hold the Ruger Mini-14, the Ruger 10-22 and the Marlin Camp Carbine in 9mm, though the only version used in most movies or television shows were the Ruger Mini 14 version. Also in films like Total Recall, the AC556 full auto carbine with a shorter barrel was used inside this bullpup stock.
Films like Starship Troopers and the television series Space: Above and Beyond utilized customized futuristic guns based on the Ruger Mini inside of a Muzzelite stock. These were preferred by the prop makers at Hollywood's Hand Prop Room, since the futuristic shape of the muzzelite stock made it easier to create unusual science fiction rifles, but also the fact that the Ruger Mini 14 is known in the industry as 'the jamless wonder'. It never jams or stovepipes using movie blanks, something that cannot be said of any of the other common 5.56 weapons used in films.
Film
- Starship Troopers (Heavily modified version, called the "Morita Rifle")
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid in Total Recall
- Michael Gross as Burt Gummer in Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Television
- Vori soldiers and Robert Beltran as Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager (episode "Nemesis", with and without tactical flashlights mounted on the carry handle)
- Space: Above and Beyond (another heavily modified version, also made by the Hand Prop Room, which also assisted in the production of the fictional rifles for Starship Troopers.