Malcolm Pistol from Firefly a Question!!

darkev2

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Quick question folks. Just how long (inches or mm) was the screen used Captain Mal's Pistol (the liberty hammer) on Firefly. The kits still available out there in resin or 3D printed seem to bounce all over the place in size and well I have access to a good set of STL files and I want to get the thing printed in the right size. Thank You
 
Punished Props diagrams show a length of 15 inches as was the old Wilco Resin Kit as well as some others (again in resin) that have been and maybe still are available. The QMX Licensed version is the only resin pistol I have seen that is 14 inches or so long. Now the 3D printed ones I have seen are closely if not exactly the same size as the QMX even the TV VERSION, with it's regular auto pistol styled magazine. So the question still remains, how large was the one used on the show and the movie.
 
The QMX movie version will likely be undersized due to being based off a pull from the original film production mould in a mild plastic material, then remastered to fix some of the flaws from that mould carried over, then retooled for mass production, and finally, shrinkage yet again from the terrible material the retail production run was made with. For the money, its great to display on a shelf.
The Phil casts, some were from the original mould, then a reproduced mould, in resin. Shrinkage will vary.
The closest anyone will get to the actual live fire hero pistols are the Model 47's in any form of those projects.
Ive no idea about any other versions out there other than whats mentioned above.

I have the only hard casting produce for the film and a pull from Phils first run out of the original mould for comparison here. The original hard casting for the film is 1/16th of an inch longer than the original tv series version. That could be some shrinkage, again the Phil castings were resin while the film casting was a plastic base material, combined with the fact the outer barrel/shroud on the live fire hero's were reset with new screws to center the inner barrel, its just a smidge longer total.

Sorry for the bad pics, its been a long week. The only strait edge I had at hand was an import, I believe Ukrainian, Streets of Fire DVD, because priorities. The original tv casting is 14 1/2 and add a 16th of an inch to that for the film version. The castings one atop the other.
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Well as long as the 14 inch ones look as good as their bigger brothers as you are holding it in your hand then I guess it will work.

Again Thank You to you ALL for the information and comments, GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!
 
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