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Timecop Custom Assault Pistol

This Custom Assault Pistol is an unusual customized submachine gun-style weapon that appears to have been custom made by Tom Felcan of Felcan Enterprises in British Columbia. The gun first appeared in the pilot episode of the Cobra TV series in September 1993, and subsequently in a second season episode of the Highlander TV series and the The X-Files first-season episode "Fallen Angel", both of which also debuted late in 1993. The weapon most notably appears in the 1994 film Timecop, which was the first feature film in which it appeared. Timecop was filmed in British Columbia, Canada, and these custom firearms would subsequently appear in other films and television series produced in the same region during the 1990s, including the film Rumble in the Bronx and series such as M.A.N.T.I.S. and Viper.

There has been much speculation about this weapon, which has not yet been definitively identified. Some have opined that these custom built firearms were constructed from submachine guns with a front-mounted magazine such as the Kimel AP-9 or the Feather AT-9. These weapons are of an unknown variant, but have a SMG-style magazine and a top charging handle. While it seems possible these were custom-built specially for Timecop, the numerous other appearances of the weapons (especially predating Timecop) are interesting - These additional appearances could possibly be due to the Canadian armorers minimal quantity (if any) of genuine submachine guns and machine pistols (such as the MP5K) in their inventory during the 1990s. Some variants feature a short smooth barrel with threaded base and forend akin to a MAC-10 - Some have longer barrels with shrouds fitted (as seen in Cobra and The X-Files) and other versions (seen in later productions) appear to have larger forends and receivers with a shroud over the short barrel (compare the two images).

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The "Timecop" Custom Assault Pistol as seen in the film Crying Freeman.

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Timecop Custom Assault Pistol as seen in the series Smallville.

The Timecop Custom Assault Pistol has been used in the following media:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Timecop	Callum Keith Rennie	The Stranger	barrel shroud, laser sights	1994
Rumble in the Bronx		Mob Thugs	scope	1995
The Hunted		Detective		1995
Crying Freeman		Yakuza gangster		1995

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
Cobra (TV Series)			Part 2 of the two-part Pilot episode	1993
The X-Files		Elite Recovery Soldiers	With both short non-shrouded barrel and long shrouded barrel / "Fallen Angel" (S1E09)	1993
M.A.N.T.I.S.				1994-1995
Viper (TV Series)	.		.	1996-1999
Smallville	.		"Exile" (S3E01)	2003