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The Mummy (1999)

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The Mummy (1999)

The following guns were used in the film The Mummy:

Pistols

Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873

Rick O'Connell (Brendon Fraser) uses a pair of Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 revolvers throughout the film. During the fight in Hamunaptra, Jonathan (John Hannah) grabs them out of Rick's shoulder holsters and fires them at Imhotep's mummified priests.

Rick often wields them akimbo style and has an unique way of loading them by spinning the cylinders. Maybe if the ejector rod has been pulled back and the loading gate is open, all he has to do is to point the loading gate downwards,using the force of gravity and cylinder spinning to make sure all cartridges are ejected.

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Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Revolver - 11 x 17mmR
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Rick preparing his Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 revolvers.
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Closeup of Rick's Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 revolvers.

Colt M1917 Revolver

Beni Gabor (Kevin J. O'Connor) uses a Colt New Service, while Mr. Daniels (Corey Johnson) carries and uses two of the revolvers.

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Colt New Service Revolver - .45 acp. The Army would adopt its own version of the New Service, called the Colt M1917, with plain wooden grips and a lanyard ring.
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Beni (Kevin J. O'Connor) with his Colt New Service.
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Mr. Daniels (Corey Johnson) firing his Colt New Service revolvers.

Colt M1911

In the beginning of the film, Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser), among other weapons, uses two Colt M1911s to battle the attacking Tuaregs. Rick also uses a M1911 later in the film, most notably preparing it on the boat to Hamunaptra. Also one of the American treasure hunters, Mr. Burns (Tuc Watkins), is seen using a Colt M1911. It should be noted that the screen gun used is a period authentic pre-1924 M1911, not an M1911A1 (noted by the lack of a curved mainspring housing and no relief cuts around the trigger guard on the frame. Also, the grip safety spur is shorter than on the A1 while the actual trigger itself is longer). This is a rare case of Hollywood getting something right.

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Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP
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Rick's Colt M1911 laying in the sand.
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Rick (Brendan Fraser) with his Colt M1911.

Colt Single Action Army

Mr. Henderson (Stephen Dunham) uses a Colt Single Action Army.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. The most common of the SAA revolvers as it is just the right length. .45 Long Colt
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Mr. Henderson (Stephen Dunham) with his Colt SAA.

Mauser C96

Many of the Medjai who attack the boat to Hamunaptra are armed with dual Mauser C96s.

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Mauser C96 7.63x25mm Mauser.
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A Medjai is shot while firing his Mauser C96s.

Remington Model 95 Double Derringer

Jonathan (John Hannah) uses a Remington 1866 Derringer.

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Remington 1866 Derringer - .41 R.F. Caliber.
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Jonathan with his pistol

Webley Mk.V

Burns (Tuc Watkins) uses a Webley Mk V revolver.

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Webley Mk.V revolver.jpg‎
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Burns (Tuc Watkins) reloading his revolver.

Rifles

French Lebel M1886 Rifle

In the beginning of the film, Rick O'Connell (Brendon Fraser), Beni Gabor (Kevin J. O'Connor) and the other members of The French Foreign Legion use French Lebel Rifles. There was a problem with these rifles in the movie, normally they hold eight rounds but the ones used in this movie fired a single round then had to be reloaded after each shot (Fraser does this several times during the course of the opening scene). Though all Lebels are eight-shot rifles, the loading process is so slow that it is often easier to fire one round at a time.

Another possible explanation is that it was not uncommon for rifles of the period to have a magazine cut-off. The Lebel is so equipped (as is the Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III, Springfield M1903, and Krag-Jorgenson rifles and carbines). Furthermore, the soldiers of the time were typically trained to chamber individual rounds during the bulk of the fighting, utilizing this magazine cutoff, and maintaining the magazine as a reserve of ammunition. This would have been exceptionally useful on a Lebel, as was pointed out before, it is not an easy rifle to load under pressure.

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French Lebel M1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mm Lebel
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Rick holding a French Lebel Rifle.

Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII*

The Lee-Enfield rifle was extensively used in the film in the hands of British soldiers, the Arabs attacking the French Foreign Legion in the beginning of the film, and in the hands of the Medjai.

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Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British. This was the main battle rifle of British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War, introduced in 1907 it has seen action throughout the 20th century.
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British Soldiers with Lee-Enfield rifle.

Mauser Karabiner 98k Rifle

The Tuaregs attacking The French Foreign Legion in the beginning of the film are seen using a variety of different manufactured Mauser rifles from different countries. Visible are some M1903 Turkish Mauser and some (anachronistic) M1938 and M38/46 Short Rifles. Some of the Berber Horsemen are seen holding Mauser Karabiner 98 (98K) rifles, which is clearly anachronistic, since the 98Ks were not developed until 1935, but it might be the older WWI version.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm
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A Tuareg horseman armed with a Turkish Mauser on horseback.

Shotguns

Winchester Model 1897

Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) uses a Winchester Model 1897 shotgun throughout the film, later given to Ardeth Bay (Oded Fehr) to hold off the Mummy's priests.

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Winchester Model 1897 12 gauge Riot Gun
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Rick (Brendan Fraser) preparing his Winchester 1897.
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Rick armed with his Winchester 1897.
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Screen Used M1897 Shotgun

Machine Guns

Lewis Machine Gun

Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) uses a Lewis gun mounted on an airplane to shoot at the face of the sandstorm that Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) creates. When the airplane crashes, Ardeth Bey (Oded Fehr) unmounts the gun, and uses it against Imhotep's mummified priests in Hamunaptra.

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Aircraft-mounted Lewis Gun .303
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Rick on the Mounted Lewis Machine Gun.
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Ardeth Bey unmounts the Lewis Gun.

Other

Dynamite stick

Rick O 'Connell (Brendan Fraser) can be seen using the sticks of dynamite in a few battles.

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Sticks of dynamite
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Rick with dynamite stick.

Unidentified

The Prison Warden (Omid Djalili) pulls out an unidentified revolver during the brief standoff with the Americans in Hamunaptra.

See Also

The Mummy Series