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Just about any period war film is going to have this 100 year old gun. Because of the unassuming nature of the 1911, you're almost always going to see someone carrying this in a movie. Al Pacino's side arm in the film "Scent of a Woman" was the classic 1911.
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The most common rifle in the world is most frequently associated with villains in films. Sylvester Stallone wielded an AK 47 assault rifle in Rambo III.
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The Mini-gun an electric powered Gatling gun is capable blanketing the land with 7.62mm bullets at a rate of 2,000 to 6,000 rounds a minute. For some reason, this gun tends to show up in movies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator).
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Cherry Darling (Rose McGowan in the movie Planet Terror) rocked a special prosthetic leg incorporating a Bushmaster carbine machine gun fitted with a M203 Cobray 37mm grenade launcher. Nuff said.
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The captive bolt stunner, a cattle gun commonly reserved for ending cows via a bolt shot directly into their brains. Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men) made this weapon one of the scariest seen in film.
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The Desert Eagle is a large-framed gas-operated semi-automatic pistol designed by Magnum Research, Inc. (MRI) in the United States. Arnold Schwarzenegger carried this handgun in most of his films, Elizabeth Hurley made it even sexier in "Austin Powers."
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The Smith & Wesson Model 29 is a six-shot, double-action revolver chambered for the .44 Magnum cartridge and manufactured by the U.S. company Smith & Wesson. It was made famous by - and is still most often associated with - the fictional character "Dirty Harry" Callahan from the Dirty Harry series of films starring Clint Eastwood.
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The Beretta 92 was John McClain's choice in the "Die Hard" films, it was modified and, it was carried by Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon.
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While not being very common, the .475 Wildey Magnum is most famous for its appearance in Death Wish 3, where the Wildey was a signature weapon of Paul Kersey, a character portrayed by Charles Bronson in the Death Wish (film series).
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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, C-3PO, left, and R2-D2 costumes are displayed as part of an exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars at Seattle’s EMP Museum. The creators of the new exhibit, with 60 original costumes from the six Star Wars movies, are hoping to gather geeks, fashionistas and movie fans together to discuss how clothing helps set the scene. The exhibit, “Rebel, Jedi, Princess, Queen: Star Wars and the Power of Costume,” will be in Seattle through early October and then travel across the United States through 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, file photo, Steven Tyler arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Palladium, in Los Angeles. Tyler and Charlie XCX headlined the Rolling Stone Super Bowl party on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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Women prepare for the Women's Mosque of America's first monthly Friday prayer, called jumma'a, at the Pico Union Project in downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Katie Falkenberg)
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Shoes line up just inside the room at the Pico Union Project, as women arrive for the Women's Mosque of America's first monthly Friday prayer, called jumma'a, at the Pico Union Project in downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Katie Falkenberg)
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National Edition News cover for February 1, 2015 - Ads may use ‘guerrilla’ means at Super Bowl: Rather than debuting with racy ads, as some other advertisers have done in the past, Wix.com went for nonedgy laughs with an ad that shows retired football players coming up with funny fictional businesses, such as Brett Favre inventing a charcuteries business called "Favre and Carve." (Associated Press/Wix.com)
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Ewan McGregor poses for a portrait to promote the film "Last Days in the Desert" at the Eddie Bauer Adventure House during the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
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Rather than debuting with racy ads, as some other advertisers have done in the past, Wix.com went for nonedgy laughs with an ad that shows retired football players coming up with funny fictional businesses, such as Brett Favre inventing a charcuteries business called "Favre and Carve." (Associated Press/Wix.com)
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Reel Big Fish trumpet player John Christianson (left) and bassist Derek Gibbs. (Photo by Christopher White/The Washington Times).
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While performing the eulogy for gospel legend Andraé Crouch, Stevie Wonder decried what he believes is racism against President Obama, arguing that despite the president's best efforts, too many Americans dislike him simply because he's black. (YouTube)
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This undated file image released by Nickelodeon shows a scene from the animated show "SpongeBob SquarePants." On March 13, 2017, the cartoon's creator Stephen Hillenburg disclosed in a written statement that he has been diagnosed with the degenerative nerve disease ALS. (AP Photo/Nickelodeon, File)