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The Guns of The Matrix (1999): Every Weapon Identified

Last updated April 2026 · By Nick Hall, firearms-in-film enthusiast and unapologetic fan of the lobby scene

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Where to Buy the Star Guns of The Matrix

GunDetailsKey InfoJump
Beretta 92FS Matrix Trinity Trinity’s PistolBeretta 92FS & 84FS

Trinity’s main 9mm and her .380 backup.

92FS: 9mm, 15+1
84FS: .380 ACP, 13+1
Country: Italy
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HK MP5K-PDW Matrix lobby Lobby SMGHK MP5K

The compact roller-delayed 9mm.

Caliber: 9x19mm
Action: Roller-delayed
Origin: Germany
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Skorpion vz.61 Czech machine pistol Neo Neo’s Dual-Wieldล korpion vz.61

Neo’s “guns lots of guns” Czech machine pistol.

Caliber: .32 ACP
Action: Blowback
Origin: Czechoslovakia
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IMI Micro Uzi Trinity Matrix Trinity’s SMGIMI Micro Uzi

The shrunk Uzi with bent trigger guard variant.

Caliber: 9x19mm
Action: Open-bolt blowback
Origin: Israel
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Colt M16 SP1 Matrix lobby security Lobby Security RifleColt M16 SP1

Pre-A2 slab-side AR-15 the guards carry.

Caliber: 5.56 NATO
Action: DI
Era: Pre-A2
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Mouse custom automatic shotguns Matrix John Bowring Bowring CustomMouse’s Automatic Shotguns + SPAS-12

Twin-rig electric pumps + Italian Franchi.

Gauge: 12
Action: Custom electric (Mouse) / Pump-or-semi (SPAS)
Designer: John Bowring
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IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX Matrix Agent Agent SidearmIMI Desert Eagle Mk XIX

The .50 AE the Agents pull on Morpheus.

Caliber: .50 Action Express
Action: Gas-operated
Origin: Israel / USA
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GE M134 Minigun Matrix helicopter Helicopter MountedGE M134 Minigun

Trinity unloads the rooftop rescue.

Caliber: 7.62 NATO
Cyclic: 4,000-6,000 RPM
Mount: Helicopter pintle
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The guns of The Matrix (1999) are eight named firearms. Trinity’s Beretta 92FS and 84FS Cheetah, an HK MP5K, the ล korpion vz.61 machine pistols Neo dual-wields, Trinity’s IMI Micro Uzi (with the bent trigger guard variant), the Colt M16 SP1 the lobby guards carry, Mouse’s twin custom electric shotguns plus a Franchi SPAS-12, the IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX the Agents draw, and the GE M134 minigun on the rooftop helicopter. Every weapon is screen-verified against the IMFDB Matrix entry.

The Lobby Scene Is the Whole Movie

Every action film of the last twenty-five years owes something to The Matrix lobby scene. Two coats walk into a marble atrium, security guards on every column, metal detectors at the door, and ninety seconds later there’s nothing left standing. The Wachowskis didn’t pretend it was realistic. They pretended it was choreography. And lead armorer John Bowring picked the loadout to match.

I’ve watched the lobby scene more times than I’d care to count, and the gun work still holds up. Not because it’s accurate. Because it’s specific. Trinity isn’t carrying a generic submachine gun, she’s running an HK MP5K next to her Berettas. Neo isn’t carrying generic pistols, he’s carrying a pair of ล korpion vz.61s in .32 ACP, a Czech weapon almost no Western action film had used in twenty years. Mouse isn’t pulling a stock Mossberg, he’s reaching for twin custom electric-action shotguns Bowring built in Sydney specifically for that scene.

The Matrix loadout reads like a 1990s European arms catalogue handed to John Woo. And that’s exactly what makes it work. None of the heroes carry standard American hardware. Trinity carries Italian Berettas and an Israeli Micro Uzi. Neo carries Czech ล korpions. The Agents carry Israeli Desert Eagles. The lobby guards carry American Colt SP1s, but those are background noise โ€” guns we recognise as the institutional baseline that the heroes are tearing through. Even the helicopter minigun is American, but it’s mounted hardware, not personal.

Verified weapon IDs come from the Internet Movie Firearms Database entry for The Matrix (1999), cross-referenced against John Bowring’s armorer interviews and frame-by-frame analysis of the lobby scene and the helicopter rescue. I rewatched the lobby scene three times specifically to clock the magazine changes, the dual-wield ล korpion timing, and Mouse’s twin-shotgun rig. Bowring built the custom shotguns to fire faster than any pump-action could cycle, which is why they sound and look so distinct on screen.

Let’s break down every gun in The Matrix, who carries it, what scene defines it, and which ones you can still buy in 2026.

The Matrix 1999 lobby scene Neo Trinity dual wielding submachine guns

Trinity’s Berettas: 92FS and 84FS Cheetah

TL;DR: Trinity’s primary pistol is a Beretta 92FS in 9mm. Her backup is a Beretta 84FS Cheetah in .380 ACP โ€” same Beretta open-slide DNA, scaled down for concealment.

Beretta 92FS 9mm pistol Trinity Matrix open slide
  • Beretta 92FS: 9x19mm, 15+1, double-action / single-action
  • Beretta 84FS Cheetah: .380 ACP, 13+1, DA/SA
  • Both: open-top slide, exposed barrel, ribbed grips
  • Country of origin: Italy (Beretta, Gardone Val Trompia)

Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) opens The Matrix firing a Beretta 92FS at police officers from a hotel rooftop. The 92FS is the standard 92F with an enlarged hammer pin to prevent slide-bite โ€” Beretta released it in 1990 after a US military incident. It’s the civilian-market version of the M9 service pistol the US military adopted in 1985 to replace the 1911. By 1999, every action film on Earth had at least one 92FS in it, and Trinity’s was the most cinematic of the bunch.

The 84FS Cheetah is what Trinity carries as backup โ€” same open-top Beretta DNA but scaled down. Single-stack .380 ACP, 13-round mag, smaller frame, easier to hide under a leather coat. The Cheetah was Beretta’s compact carry pistol of the 1990s, and putting one on Trinity says she’s prepared for both the rooftop run and the close-quarters work.

Beretta 84FS Cheetah .380 ACP pistol Trinity backup

For civilians, the 92FS is still in production at Beretta. Brand new from $700 to $850. The Inox stainless variant runs $80-$100 more and matches Trinity’s silhouette closely. The 92X Performance is the modern competition variant with optic cuts and a heavier frame; pass on it for the Matrix build, get one for actual carry. The 84FS Cheetah was discontinued in 2014 โ€” used examples come up on GunBroker for $400 to $700. Beretta brought back the 81/84 platform briefly with the 84FS-CompA in limited runs; check Beretta’s current lineup before buying used.

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HK MP5K: The Lobby SMG

TL;DR: The MP5K is HK’s compact MP5 variant โ€” 9mm, roller-delayed blowback, 5-inch barrel, designed for vehicle crews and protective details. Trinity runs one through the lobby.

HK MP5K Heckler Koch Trinity Matrix lobby scene
  • Caliber: 9x19mm Parabellum
  • Capacity: 30-round magazine
  • Action: Roller-delayed blowback
  • Barrel: 5.5 inches (compact PDW length)

Trinity carries a Heckler & Koch MP5K through the lobby scene. The MP5K (K for Kurz, “short”) is HK’s 1976 compact MP5 โ€” same roller-delayed blowback action as the full-size MP5, same 9mm chambering, same general silhouette, but with a 5.5-inch barrel and a foregrip in place of a stock. It’s the SMG you give to vehicle crews, dignitary protection, and helicopter pilots โ€” anyone who needs more than a pistol but can’t carry a full-size carbine.

Bowring picked the MP5K for the lobby because it reads as professional, compact, and quietly menacing. Trinity could be carrying a TEC-9 or an Uzi for the same role. She’s carrying an MP5K because the HK roller marks separate her from any street-thug shooter character. The Wachowskis are using calibre and brand to mark allegiance โ€” rebels carry European tools, the system carries American institutional rifles.

The MP5K isn’t civilian-legal as a select-fire weapon. The closest you’ll get is the HK SP5K, the pistol-configuration semi-auto cousin imported by HK USA. Add an SBR stamp and a folding brace (or a real stock with the SBR paperwork) and you’re at MP5K dimensions. Brethren Arms also makes a US-built BA9K that approximates the MP5K silhouette in 9mm at roughly half the SP5K price. PTR Industries has run MP5K-pattern variants on and off for years.

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ล korpion vz.61: Neo’s Dual-Wield

TL;DR: The ล korpion vz.61 is a Czech machine pistol in .32 ACP, designed in 1959 for vehicle crews and security personnel by ฤŒeskรก zbrojovka Uherskรฝ Brod. Neo dual-wields a pair of them in the lobby scene.

Czech Skorpion vz.61 machine pistol .32 ACP Neo Matrix
  • Caliber: .32 ACP (7.65x17mm)
  • Capacity: 10 or 20 round magazine
  • Action: Straight blowback, full-auto capable
  • Origin: Czechoslovakia (ฤŒeskรก zbrojovka Uherskรฝ Brod), 1961

Neo dual-wields a pair of ล korpion vz.61 machine pistols through the lobby scene. They’re the guns he draws after Trinity asks “Guns. Lots of guns.” The ล korpion is a Czech design from 1959, originally built by ฤŒeskรก zbrojovka Uherskรฝ Brod for Czechoslovak vehicle crews, security personnel, and special forces. Tiny weapon, .32 ACP chambering, full-auto capability, twenty-round mag. The .32 ACP chambering keeps recoil low enough that a small operator can dual-wield them โ€” exactly the visual the Wachowskis wanted.

One quick continuity tell โ€” IMFDB editors have argued for years over whether the ล korpions in the film are firing .32 ACP blanks or 5.56 NATO blanks repurposed as “noise-only” rounds. Bowring’s armorer interviews suggest the props ran .32 ACP for the close-quarters shots and dummy 5.56 mags for visual continuity in the wide shots. Either way, the casings on the floor are wrong for the gun chambering. Movie magic.

For US civilians, the original ล korpion vz.61 is a closed market โ€” pre-1986 transferable NFA full-autos run $20,000 to $30,000. ฤŒeskรก zbrojovka makes a semi-auto Sa vz. 61 for the European civilian market, but it doesn’t import to the US. The closest you’ll get legally is the CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1, a modern semi-auto pistol-caliber carbine in 9mm that shares the name and the general visual but nothing else mechanically. CZ-USA sells it as a pistol or a carbine. SBR conversion kits are widely available. It’s not a vz.61 โ€” totally different gun โ€” but it’s what every Matrix fan ends up buying.

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IMI Micro Uzi: Trinity’s SMG

TL;DR: The IMI Micro Uzi is the smallest variant of the Uzi family โ€” 9mm, open-bolt blowback, designed for protective details. Trinity carries one with the bent trigger guard variant during the rescue.

IMI Micro Uzi 9mm submachine gun bent trigger guard variant Trinity
  • Caliber: 9x19mm Parabellum
  • Capacity: 20 or 32 round magazine
  • Action: Open-bolt blowback
  • Origin: Israel Military Industries, 1980s

Trinity carries an IMI Micro Uzi during the helicopter rescue scene. The Micro Uzi is the smallest member of the Uzi family โ€” IMI introduced it in 1983 as a personal-defense weapon for protective details and pilots. Same telescoping bolt, same open-bolt blowback, same magazine-in-grip configuration as the full-size Uzi, but shrunk to roughly the dimensions of a large pistol. Cyclic rate is 1,250 RPM, which is brutally fast for a 9mm.

One IMFDB-deep detail โ€” Trinity’s Micro Uzi is the “bent trigger guard” variant. IMI produced two versions of the Micro Uzi: the standard with a normal trigger guard, and a later variant with the trigger guard bent slightly outward to accommodate gloved-hand operation in cold weather and in protective details. Bowring sourced the bent-guard prop specifically because it reads more “professional operator” than the standard variant. Most viewers will never notice. IMFDB editors definitely have.

For civilians, full-auto Micro Uzis are pre-1986 transferable NFA items at $25,000 to $40,000. The IMI Uzi Pistol is the semi-auto closed-bolt civilian-market version that imports to the US through Vector Arms and IMI directly โ€” it’s longer than the Micro Uzi but shorter than the standard. UMC’s MP-Uzi Pro is the modern civilian heir at around $1,200, sold by Israel Weapon Industries through Century Arms. None of them shoot as fast as the original โ€” that’s the point of NFA โ€” but they all carry the silhouette.


Colt M16 SP1: The Lobby Security Rifle

TL;DR: The Colt M16 SP1 is the civilian semi-auto AR-15 Colt sold from the early 1960s into the 1980s โ€” slab-side lower, smooth pre-A2 furniture. The lobby security guards carry SP1 variants.

Colt M16 SP1 pre-A2 slab-side rifle Matrix lobby security
  • Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
  • Barrel: 20 inches (rifle config)
  • Action: Direct gas impingement
  • Furniture: Slab-side lower, smooth pre-A2 handguards, three-prong flash hider

The lobby security guards carry Colt M16 SP1 rifles โ€” the civilian semi-auto AR-15 Colt sold from the early 1960s into the 1980s. Slab-sided lower receivers, smooth pre-A2 handguards, three-prong flash hider on early versions. The SP1 is the same rifle Dutch carries in Predator, just dressed differently. Bowring picked it because it reads as institutional 1990s American security hardware โ€” the kind of rifle a private contractor or a federal building’s protection detail would carry, not the military-issue M16A2 active in 1999.

The visual contrast is the entire point. The lobby scene puts twelve American Colt rifles in the hands of the system’s enforcers, then has Trinity and Neo wipe them out with European hardware. It’s the Wachowskis painting allegiance through manufacturer.

For civilians, the SP1 is a collector item that runs $1,800 to $3,000 in clean condition. A practical clone is much cheaper. PSA, Anderson Manufacturing, and Bear Creek all sell pre-A2-style AR-15s with slab-sided lowers, smooth handguards, and 20-inch barrels. The Colt Sporter II is the modern reissue โ€” Colt brought it back in limited runs through the 2010s and 2020s.

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Mouse’s Custom Shotguns and the Franchi SPAS-12

TL;DR: Mouse’s twin shotguns are custom-built electric-action 12-gauge pumps designed by lead armorer John Bowring specifically for The Matrix. The Franchi SPAS-12 is the Italian dual-mode (pump or semi-auto) combat shotgun also seen in the rescue.

Mouse twin custom electric automatic shotguns John Bowring Matrix
  • Mouse’s shotguns: 12 gauge, custom electric-action pump, twin-rig with 25-round drum cylinders
  • Franchi SPAS-12: 12 gauge, dual-mode (pump or semi-auto), folding stock
  • Mouse’s designer: John Bowring (lead armorer)

Mouse (Matt Doran) reaches for a pair of custom twin-rig shotguns when the Agents come through the door. These aren’t off-the-shelf weapons. Lead armorer John Bowring built them specifically for The Matrix, with electric-cycling actions that fire faster than any human can pump and 25-round drum cylinders fitted to the receivers. They’re not pump-action. They’re not semi-auto. They’re an entirely bespoke prop solution to the question “what should the gun nerd character carry when the Agents arrive?”

The shotguns get less than ten seconds of screen time and Mouse dies before he can use them effectively. But the prop work is what every armorer cites when they talk about The Matrix. Bowring is the same Australian armorer who handled The Matrix Reloaded, Revolutions, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and a dozen other major productions. He passed away in 2024. The Mouse shotguns are arguably his most distinctive single prop build.

Franchi SPAS-12 combat shotgun folding stock Matrix

The Franchi SPAS-12 also appears in the rescue sequence, carried by one of Trinity’s crew. The SPAS (Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun) is an Italian Franchi design from 1979 โ€” dual-mode operation, switchable between pump and semi-auto via a button on the forearm, folding stock with a hook for one-handed firing. It’s a cult shotgun that 1990s action films used constantly: Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, RoboCop, and yes, The Matrix.

For civilians, Mouse’s custom shotguns aren’t reproducible โ€” they’re one-off props. The closest functional equivalent is a Mossberg 590A1 with an extended tube and a top-mounted drum, which gets you the visual without the electric action. The SPAS-12 is more interesting on the used market โ€” Franchi stopped imports to the US in 1994, so all American examples are pre-import-ban guns running $2,500 to $4,500 in clean condition. The Franchi SPAS-15 (magazine-fed variant) was even rarer and runs $4,000-plus. Modern alternatives include the Kel-Tec KSG and the IWI Tavor TS12 for dual-tube layouts, though neither carries the SPAS silhouette.

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IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX: The Agent Sidearm

TL;DR: The IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX is a gas-operated semi-automatic pistol chambered in .50 Action Express. Magnum Research designed it; IMI built it. The Agents draw them on Morpheus.

IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX .50 AE Magnum Research Agent Smith Matrix
  • Caliber: .50 Action Express (.50 AE)
  • Capacity: 7+1
  • Action: Gas-operated, rotating bolt
  • Designer: Magnum Research / IMI (Israel Military Industries)

Agent Smith and the other Agents draw IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX pistols when they corner Morpheus. The Desert Eagle is the most cinematic large-frame semi-auto on Earth โ€” a gas-operated rotating-bolt design that shouldn’t even work in a pistol, chambered in .50 Action Express. Magnum Research designed it in the early 1980s; IMI in Israel built it for decades before Magnum Research moved production stateside in 2009.

The Desert Eagle is the wrong choice for everything except cinema. It weighs more than four pounds loaded. The recoil is brutal. The magazines hold seven rounds. Real shooters who buy one shoot it once a year and put it back in the safe. But put one on screen and you’ve sold the moment โ€” every Agent pulling a Desert Eagle in unison is the visual the Wachowskis wanted. Cold, oversized, theatrical.

For civilians, Magnum Research still makes the Desert Eagle Mark XIX in .50 AE, .44 Magnum, and .357 Magnum. Pricing runs $1,800 to $2,400 depending on finish and chambering. The .50 AE is the screen-correct calibre but the .44 Magnum is more practical for actually shooting. Ammo for .50 AE runs $2 to $3 a round and the gun is so heavy that recoil isn’t actually punishing once it’s loaded โ€” the weight absorbs it. Buy one, fire fifty rounds, sell it, then realise you need another.

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GE M134 Minigun: The Helicopter Rescue

TL;DR: Trinity uses a GE M134 Minigun mounted on the rescue helicopter to clear the floor of agents. The M134 is a real General Electric Gatling-style 7.62 NATO LMG with a 4,000-6,000 RPM cyclic rate, slaved to the helicopter’s electrical system.

GE M134 Minigun helicopter door gun Matrix Trinity rescue
  • Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
  • Cyclic rate: 4,000-6,000 RPM
  • Power: 28-volt electric motor (helicopter slaved)
  • Mount: Helicopter door pintle

Trinity unloads a GE M134 Minigun from the side of the rescue helicopter to wipe out the floor of agents holding Morpheus. The M134 is the same General Electric Gatling-style 7.62 NATO weapon that Predator made famous, but here it’s used in its actual real-world role โ€” vehicle-mounted, electric-powered, slaved to the helicopter’s electrical system.

Helicopter-mounted M134s cycle at the full 4,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute and dump links and brass into open air through a chute. The Wachowskis didn’t slow this one down for camera the way McTiernan slowed Old Painless in Predator. The helicopter scene gets a full-rate burst because the gun is actually mounted to a vehicle and Trinity is just pulling the trigger. The visual is closer to the real military application than Predator’s hand-held prop ever was.

For civilians the M134 stays a closed-door story. Real transferable miniguns trade hands for $400,000-plus on the post-1986 NFA market. M134Replica.com builds non-firing 1:1 replicas in the $15,000-$25,000 range. Garwood Industries makes the real fully-operational M134G but those are class-3 hardware in the $200,000-plus neighbourhood. Treat the helicopter minigun as the fantasy gear it is.


Why The Matrix Loadout Still Hits Different

The Matrix is the action film I keep returning to. I’ve watched it more times than is healthy and the gun work always lands. Three things keep working twenty-five years on.

The loadout marks who’s outside the system

None of the heroes carry American guns. Trinity carries Italian Berettas and an Israeli Micro Uzi. Neo carries Czech ล korpions. Mouse carries custom Australian-built shotguns that don’t exist outside Bowring’s prop shop. The only American weapons are the lobby security M16 SP1s and the helicopter minigun โ€” institutional hardware, not personal. The Wachowskis are using calibre and origin to mark allegiance, and the entire lobby scene is the rebels’ European arsenal tearing through the system’s American rifles.

The lobby scene is choreography, not combat

Real soldiers do not dual-wield ล korpions while doing a wall-run. The point of the lobby scene is dance, and the guns are the dancers. Every weapon does exactly one thing โ€” Trinity’s MP5K spray patterns the columns, Neo’s ล korpion dual-wield empties in three seconds, the Berettas come out for the close-quarters work, the helicopter minigun closes the rooftop chase. Each weapon serves the camera, not the tactical problem. Bowring’s job wasn’t to teach Reeves and Moss how to clear a room. It was to give them prop weapons that read distinctly different from one another in 24-frame slow motion.

The 1990s peak in one scene

The Matrix loadout is the 1990s firearms catalogue distilled. Beretta 92FS and 84FS, MP5K, ล korpion vz.61, Micro Uzi, Desert Eagle Mk XIX, M134 โ€” every weapon dropped between 1959 and 1991. By 2015, half of them would be obsolete or out of production. The lobby scene is preserved in amber. You can rebuild it with current production, but it’ll never be made again with the same loadout. The 92FS will get replaced by a striker-fired pistol in any modern remake. The MP5K is already gone from the SP5K stable. The ล korpion is parts-kit territory. The Hi-Power and Steyr AUG that show up in the sequels are second-string compromises. Watch the original now and it reads like a museum exhibit choreographed at 24 frames per second.


How to Build Each Loadout at Home

TL;DR: Six of the eight Matrix weapons have screen-correct civilian builds for under $2,500 each. Only the M134 minigun and Mouse’s custom shotguns are fantasy gear.

Trinity’s Berettas โ€” $750 to $1,400 combined

Buy a Beretta 92FS Inox brand new ($800). Add a used Beretta 84FS Cheetah from GunBroker ($500-$700) for the .380 backup. If you want screen-correct, skip rail variants โ€” Trinity’s pistols are the smooth-frame originals. Both pistols share the same open-slide DNA and look correct together on a hip rig.

Trinity’s MP5K โ€” HK SP5K + brace ($3,000)

Start with the HK SP5K (around $3,000). Add an HK pistol brace for non-NFA configuration, or file a Form 1 SBR ($200, 6-month wait) and add the actual side-folding wire stock for full PDW dimensions. Brethren Arms BA9K is the cheaper US-made alternative at around $1,800.

Neo’s ล korpions โ€” CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1 ($800 each)

You can’t buy a real semi-auto vz.61 in the US. The CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1 is the modern heir โ€” different gun mechanically (9mm, blowback, polymer) but it carries the name. CZ-USA sells it as a pistol or carbine. The pistol with a brace gets you closest to the dual-wield silhouette without an SBR stamp. Buy two if you want to commit fully.

Trinity’s Micro Uzi โ€” IMI Uzi Pistol ($1,200)

The IMI Uzi Pistol is the closest semi-auto civilian-market Uzi to the original Micro Uzi silhouette. Vector Arms imports it for around $1,200. The UMC MP-Uzi Pro through Century Arms is the modern variant at similar pricing. Neither has the bent trigger guard of the screen-used prop, but the silhouette reads correctly.

The lobby M16 SP1 โ€” PSA AR-15 A1 build ($800)

PSA’s AR-15 A1 is the cheapest screen-correct M16 SP1 clone โ€” slab-side lower, smooth pre-A2 furniture, 20-inch barrel. Cost: about $800 all-in. Anderson Manufacturing and Bear Creek both sell similar A1-style uppers at the same tier. Skip the modern collapsible stocks and the M-LOK rails.

Mouse’s shotguns โ€” fantasy prop only

Bowring’s custom electric-action twin shotguns aren’t reproducible. The closest functional equivalent is a Mossberg 590A1 with a top-mounted drum and an extended tube โ€” gets you the visual without the electric action. Total cost around $700.

The Franchi SPAS-12 โ€” used market only ($2,500-$4,500)

Franchi stopped US imports of the SPAS-12 in 1994. Used examples in clean condition run $2,500 to $4,500. The Franchi SPAS-15 is the magazine-fed variant at $4,000-plus. Both are collector items at this point. For modern dual-tube alternatives, look at the Kel-Tec KSG ($800) or the IWI Tavor TS12 ($1,400).

Agent Desert Eagle โ€” Magnum Research Mark XIX ($2,000)

Magnum Research still makes the Desert Eagle Mark XIX in .50 AE, .44 Magnum, and .357 Magnum. The .50 AE is screen-correct at $1,800-$2,400. Practical buyers go .44 Magnum for half the ammo cost.

The helicopter minigun โ€” fantasy gear only

Real M134s clear $400,000 transferable, $200,000-plus for Garwood new builds, or $15,000-$25,000 for a non-firing M134Replica.com display piece. Treat it as the showpiece it is.


How I Verified These Guns

Every weapon ID on this page is cross-checked against the Internet Movie Firearms Database entry for The Matrix (1999), the Wachowskis’ production-armorer interviews with John Bowring, and frame-by-frame analysis of the lobby scene and the helicopter rescue. I rewatched the lobby scene three times specifically to confirm the ล korpion vz.61 magazines, the MP5K reload timing, the bent-trigger-guard variant on Trinity’s Micro Uzi, and Mouse’s twin-shotgun rig.

Specs and current civilian-legal alternatives for every pistol, SMG, rifle, shotgun, and minigun on this page were confirmed against current manufacturer pages: Beretta USA for the 92FS, HK USA for the SP5K, CZ-USA for the Scorpion EVO 3, Vector Arms / IMI for the Uzi family, Magnum Research for the Desert Eagle, PSA for AR-15 A1 builds. Where the prop is restricted (the M134 minigun, the select-fire MP5K, the original full-auto ล korpion vz.61, the original full-auto Micro Uzi, Mouse’s custom electric shotguns), I noted the closest practical alternative instead of pretending you can buy the prop.


Bottom Line

TL;DR: Build Trinity’s loadout. A Beretta 92FS Inox plus an HK SP5K covers the rooftop and the lobby for under $4,000.

If you want the Matrix silhouette in your safe, build Trinity’s loadout first. A Beretta 92FS Inox ($800) covers the rooftop opener. An HK SP5K with an SBR stamp ($3,200 total) covers the lobby finale. Together that’s under four thousand bucks for two screen-correct working firearms. Add a CZ Scorpion EVO 3 pistol ($800) for the Neo dual-wield slot โ€” buy two if you want to commit, but most ranges won’t let you fire two at once anyway.

The Desert Eagle is the showpiece add. A Mark XIX in .50 AE ($2,200) gives you the Agent silhouette and a story to tell every time you take it out. Mouse’s shotguns aren’t reproducible. The Micro Uzi is fun but redundant once you’ve got the SP5K. The M16 SP1 is great if you also want the Predator build, since both films use the same rifle. The minigun is fantasy gear and you should treat it that way.

If I could only build one of these, it’d be Trinity’s full lobby kit: 92FS, SP5K, and one CZ Scorpion EVO with a brace. That’s the scene you watch when you can’t sleep. That’s the scene that built every action film for the next twenty years. Everything else is collector territory.


Related Reading

What guns are used in The Matrix?

The Matrix (1999) features eight named firearms verified by IMFDB: a Beretta 92FS and Beretta 84FS Cheetah carried by Trinity, a Heckler and Koch MP5K, a pair of Skorpion vz.61 machine pistols dual-wielded by Neo, an IMI Micro Uzi (with the bent trigger guard variant), Colt M16 SP1 rifles carried by lobby security guards, Mouses custom Bowring-built electric shotguns plus a Franchi SPAS-12, IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX pistols drawn by the Agents, and a GE M134 minigun mounted on the rescue helicopter.

What gun does Neo use in The Matrix?

Neo (Keanu Reeves) dual-wields a pair of Skorpion vz.61 machine pistols during the lobby scene. The Skorpion vz.61 is a Czech machine pistol chambered in .32 ACP, designed in 1959 by Ceska zbrojovka Uhersky Brod for vehicle crews and security personnel. The .32 ACP chambering keeps recoil low enough that one operator can dual-wield them, which is exactly the visual the Wachowskis wanted.

What pistol does Trinity carry in The Matrix?

Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) carries a Beretta 92FS as her primary 9mm pistol โ€” the same open-slide DA/SA service pistol the US military adopted as the M9 in 1985. She also carries a Beretta 84FS Cheetah in .380 ACP as a backup, sharing the open-slide Beretta DNA in a smaller frame. During the helicopter rescue she switches to an IMI Micro Uzi with the late-model bent trigger guard variant.

What submachine guns are in the Matrix lobby scene?

The lobby scene features a Heckler and Koch MP5K (carried by Trinity), a pair of Skorpion vz.61 machine pistols dual-wielded by Neo, and an IMI Micro Uzi later in the rescue. The MP5K is a compact roller-delayed 9mm, the Skorpion vz.61 is a Czech .32 ACP machine pistol, and the Micro Uzi is the smallest member of the IMI Uzi family in 9mm.

What kind of shotgun did Mouse use in The Matrix?

Mouse (Matt Doran) reaches for a pair of custom-built electric-action 12 gauge shotguns designed specifically for The Matrix by lead armorer John Bowring. They are not pump-action and not semi-auto โ€” Bowring built them with electric cycling actions that fire faster than any human can pump, fitted with 25-round drum cylinders. They are bespoke prop builds and not a production firearm.

What gun do the Agents carry in The Matrix?

The Agents (including Agent Smith, played by Hugo Weaving) carry IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX pistols chambered in .50 Action Express. Magnum Research designed the Desert Eagle in the early 1980s; IMI manufactured it in Israel for decades before production moved to the US in 2009. It is a gas-operated rotating-bolt large-frame semi-auto chosen for cinema rather than practicality.

Are the guns in The Matrix real?

Most of the firearms in The Matrix are real production weapons modified for film use, not props or CGI. The Beretta 92FS, MP5K, Skorpion vz.61, Micro Uzi, M16 SP1, Franchi SPAS-12, Desert Eagle Mk XIX, and GE M134 minigun are all real working firearms. Mouses twin shotguns are the exception โ€” those were custom-built electric-action props by lead armorer John Bowring and dont exist outside the production.

Can civilians own the guns from The Matrix?

Most of them, yes. The Beretta 92FS, 84FS, Desert Eagle Mark XIX, and Colt M16 SP1 are all available in semi-auto civilian variants. The MP5K equivalent is the HK SP5K (with optional SBR stamp for stock conversion). The Skorpion vz.61 has the modern CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1 as a civilian heir. The Micro Uzi is available as the IMI Uzi Pistol. The Franchi SPAS-12 only comes up on the used market (US imports stopped in 1994). The GE M134 minigun and Mouses custom electric shotguns are not practically obtainable.

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