am i wrong?..........

whirlwind · 03-19-2003, 02:53 PM

i just watched the original "planet of the apes" for like the millionth time! lol i just love charlie heston movies.....anyway for the longest time i have tried to figure out what guns they modified to use in that movie,and i got a glance at the mag well and i could swear they were m-1 carbines!....am i right or wrong?.....anyone know?

jimb2 · 03-19-2003, 08:14 PM

You're right. Those were carbines in modified stocks.

Big Dog · 03-20-2003, 04:38 AM

I saw them in a website of "Hollywood guns". The carbines are in stocks made of stamped sheetmetal painted to resemble wood. They also had some handguns - snubby revolvers placed in similar sheetmetal housings (don't know how one would load it - it was totally encased!).

whirlwind · 03-20-2003, 07:22 PM

wow thanks! hey if you can remember that hollywood site post us a link ok? id love to see it.

03-19-2003, 02:53 PM	#1
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,740 Images: 1	am i wrong?.......... i just watched the original "planet of the apes" for like the millionth time! lol i just love charlie heston movies.....anyway for the longest time i have tried to figure out what guns they modified to use in that movie,and i got a glance at the mag well and i could swear they were m-1 carbines!....am i right or wrong?.....anyone know? __________________ De oppresso liber !

03-20-2003, 04:38 AM	#3
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,214	I saw them in a website of "Hollywood guns". The carbines are in stocks made of stamped sheetmetal painted to resemble wood. They also had some handguns - snubby revolvers placed in similar sheetmetal housings (don't know how one would load it - it was totally encased!). __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

03-20-2003, 07:22 PM	#4
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,740 Images: 1	wow thanks! hey if you can remember that hollywood site post us a link ok? id love to see it. __________________ De oppresso liber !

03-19-2003, 08:14 PM	#2
jimb2 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 513	You're right. Those were carbines in modified stocks.