| Error creating thumbnail: File missing Join our Discord! |
| If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here. |
Armsel Striker and variants: Difference between revisions
| Line 77: | Line 77: | ||
[[Image:StreetSweeper.jpg|thumb|right|400px|SWD/Cobray Street Sweeper 12-gauge]] | [[Image:StreetSweeper.jpg|thumb|right|400px|SWD/Cobray Street Sweeper 12-gauge]] | ||
The Street Sweeper is the American-made copy of the Striker; the standard commercial version was recognizable by its longer 18" barrel, which was necessary to comply with U.S. firearms laws for over the counter shotgun sales. There were short barreled versions of the Street Sweeper, but like all short barreled shotguns, it required a tax stamp and was a strongly regulated device. When the Clinton Administration declared the civilian version of the Street Sweeper to be a 'destructive device' (like a mortar or a rocket launcher) in 1993, nearly all commercial sales ceased and the remaining samples in the chain of commerce could only be sold to holders of Federal Destructive Device Permits. Although it is a copy of the Striker, there is a relatively low interchangeability of parts between the two guns. The Street Sweeper is usually seen in American action films, whereas the Striker and Protecta are more likely to appear in films made outside of the U.S. The Street Sweeper | The Street Sweeper is the American-made copy of the Striker; the standard commercial version was recognizable by its longer 18" barrel, which was necessary to comply with U.S. firearms laws for over the counter shotgun sales. There were short barreled versions of the Street Sweeper, but like all short barreled shotguns, it required a tax stamp and was a strongly regulated device. When the Clinton Administration declared the civilian version of the Street Sweeper to be a 'destructive device' (like a mortar or a rocket launcher) in 1993, nearly all commercial sales ceased and the remaining samples in the chain of commerce could only be sold to holders of Federal Destructive Device Permits. Although it is a copy of the Striker, there is a relatively low interchangeability of parts between the two guns. The Street Sweeper is usually seen in American action films, whereas the Striker and Protecta are more likely to appear in films made outside of the U.S. The Street Sweeper also has the distinctive Key in the front of the drum to wind the 'clockwork' mechanism like the original Striker shotgun. | ||
=== Film === | === Film === | ||
Revision as of 04:10, 4 March 2009
The Armsel Striker shotgun and its variants appears in the following films, TV shows, and video games used by the following actors:
Armsel Striker
The original South African-manufactured cylinder shotgun, designed by Rhodesian Hilton Walker in the 1980s. Various versions existed, some with the top-folding stock, and others without.
Film
- Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Cigar Girl in The World Is Not Enough
- Patrick Bergin as Kevin O'Donnell in Patriot Games
- Slavko Libovic as the Serbian Gang Leader Ratko in In China They Eat Dogs
- Anthony Wong as Johnny Wong in Hard Boiled
- U.S Army Soldiers in Godzilla
- Brandon Lee as Michael Gold in Laser Mission
- Jim Maniaci as CyberTracker #9 in Cyber-Tracker 2
- Jürgen Prochnow as Captain Kirk in House of the Dead
Television
Video Games
Armsel Protecta
The Protecta is an improved version of the original Striker; it differs primarily in that it lacks the winder on the drum
Film
- Mark Collie as Harry Heck in The Punisher
Television
- Richard Dean Anderson as General Jack O'Neill and Ben Browder as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in Stargate: SG1 (configured to fire grenade rounds)
Video Games
SWD/Cobray Street Sweeper
The Street Sweeper is the American-made copy of the Striker; the standard commercial version was recognizable by its longer 18" barrel, which was necessary to comply with U.S. firearms laws for over the counter shotgun sales. There were short barreled versions of the Street Sweeper, but like all short barreled shotguns, it required a tax stamp and was a strongly regulated device. When the Clinton Administration declared the civilian version of the Street Sweeper to be a 'destructive device' (like a mortar or a rocket launcher) in 1993, nearly all commercial sales ceased and the remaining samples in the chain of commerce could only be sold to holders of Federal Destructive Device Permits. Although it is a copy of the Striker, there is a relatively low interchangeability of parts between the two guns. The Street Sweeper is usually seen in American action films, whereas the Striker and Protecta are more likely to appear in films made outside of the U.S. The Street Sweeper also has the distinctive Key in the front of the drum to wind the 'clockwork' mechanism like the original Striker shotgun.
Film
- American soldier in Godzilla (1998)