Firearms

Whether blank-fire or simply props, these are not real guns. This is NOT a gun store. I offer no gunsmithing or repair services for modern firearms, and I do not purchase real modern firearms and then decommission them. With all of my guns, there is no muzzle flash possible.

If you need specific modern gun replicas that I don’t carry, follow this link for the phone numbers of some places that can help.

[Before I continue, I want to emphasize the cardinal rule of theatre: Don’t allow a real firearm into the building.  EVER.   Borrowing an actor’s cousin’s revolver for a waive-around prop can get someone killed.]

Every gun-related death that has ever occurred in rehearsal or performance,  for stage or for film (and there have been many), was caused by firing a blank from a real gun or from someone sneaking in a real bullet into a real gun. Not one death from using a stage-appropriate blank-fire gun. For more information, look at this YouTube video.

Are You Making a Film? Then click that highlight, read the page, and save yourself some time.


Some of the props herein are simple reproductions with no moving parts. Many were previously working items, thence broken by actors, which have now been fused closed. Many have missing parts but are as cheap a rental as is humanly possible.

Blank-fire means that it can make noise, but the visible barrel is false. There is no discharge down the barrel, therefore no smoke or flame effect (muzzle-flash) either. All of my blank-fire guns are both block-barreled and “block-chambered”, so a real bullet cannot even fit inside the gun.

Real firearms , I don’t carry them. Whether firing or not, they are covered by many state and federal laws restricting their even temporary transfer. All laws must be adhered to and forms must be completed before anyone can ship a modern firearm, and this can mean a minimum of five days to two weeks before a gun can be released. Substantial transaction fees required, and even then those weapons can only be shipped to a registered federal firearms license holder – yes, even if they are non-firing or blank-firing. And if they can fire, they are potentially lethal. All of which is why I no longer provide real firearms.

What about “non-guns”? What about “cap-guns”? Follow this link

Click on to the one of the following pages to look at some specific weapons:

  • Longarms : firearms that require two hands to hold and fire. From muskets to assault weapons.
  • Pistols : single-shot, revolvers, semi-autos, derringers – if it is held and fired from one hand, it is a pistol.