Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Better Tomorrow The following firearms are used in the movie, "A Better Tomorrow"
Colt Detective Special I would say it is a Colt Detective Special based on the Colt hammer, and the fact it is a snubby. - Gunmaster45 Sounds good to me!
File:ABTrevolver.jpg An assassin attempts to kill the father of Ho (Ti Lung ) and his brother Kit (Leslie Cheung ) with a suppressed revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kit uses a Colt Detective Special at the range when he is at the police academy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kit retrieves his service revolver and his hand-cuffs before going to the docks. Beretta 92F John Woo's favorite handgun, the Beretta 92F makes frequent appearances in this film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mar Gor dual wielding Beretta 92F pistols during the shootout at the Taiwanese restaurant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mark Gor (Chow Yun-Fat ) using a Beretta 92F during the shootout at the Taiwanese restaurant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mark tosses down his two empty pistols in the restaurant, before retrieving his hidden Beretta from a potted plant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Triad assassin's Beretta 92F. Couldn't ask for a better view of this gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Beretta 92F used by a Triad assassin to wound Kit at the docks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Triad fires the 92F. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In an incredibly rare scene(for John Woo at least) we see Mark perform a mid-mag reload in the parking garage.
Beretta 92SB The Beretta 92SB is seen in the hands of Shing and a few Triads throughout. Identifiable by it's rounded trigger guard, and modern Beretta grips(versus the older style grips of the Original 92).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shing cleans off his 92SB Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shing holsters his 92SB. Despite the blurry picture, note the rounded trigger guard.
Smith & Wesson Model 39 or 59 An unknown handgun(looks like an early SIG?) appears in the hands of Triad members at the docks.
It's not a SIG. The trigger guard is the wrong shape. I will look for it... -MT2008 Looks like a S&W Model 39 or 59 to me. -Harabec Weathers Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Triad member's handgun is briefly visible as he is shot in the parking garage. Colt M1911 Many M1911 variants show up in this film, seldom clearly enough to make an ID. Seen mostly in the hands of Triads. Ho (Ti Lung ) also carries a M1911-style pistol in Taiwan.
File:Bt2.PNG One of the thugs wielding a M1911 during the restaurant shootout. ^ This doesn't look like a 1911, it has a slide-mounted decocking safety and the trigger guard is off. - Gunmaster45
Smith and Wesson 39 maybe? ~ Revolver Error creating thumbnail: File missing A better view of a thug wielding a M1911 in the restaurant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ho (Ti Lung ) aims a Colt M1911-style pistol before being captured by Taiwanese police. ^ Same here. - Gunmaster45 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Triad takes cover with his 1911. Browning Hi-Power The Browning Hi-Power is relatively common in early Woo films. This one is seen used by Mark alongside with his Beretta.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mark Gor (Chow Yun-Fat ) holding guards at bay with a Browning Hi-Power and a Beretta pistol while retrieving a tape of important counterfeiting data. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another shot of Mark dual wielding a Browning Hi-Power and a Beretta 92F. File:Bt1.PNG Mark Gor using his Browning Hi-Power and Beretta in the restaurant.
Heckler & Koch MP5A3 A Heckler & Koch MP5A3 , with a slimline fore-end and early straight box magazines, is initially used by Ho in the final shootout at the docks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun,using early straight box magazines, is carried by Ho (Ti Lung ) in the final gunbattle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ho holds Triad boss Shing hostage with a MP5A3 and a Beretta pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ho holds Triad boss Shing hostage with a MP5A3 and a Beretta pistol. This shot makes it easy to see the old style slimline fore-grip. IMI Mini-Uzi The Mini Uzi is seen in the hands of Mark and some thugs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mini Uzi SMG with stock folded - 9mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mark Gor (Chow Yun-Fat ) carries a Mini-Uzi with a folded stock during the final gun battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing For the second time in the movie, Mark reloads a weapon(very rare in John Woo films), this time after running dry on his Mini Uzi. MAC-10 The MAC-10 is used by the Triad Boss in the final shootout.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A MAC-10 is brandished at Kit during a Mexican stand-off. Later, the same MAC-10 is used by the Triad boss Shing (Waise Lee ). Colt Python Error creating thumbnail: File missing The nickel-plated Colt Python used by Kit (Leslie Cheung ) in the final gunbattle.
CAR - 15 Some Triad members in the dockside shootout are armed with CAR - 15 rifles. Most with 20 round straight magazines, and one with a normal 30 round magazine.
