The following firearms were used in the film The Deer Hunter :
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Colt Detective Special A Colt Detective Special is being used in the first Saigon Russian Roulette matches that Nick (Christopher Walken ) discover. The ejector rod shroud that is unique to the 3rd Generation CDS is visible on the revolver being used.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Detective Special 3rd Gen - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing A man holds the Colt Detective Special in the nightclub. The Ejector Rod Shroud is clearly visible. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The first entrant clicks the Colt Detective Special empty on himself. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick takes the Colt Detective Special from the first man and clicks it empty on the second man forcefully, before clicking it empty on himself. Smith & Wesson Model 36 When Michael (Robert De Niro ) goes back to Saigon for Nick (Christopher Walken ), the revolver being used in the Russian Roulette matches is now a Smith & Wesson Model 36 . Since the Model 36 is a 5-shot revolver, the chances of shooting one's self is now 1/5, instead of a 1/6 chance (as with a 6-shot revolver).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith and Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special - 5 shot. First pattern with flat latch cylinder release. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A man loads one bullet in the Smith & Wesson Model 36 as Michael confronts Nick at the nightclub. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael pleads with Nick before Nick pulls the trigger, the Smith & Wesson Model 36 clicking empty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael's turn to take it and pull the trigger. The S&W J-frames 5-shot cylinder and trigger guard are visible. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick takes it again, and pulls the trigger. Smith & Wesson Model 10 Nickel 2" Following the wedding when the men get ready to go hunting, Stan (John Cazale ) is seen pulling his Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub. What appears to a different firearm is seen from the latter part of the movie. See the quote in the fourth screencap. Axel takes a Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver with 2" barrel out of Stan's waistband to show Michael. Later in the hunting cabin Stan threatens Axel with it, and Michael takes it from him and puts one round in the cylinder, clicking it empty against Stan's head. (Trivia: DeNiro requested a live bullet to be used in this scene to heighten the sense of danger. John Cazale , who played Stan, did not protest, yet compulsively and understandably checked that the bullet was not next in the chamber for the scene.)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver with 2" barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan holding his revolver in the first part of the movie. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another shot of Stan's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yet another shot. Is this a blued model? Error creating thumbnail: File missing Axel holding Stan's nickel Model 10 revolver. Not sure if this is the same revolver Stan had in the first part of the movie. Michael - "What's that for?" Stan - "The same thing the other one was for." So, according to this quote, it's a different gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stan points his loaded nickel Model 10 revolver at Axel with the hammer cocked. That's not a very nice thing to do to your friend. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael unloads Stan's nickel Model 10 revolver, proving it was loaded whereas Stan claimed it was unloaded. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael puts one round in Stan's nickel Model 10 revolver leaving 5 empty chambers. "You want to play games? Alright, I'll play your fucking games." Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael puts Stan's nickel Model 10 revolver to his head, clicking the gun empty on him. "How do you feel now? Huh? HUH? BIGSHOT?" Smith & Wesson M&P The Viet Cong soldiers order the POW's to play Russian Roulette with a Smith & Wesson M&P revolver. Michael (Robert De Niro ) notably uses it when he asks the Vietnamese soldiers to load three bullets in the gun, which he then uses to kill three soldiers and uses their weapons to dispatch the rest. It's identified as a Pre-Model 10 M&P from its hammer configuration. That is what is known as a "Long-Action" M&P. The "Long Action" was phased out in 1948. Smith & Wesson did not start numbering the models until 1957. By then the "Short Action" with the re-designed hammer was standard on all models.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Vietnamese POW holding a Smith & Wesson M&P to his head moments before he shoots himself dead. File:TDH-Revolver1.JPG Stevie (John Savage ) holds the M&P to his head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another shot of Stevie with the M&P. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The M&P on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another shot of the M&P on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick holding the M&P to his head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael laughing as he holds the M&P moments before turning it against the Viet Cong, shooting three of them. Unknown Pistol Police at the Saigon Military Hospital have an unknown pistol in their holsters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two police officers with their holstered pistols. Toy Single Action Army What appears to be a toy Single Action Army is held by a child in this scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A child points a toy Single Action Army at Michael. Unknown Shotgun A Shotgun is seen on the rifle rack in Michael's house.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles Parker 1878 shotgun - 12 Gauge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shotgun on a gun rack in Michael's house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A front view of the shotgun. Remington 760 The rifle on the gun rack in Michael's house is a Remington 760 pump rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Remington 760 (below the double barreled shotgun) is seen on a gun rack in Michael's house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A front view of the Remington 760 on the right. Remington 700 BDL Remington 700 BDL rifles are used by the members of the hunting party. Michael (Robert De Niro ) notably carries a left-handed model. Interestingly, De Niro shoots right-handed when using a handgun (particularly in the famous Russian Roulette scenes) and when using the flamethrower. He switches to left-handed with the Remington 700, as well when using the M16A1. Cross-dominant shooters will often switch sides when using long guns, in order to be able to aim with their dominant eye when shouldering the weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 700 BDL- .30-06. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael holding his Remington in his house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael aiming the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael looking at his left-handed Remington with the bolt open. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael right after shooting a deer with his Remington. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifle is seen leaning against a counter in Michael's house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another shot of the same rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick with his Remington when him and Michael go hunting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close up of Michael's rifle late in the movie. M16A1 M16A1 rifles are carried by Nick (Christopher Walken ) and Steven (John Savage ) while serving in Vietnam. Michael (Robert De Niro ) notably uses one to shoot a Vietnamese soldier after hitting him with a flamethrower. Many soldiers carry them as well when Michael returns to Saigon to look for Nick.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16A1 - 5.56x45mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael with his M16A1 after finishing off a VietCong. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael shooting at a VietCong. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael, Nick, and Stevie with their M16A1's. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick and Stevie walking with their M16A1's. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier on the left appears to have an M16A1 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A man in the background at the nightclub when Michael tracks down Nick appears to have an M16A1. Norinco Type 56 Norinco Type 56 rifles are used by the Vietcong. Michael (Robert De Niro ) and Nick (Christopher Walken ) both take one from them during the Russian Roulette scene and use them to dispatch them all.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56 - 7.62x39mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Type 56 export model M22 without under-folding ("pig sticker") bayonet - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A VietCong with an Norinco Type 56. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A man held by AK-47 wielding VietCong moments before his death. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stevie held by the VietCong with an AK-47 and a Norinco Type 56 as they persuade him to put a revolver to his head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A VietCong right before he shoots at the prisoners with his Norinco Type 56. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shot of a Norinco Type 56 just as Michael shoots a VietCong in the head. Here the blood squib can clearly be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick swoops in and disarms a VietCong of his Norinco Type 56 when Michael starts shooting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nick firing the Norinco Type 56. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael with his captured Norinco Type 56. File:AK-47rifle12.JPG Michael with his Norinco Type 56 in the aftermath of the firefight, Nick is behind him bludgeoning a VietCong with the butt of his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shot of a Norinco Type 56 next to a dead VietCong after the firefight. AK-47 We also see VietCong with older style Type III AK-47s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AK-47 - 7.62x39mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A VietCong forcing a man to hold a revolver to his head using his AK-47. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the receiver on one of the AK-47's. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A VietCong with his AK-47 moments before shooting Nick in the leg. M60 The chopper that manages to save Nick (Christopher Walken ) has two M60 machine guns mounted on it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M60 Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm NATO. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M60 mounted on the left side of the helicopter that saves Nick. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier firing the M60 on the ride side of the same chopper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M60 on a jeep when Michael leaves Stevie in the care of some soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M60 mounted on a jeep. Michael lays Stevie on the hood of this jeep, he must have thought they were Stevie's only hope for survival. Browning M1919A4 A Browning M1919A4 is seen mounted on a US Army Jeep when Michael Vronsky (Robert De Niro ) returns to Saigon to bring back Nick.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M1919A4 on pedestal mount - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Browning M1919A4 mounted on a jeep. M2 Flamethrower Michael (Robert De Niro ) uses an M2 Flamethrower to torch a Vietnamese soldier.
M2 Flamethrower. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael using the flamethrower to dispatch a VietCong. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael turning off the flamethrower after killing a VietCong. Chinese Type II A PAVN (NVA) soldier uses a Chinese Type II grenade .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PAVN regular holding the Type II grenade moments before throwing it in the hole. 
