Talk:Van Helsing

I'm not in the movie business or anything, but to me it appears that the twin revolvers used in 'Van Helsing' had much more than a bit of 1878 Mauser Zig-zag Revolver ancestry. There certainly could be modern revolvers hiding inside there, but there also were a lot of knock-offs of the Mauser revolver made, notably in Belgium, in the later part of the 19th Century. Original German ones were desirable but expensive and the Belgian (and Spanish) gun industries were more than willing to create knock-offs, some of them quite elaborate.

There are good photos of original Mauser Mausers on the Belgian website littlegun.be: compact revolvers, full-sized and even a carbine, and the basic Mauser pistol design in 2 different models. They even have an excellent photo of an original gun completely stripped down. I really think that this is at least the genesis of the strange revolvers used in the film.

Gatling Gun Drum Magazine

It may have been adapted but the magazine on the Gatling gun is not entirely fictional. A mag exactly similar to the one portrayed in the movie was used on the Model 1883 Gatling gun and is called the "Accles Positive Feed Magazine" and held about 100 rounds. --Charon68 11:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Images posted by the designer/builder

It looks like the man (Simon Murton) who designed and built the weapons for the movie has a website. Here is a link to a gallery of props and designs from several films, including Van Helsing.

http://www.simonmurton.com/#/143437/

The "revolvers" have handguards, which is different from what was used in the film, but otherwise appear to be the same. --James3 (talk) 11:35, 30 January 2017 (EST)