Cool Guns

From Sonny Crockett’s doomed Bren Ten to Lucas McCain’s trick-rigged Winchester, these are the guns of TV legends, what the characters really carried, and what you can buy today.

Alex Garland’s Civil War uses deliberately ordinary guns, from Jesse Plemons’ Colt AR-15A3 to the Secret Service MP5Ks. Every weapon identified, plus what to buy.

Tyler Rake’s rifle is a fully specified BCM CQB-11, right down to the offset laser. Every weapon in Extraction identified, plus what to buy.

GTA 6 is not out yet, but every GTA gun is a real firearm renamed. Based on the trailers and modern Vice City setting, here are the real guns we expect: Glock, AR-15, Draco, Desert Eagle and more.

Modern Call of Duty uses fake gun names on very real firearms. Here is the real gun behind each fictional name: Kastov = AK-47, Lachmann = MP5, .50 GS = Desert Eagle, and more.

Every gun in GTA 5 is a real firearm with the trademarks filed off. Here is the real gun behind each Grand Theft Auto V weapon, from the Glock Pistol to the Desert Eagle .50 and the Barrett .50 cal, plus where to buy them.

Every gun in Red Dead Redemption 2 is a real firearm with the trademarks filed off. Here is the real gun behind each RDR2 weapon, from the Colt Peacemaker Cattleman to the Winchester 1897, plus the anachronisms Rockstar slipped in.

Burr and Hamilton, Jackson’s bullet near his heart, and the poets Russia lost: the most famous duels in history, the pistols behind them, and the myths untangled.

Mozambique put an AK-47 on its flag, Guatemala has crossed Remingtons, and Kentucky has an official state gun. Here are the guns hiding on the world’s flags and emblems.