For film we require a substantial deposit before we ship. Not just for guns, but for all of our items. This can be charged to your credit card, and is equal to six times the rental fee. The deposit is credited back when all items are returned, minus any incurred charges.

 

Since we are based in California, we can't get any more modern (post 1895) replicas. The ones we have have been horribly abused over the years, and that abuse shows up clearly on film.

 

Our other items are designed for stage, meaning they need to look reasonable from about thirty feet away. All of the repairs and defects are magnified a hundredfold on film.

Our blank-fire guns are built on starter pistol frames. That means that there is absolutely no muzzle-flash, mandatory for most theatres. The flash that there is is directed to the top or out the sides of the gun frame. Looks bad on film.

As they are built on starter pistol frames, there are many compromises in the look of the gun. These are fine from the distance of a theatre audience (the infamous "30 foot rule") but look dreadful up close, and especially on film. Rent one of these for your film and you will be hugely disappointed.

We can only ship to a permanent theatre, film studio or university film dept address. No residential, PO Box or non-theatre business addresses.

 

If you are a film maker in California, New York, New Jersey, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, or Connecticut, you will have to contact your own state's film board or Attorney General's office to get permission for us to ship to you. Even though ours are not real guns, those states have tight restrictions on even non-firing inert replicas.