SAR 20#2

More documents

Recommendations

Info

GUNS BY KYLE SHEA of the SILVER SCREEN <strong>SAR</strong> Vol. 20, No. 2 90 MARCH 2016
Star Wars: GUNS OF A NEW HOPE On Wednesday, May 25, 1977, film and science fiction history was made. A film came out about a space opera in a galaxy far away. It was the story about a young farm boy going on an adventure to save a princess from an evil empire and its terrible enforcer. It became a huge financial success and eventually had an even better sequel about the empire striking back. It was loved by critics and fans alike, to the point where even today thousands of fans dress up as the characters of the movie. The film was called Star Wars. It’s probable there are few people in the world that have not seen Star Wars and its characters. Characters like Chewbacca, R2-D2, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and, of course, Darth Vader, have all become household names. Every bookstore is filled with tie-in books about the characters, and every toy store carries the toy versions of the weapons. Speaking of the weapons, the original blasters of the film were actually guns that were remodeled for the film. They were chosen for some futuristic appearance even though they were from the past- WWII German MG34 Light Machine Guns, British Lewis Machine Guns with their fat radiator jacket and pan feed, as well as the Broomhandle Mauser that was Han Solo’s pistol. The best example is the Sterling L2A3 submachine guns (or Mk 4) that are used by the Stormtroopers, as well as many of the main characters. Called the BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle in the film, it was the standard issue weapon for the Stormtroopers. They were seen in all three films of the original trilogy, especially Return of the Jedi, where some of the Ewoks are shown using them. Bapty Ltd of London supplied the firearms for these movies, and Tony Watts allowed us to photograph them for this issue. The Sterling submachine gun was designed by George William Patchett, the Chief designer at the Sterling Armaments Company of Dagenham. The British Army was WWW.SMALLARMSREVIEW.COM 91 <strong>SAR</strong> Vol. 20 No. 2
Page 1:
NEW sa ARMING THE NEW! - Guns of th
Page 6 and 7:
SAR STAFF PUBLISHER Chipotle Publis
Page 8 and 9:
NEW PRODUCTS by Chris A. Choat SAR
Page 10 and 11:
ROGERS HOLSTER OFFERS NEW QD MOUNT
Page 12 and 13:
SAR Vol. 20, No. 2 MARCH 2016 12 TA
Page 16 and 17:
y Teresa G. Ficaretta, Esq. & Johan
Page 18 and 19:
• the order includes a finding th
Page 20 and 21:
FLASH SUPPRESSOR, MUZZLE BRAKES & M
Page 22 and 23:
ARMING THE GALACTIC EMPIRE 22 22 SA
Page 24 and 25:
E-15 IMPERIAL STORMTROOPER The vene
Page 26 and 27:
License-produced versions meet the
Page 28 and 29:
SAR Vol. 20, No. 2 28 MARCH 2016
Page 30 and 31:
E-15 IMPERIAL STORMTROOPER er so eq
Page 34 and 35:
The A*B Arms Modular Weapons System
Page 36 and 37:
The author’s Remington SPS 700 ri
Page 38 and 39:
SAR Vol. 20, No. 2 38 MARCH 2016 LE
Page 40 and 41: MOD * X + ACCUPOWER ® ABOVE: The s
Page 42 and 43: The Lancer L30 HM (Heavy Metal) & N
Page 44 and 45: With the surge in modern sporting r
Page 46 and 47: ment of a front back up iron sight.
Page 48 and 49: ABOVE TOP: This is the Carbon Fiber
Page 50 and 51: Mossberg MVP LC: HIGH CAPACITY PREC
Page 52 and 53: MVP LC Generally speaking, firearm
Page 54 and 55: MVP LC SAR Vol. 20, No. 2 54 MARCH
Page 56 and 57: it comes to handling due to weight
Page 58 and 59: MVP LC and multi-mission capability
Page 60 and 61: CONCEALED CARRY HANDBAGS AVA LOCK C
Page 62 and 63: THE AMT AUTOMAG III BY FRANK IANNAM
Page 64 and 65: AMT AUTOMAG III forward. It should
Page 66 and 67: ful to keep the barrel delay spring
Page 68 and 69: SAR Vol. 20, No. 2 68 MARCH 2016
Page 70 and 71: combat handguns in the modern era a
Page 72 and 73: ABOVE: This representative sample o
Page 74 and 75: SAR Vol. 20, No. 2 74 MARCH 2016 AB
Page 76 and 77: MEANING of the 1920-MARK on GERMAN
Page 78 and 79: a b a. A German submachine gun MP18
Page 82 and 83: a qualifier of excellence or superi
Page 84 and 85: At high heat levels- those commonly
Page 88 and 89: Czech ZB26 17 TOP: First opening an
Page 92 and 93: MOVIE GUNS looking for a new submac
Page 96 and 97: CROSSWORD ANSWER KEY ADVERTISER’S
show all

SAR 20#2

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?