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March 10th, 2010, 15:20
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While Arnie's one-handed reloads on his Winchester 1887 may make that shotgun the most iconic weapon of Terminator 2, his laser-sighted .45 Longslide was definitely king in the first. Laser sights are something you can buy in any gun shop today, but back in 1984 they were extremely rare -- and expensive. The one for the movie was custom made by SureFire, a company that specializes in tactical flashlights (http://www.engadget.com/tag/flashlight). Lasers at the time were helium neon, requiring a whopping 10,000 volts to power on and a constant 1,000 volts to stay bright. To manage this on a shoestring budget in the '80s the weapon had a wire running up Arnie's sleeve to a battery inside his jacket and a switch he had to activate with his other hand. (A non-functional prop was used for close-ups.) Crude, but effective, and, most importantly, cheap -- SureFire representatives received only a T-shirt and some other assorted movie swag. Now, what kind of weapon could we get for a box of Engadget shirts (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/engadgets-ces-giveaway-win-an-engadget-t-shirt/)...Continue reading How the Terminator's .45 Longslide with laser sighting came to be (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/how-the-terminators-45-longslide-with-laser-sighting-came-to-b/)
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While Arnie's one-handed reloads on his Winchester 1887 may make that shotgun the most iconic weapon of Terminator 2, his laser-sighted .45 Longslide was definitely king in the first. Laser sights are something you can buy in any gun shop today, but back in 1984 they were extremely rare -- and expensive. The one for the movie was custom made by SureFire, a company that specializes in tactical flashlights (http://www.engadget.com/tag/flashlight). Lasers at the time were helium neon, requiring a whopping 10,000 volts to power on and a constant 1,000 volts to stay bright. To manage this on a shoestring budget in the '80s the weapon had a wire running up Arnie's sleeve to a battery inside his jacket and a switch he had to activate with his other hand. (A non-functional prop was used for close-ups.) Crude, but effective, and, most importantly, cheap -- SureFire representatives received only a T-shirt and some other assorted movie swag. Now, what kind of weapon could we get for a box of Engadget shirts (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/engadgets-ces-giveaway-win-an-engadget-t-shirt/)...Continue reading How the Terminator's .45 Longslide with laser sighting came to be (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/how-the-terminators-45-longslide-with-laser-sighting-came-to-b/)
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