I’d like to see the engraving on the Franklin barrel.
Anyone recognize the identity of this Non-Ruger barrel?
Hello all,
I've been researching this filming prop for years and trying to figure out what make/model firearm this barrel might have come from, and so far I can't seem to find anything even close. Do any of you guys recognize it?
The firearm in this photograph is actually a Ruger Standard upper (pre-65) with a Ruger Standard/MK1 lower (post '71) with a trimmed upper receiver on the barrel end, possibly for the new barrel. That's what I can tell from my research so far..I have no clue why that sort of frame swap was needed.. But this one in particular was altered by Bapty of England for film use and eventually made it's way into the 1977 film, Star Wars (likely altered beforehand, they did alter many, many film firearms over the years and still do), and this one eventually became known as 'Greedo's Blaster' (without that Buck Rogers looking muzzle in this photo, luckily, haha). But the base mysterious, alternate barrel remained the same.
The main mysterious alteration is the barrel that was retro-fitted to this frankensteined Ruger. Disregard the silver colored add-on muzzle parts, as those were likely custom made. But as for the blued, threaded and tapered section of this barrel, it appears to be from another type of firearm, of an unknown caliber. And it's most likely not a Ruger barrel of any sort due to the sharp 90-degree transition from the tapered portion of the barrel to the larger diameter (threaded) portion of the barrel up against the receiver. All of the Rugers I've seen have a smooth flange with small radius transition there and a larger thread internally on all of their barrels than this one does.
And also this barrel has some stamped markings/numbers visible right on the side of the barrel (running right near the barrel's reflection), but sadly they're not quite clear enough to make out what it says exactly.. The taper also seems to suggest that it's a pistol barrel as well, since the taper is too steep to reach a rifle barrel length, but it's possible too that it could be a rifle barrel with a steep taper first then a slight taper after, so it's really up in the air and anyone's guess at this point.
Thank you all very much for taking a look!
-Carson
The full prop pre-Star Wars:
![Air gun Trigger Line Gun barrel Gun accessory]()
And a close-up version of the same showing the stamping and finer threads on this barrel:
![Air gun Trigger Gun barrel Gun accessory Wood]()
I've been researching this filming prop for years and trying to figure out what make/model firearm this barrel might have come from, and so far I can't seem to find anything even close. Do any of you guys recognize it?
The firearm in this photograph is actually a Ruger Standard upper (pre-65) with a Ruger Standard/MK1 lower (post '71) with a trimmed upper receiver on the barrel end, possibly for the new barrel. That's what I can tell from my research so far..I have no clue why that sort of frame swap was needed.. But this one in particular was altered by Bapty of England for film use and eventually made it's way into the 1977 film, Star Wars (likely altered beforehand, they did alter many, many film firearms over the years and still do), and this one eventually became known as 'Greedo's Blaster' (without that Buck Rogers looking muzzle in this photo, luckily, haha). But the base mysterious, alternate barrel remained the same.
The main mysterious alteration is the barrel that was retro-fitted to this frankensteined Ruger. Disregard the silver colored add-on muzzle parts, as those were likely custom made. But as for the blued, threaded and tapered section of this barrel, it appears to be from another type of firearm, of an unknown caliber. And it's most likely not a Ruger barrel of any sort due to the sharp 90-degree transition from the tapered portion of the barrel to the larger diameter (threaded) portion of the barrel up against the receiver. All of the Rugers I've seen have a smooth flange with small radius transition there and a larger thread internally on all of their barrels than this one does.
And also this barrel has some stamped markings/numbers visible right on the side of the barrel (running right near the barrel's reflection), but sadly they're not quite clear enough to make out what it says exactly.. The taper also seems to suggest that it's a pistol barrel as well, since the taper is too steep to reach a rifle barrel length, but it's possible too that it could be a rifle barrel with a steep taper first then a slight taper after, so it's really up in the air and anyone's guess at this point.
Thank you all very much for taking a look!
-Carson
The full prop pre-Star Wars:
And a close-up version of the same showing the stamping and finer threads on this barrel:
