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Non Guns
"Non Guns" are a brand name of prop weapons that are manufactured and rented by Independent Studio Services (ISS) and frequently used for scenes in movies or television shows in which the use of real weapons firing blanks is deemed unsafe for the actors or stuntmen. They are electronically-operated and discharge small explosive squibs that make a flash and produce smoke, but they do not eject shell casings or have any moving parts besides the trigger. The discharge of the squib can be loud or quiet depending on set noise regulations. This makes Non Guns safer and quieter than real weapons firing blanks, which means that they can be used on filming locations with noise ordinances or up close to other actors (which is a real concern with actual blank firing live guns).
While they have many advantages for film crews, most Non Guns bear only a loose resemblance to their live-firing counterparts, and thus stand out as fake to audiences who know what to look for. However, some film directors evidently do not take this in mind, and thus, it is plainly obvious in some movies or TV shows when Non Guns are being used. Some directors even film them up-close. Examples of such productions are seen below.
Note to IMFDB editors: If you see a Non Gun in a movie or TV show, you don't necessarily need to make a separate entry for the Non Gun on that page; it can be included under the entry for the gun it replicates. If a Beretta Non Gun appears in a movie along with its real counterpart, for instance, just include it under the Beretta 92F entry for the page.
The following are some of the Non Guns available from ISS, as well as the films and TV shows in which they have appeared.
Handguns
Colt 1911
A Non Gun replica of a Colt 1911 that can be used to simulate any full-size 1911-type pistol.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Rock | Ed Harris | Hummel | 1996 | |
A Beautiful Mind | Ed Harris | Parcher | 2001 | |
Road to Perdition | Tom Hanks | Michael Sullivan | 2002 | |
Sky Fighters | Terrorist | 2005 | ||
Zombieland | Woody Harrelson | Tallahassee | 2009 | |
Due Date | Zack Galifianakis | Ethan Tremblay | 2010 | |
Drive Angry | Colorado police officer | 2011 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Sopranos | Richard Maldone | Ally Boy Barese | 1999-2007 | |
The Sopranos | Dan Grimaldi | Patsy Parisi | 1999-2007 | |
The Sopranos | Steve Buscemi | Tony Blundetto | 1999-2007 |
Glock
A Non Gun replica of a Glock; it can be used to simulate either the full-size or compact Glock models.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Negotiator | Nate's killer | 1998 | ||
The Siege | 1998 | |||
The Corruptor | Mark Wahlberg | Danny Wallace | 1999 | |
The Corruptor | NYPD officers | 1999 | ||
Light It Up | 1999 | |||
American Psycho | Christian Bale | Patrick Bateman | 2000 | |
The Hitchhiker | David Shick | Officer Jenkins | 2009 | |
The Hitchhiker | Michael Tower | Officer Ferrati | 2009 | |
The Hitchhiker | Shaley Scott | Denise | 2009 | |
The Hitchhiker | Sarah Lieving | Melinda | 2009 | |
Zombieland | An Asian businesswoman | 2009 | ||
The Other Guys | Mark Wahlberg | Detective Terry Hoitz | 2010 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Criminal Minds | Thomas Gibson | FBI SSA Aaron Hotchner | 2005- | |
Criminal Minds - Season 2 | Lola Glaudini | FBI SSA Elle Greenaway | "Aftermath" (S02E05) | 2006 |
Prison Break - Season 4 | Robert Knepper | Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell | "S.O.B." (S4E19) | 2009 |
Prison Break - Season 4 | Kathleen Quinlan | Christina Scofield | "Cowboys and Indians" (S4E20) | 2009 |
Detroit 1-8-7 | Michael Imperioli | Det. Louis Fitch | "Pharmacy Double/Bullet Train" (S01E01) | 2010 |
Beretta 92F
Non Gun replicas of the Beretta 92F/FS and Beretta 92FS Inox.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
No Way Back | Thugs | 1995 | ||
The Corruptor | Chow Yun-Fat | Nick Chen | 1999 | |
The Corruptor | Byron Mann | Bobby Vu | 1999 | |
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Louis | 1999 | ||
Narc | Jason Patric | Detective Nick Tellis | 2002 | |
Avenging Angelo | Sylvester Stallone | Frankie Delano | 2002 | |
Bad Boys II | One of Tapia's men | Inox | 2003 | |
The Punisher | John Travolta | Howard Saint | 2004 | |
Spider-Man 2 | Police officers | Common and Inox | 2004 | |
Waist Deep | Various thugs | 2006 | ||
Crank | Thugs | 2006 | ||
The Pink Panther | Henry Czerny | Yuri | 2006 | |
The Hitchhiker | Jeff Denton | Jack | 2007 | |
The Betrayed | Christian Campbell | Kevin Taylor | 2008 | |
The Betrayed | Melissa George | Jamie Taylor | 2008 | |
Diamant 13 | Asia Argento | Calhoun | 2009 | |
Due Date | US Marshal | 2010 | ||
Flypaper | Ashley Judd | Kaitlin | 2011 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
La Femme Nikita | Section 1 operatives | 1997 | ||
The Sopranos | Steven R. Schirripa | Bobby Bacala | 1999-2007 | |
The Sopranos | Joe Maruzzo | Joe Peeps | Inox | 1999-2007 |
Frank Riva - Season 1 | Matthieu Rozé | Lt. Jean-Luc Roth | 2003 | |
Frank Riva - Season 2 | Matthieu Rozé | Jean-Luc Roth | 2004 | |
Lost | Yunjin Kim | Sun | Season 2 | 2004-2010 |
Prison Break - Season 1 | Goon | "Sleight of Hand" (S01E10), Inox | 2005 | |
Prison Break - Season 2 | Sarah Wayne Callies | Sara Tancredi | "Sona" (S02E22) | 2006 |
Prison Break - Season 4 | Michael Rapaport | Special Agent Donald "Don" Self | "Selfless" (S04E12) | 2008 |
Prison Break - Season 4 | Shannon Lucio | Miriam Holtz | "Selfless" (S04E12) | 2008 |
Prison Break - Season 4 | Titus Welliver | The Representative | "Going Under" (S04E15) | 2008 |
Prison Break - Season 4 | Daniel Zacapa | Priest | "The Mother Lode" (S04E17) | 2008 |
Life | Damian Lewis | Charlie Crews | 2007-2009 | |
In Plain Sight | Jason Wiles | CPD cop Robert Eps | "Good Cop, Dead Cop" (S01E09) | 2008 |
Branch (Expozitura) | Jirí Korn | Hitman | "Tri králové" (S01E05) | 2009 |
The Walking Dead - Season 1 | A soldier | "TS-19" (S01E06) | 2010 | |
CSI: Miami | Franky G | Dante Kroll | "Caged" (S09E19) | 2010-2011 |
CSI: Miami | The suspect | Inox; "Happy Birthday" (S09E08) | 2010-2011 |
SIG-Sauer
A Non Gun replica of a SIG-Sauer pistol that can double for the P220, P225, P226, P228, or P229 if necessary.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
No Way Back | Kelly Hu | Seiko | Suppressed | 1995 |
Fargo | Peter Stormare | Gaear Grimsrud | 1996 | |
Fargo | Steve Buscemi | Carl Showalter | 1996 | |
Men in Black | Recruits in testing | 1997 | ||
The Jackal | Mathilda May | Isabella Zanconia | 1997 | |
Zombieland | Woody Harrelson | Tallahassee | 2009 | |
Game of Death | Wesley Snipes | Marcus | 2010 | |
Game of Death | Gary Daniels | Zander | 2010 | |
Game of Death | Zoe Bell | Floria | 2010 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The X-Files - Season 8 | Robert Patrick | FBI Special Agent John Doggett | Substitute for P226 / "Roadrunners" (S8E04) | 2000 |
CSI: NY - Season 2 | James Badge Dale | Henry Darius | "Manhattan Manhunt" (S2E07) | 2005 |
Prison Break - Season 2 | Steven Chester Prince | Agent Blondie | "Manhunt" (S2E01) | 2006 |
Prison Break - Season 2 | Hitman | "Bolshoi Booze" (S2E11) | 2006 | |
Prison Break - Season 2 | Paul Adelstein | Paul Kellerman | "The Killing Box" (S2E13) | 2006 |
Prison Break - Season 4 | Cress Williams | Wyatt | "Scylla" (S4E01), "The Price" (S4E08) | 2008 |
Smith & Wesson .38 J-Frame Revolver
A Non Gun replica of a black finish Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver that can double for the M10, M13, M15, M20, M30, M32, M34 or M38 if necessary.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deadgirl | Shiloh Fernandez | Rickie | 2008 | |
Deadgirl | Noah Segan | JT | 2008 |
Desert Eagle
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Four Brothers | Mark Wahlberg | Bobby Mercer | 2005 | |
Next Day Air | Emilio Rivera | Bodega | 2009 | |
Next Day Air | Cisco Reyes | Bodega | 2009 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Battlestar Galactica | Lucy Lawless | "D'anna Biers/Number 3" | ||
Southland - Season 1 |
Non Descript Pocket Pistol
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Shaft (2000) | Lynne Thigpen | Carla Howard | 2000 | |
My Mother, the Spy | Kevin Kilner | Gary Sutton 'Rabbi' | 2000 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Sopranos | Joseph R. Gannascoli | Vito Spatafore | 1999-2007 | |
30 Rock | Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | ||
New Amsterdam | Ivo Velon | Ivan Brodsky | Ep. "Reclassified" (S01E07) | 2008 |
Prison Break - Season 4 | Jodi Lyn O'Keefe | Gretchen Morgan | "The Sunshine State" (S4E16) | 2008 |
Breaking Bad - Season 2 | Angelo Martinez | Tomás Cantillo | "Mandala" (S2E11) | 2009 |
Walther PPK
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Andy Hanson | 2007 | |
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Aleksa Palladino | Chris Lasorda | 2007 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Sopranos | Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti | 1999-2007 | |
Smallville - Season 2 | Garwin Sanford | Ed Brooks | "Red" (S2E04) | 2002 |
Smallville - Season 2 | Karen Holness | Bishop | "Insurgence" (S2E12) | 2003 |
Land of the Dead | Dennis Hopper | Kauffmann | ||
Lost | Evangeline Lilly | Kate | ||
Chuck | Yvonne Strahovski | Sarah Walker | ||
Prison Break - Season 4 | Chris Vance | James Whistler | "Scylla" (S4E01) | 2008 |
Smith & Wesson 66
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Set It Off | WC | Darnell | 1996 | |
Narc | Ray Liotta | Detective Oak | 2002 | |
A Man Apart | 2003 | |||
Dawn of the Dead | Sarah Polley | Ana | 2004 | |
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | Robert Englund | Doc Halloran | 2006 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The X-Files - Season 8 | Lee Duncan | Al Cawdry | "Redrum" (S8E06) | 2000 |
Bones | Emily Deschanel | Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan | Pilot episode | 2005 |
In Plain Sight | A corrupt cop | "Good Cop, Dead Cop" (S1E09) | 2008 | |
Criminal Minds - Season 5 | Matthew Gray Gubler | Dr. Spencer Reid | Stand-in for S&W Model 65 / "Nameless, Faceless" (S05E01) | 2009 |
The Spoils of Babylon | Haley Joel Osment | Winston Morehouse | "The Foundling" (E1), "So Sweet the Bells" (E6) | 2014 |
Smith & Wesson 27
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dawn of the Dead | Kim Poirier | Monica | 2004 |
Submachine Guns
Ingram machine pistol
A Non Gun replica of an Ingram-type machine pistol that can simulate a MAC-10 or MAC-11, depending on the needs of the scene.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
No Way Back | Etsushi Toyokawa | Yuji Kobayashi | 1995 | |
No Way Back | Thugs | 1995 | ||
Iron Man 3 | Robert Downey Jr. | Tony Stark | 2013 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Battlestar Galactica | Michael Trucco | Samuel Anders | 2004-2009 | |
Criminal Minds - Season 2 | Jason Wiles | Sheppard | "Psychodrama" (S2E04) | 2006 |
Criminal Minds - Season 2 | Matthew Gray Gubler | Dr. Spencer Reid | "Psychodrama" (S2E04) | 2006 |
24 - Season 7 | Arjay Smith | Laurent Dubaku | MAC-10; Ep. 12 | 2009 |
Heckler & Koch MP5
A Non Gun replica of a Heckler & Koch MP5.
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Kill Point | John Leguizamo | Jake "Mr. Wolf" Mendez | ||
24 - Season 5 | David Dayan Fisher | Beresch | ||
Bones | A goon | |||
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Tyler Dean Flores | Diego | "One World, One People" (S1E06) | 2021 |
Rifles
AK47
A Non Gun replica of an AK-type assault rifle.
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jon Benjamin Has a Van | Mounted on wheelchair, "Breakdown" (S01E04) | 2011 | ||
Sons of Anarchy | Ep. "AK-51" (S1E6) | |||
Seven Days | Endre Hules | Trotsky | Pilot Episode Pt 2 |
M16A2
A Non Gun replica of an M16A2.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cloverfield | U.S. Army soldiers |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alias | APO Task Force | M4A1 variants, similar to an M733 without stock | 2005 | |
The Walking Dead - Season 1 | US Army soldier | "TS-19" | 2010 | |
Jon Benjamin Has a Van | Mounted on wheelchair, "Breakdown" (S01E04) | 2011 | ||
WandaVision | S.W.O.R.D. agent | w/sight; "The Series Finale" (S1E09) | 2021 |
Remington 700 (Hunting Rifle)
A Non Gun of a wooden rifle fitted with a scope. Can be used to imitate any number of common hunting rifles (e.g. Remington 700).
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dark Was the Night | A hunter | 2014 |
Shotguns
Remington 870
A Non Gun of a Remington 870 shotgun. Can be used to imitate common shotguns (e.g. Mossberg 500 Cruisers, Ithaca 37.)
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dawn of the Dead | Boyd Banks | Tucker | 2004 | |
The Hitchhiker | Shaley Scott | Denise | 2006 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Burn Notice - Season 2 | Jeffrey Donovan | Michael Weston | "Seek and Destroy" (S2E12) | 2007 |
Burn Notice - Season 2 | Gabrielle Anwar | Fiona Glennanne | "Seek and Destroy" (S2E12) | 2007 |
Longmire - Season 3 | Charlotte Alexis White | Sofia | "Of children and travellers" S03E02 | 2014 |
Longmire - Season 3 | Chris Freihofer | Alan Little | "Of children and travellers" S03E02 | 2014 |