It's not something she salvaged, Han gives it to her.
Rey's Gun TFA
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From what I've read, it's an 'old' gun of Han's that he gives to her.
newmagrathea
Sr Member
Interesting. I thought maybe he had taken it from her and he was giving it back.
I believe her staff is her only weapon until she gets the blaster.
Indeed. I'm not sure that the handle is as large as on a Mauser even if the shape is the same. We'll see once I have an entire gun printed but the body scaled to a Mauser handle does seem rather large . (I suspect that HF has fairly large mits compared to me though.) Here's where I'm at right now. Still very much work-in-progress but it's coming along:
kamakazykid
Active Member
to me the back of the blaster looks like a revolver with Mauser grips screwed on. The big round area in the middle could be for covering up the giant gap after removing the revolver cylinder assembly... food for thought maybe
Looking good, so far. Try scaling it to the post-War "Bolo" Mauser grips -- they're a little smaller than the pre-War/Wartime C96 grips. I gan get measurements off mine if you need such.
--Jonah
The Bolo grips are quite different in shape though, aren't they? Rey's gun is definitely modeled after Solos regular blaster, but I'm thinking that they just used the shape of the grips without keeping to any size references. I'll do some more testing.
cayman shen
Master Member
That main body--I really want it to be a found item. It has that vibe for me.
It looks like a hollow case with separate plates in front and back. Can't fathom what it could be, since it doesn't really look like anything practical. Serious respect to the prop-makers for capturing that old-school feeling though. In that same vein I'd bet on the lower barrel being a guidewheel from a 1/2" (or 1") tape deck, large-format video tape player or maybe even a film editing deck. The grip frame must be custom- nothing about it looks like it came from anything real. (The grips aren't exact to a Mauser either.)
newmagrathea
Sr Member
The angle that the handle comes out from the rest of the gun is not the same as a Mauser at all, it's more obtuse. Something about the shape looks like her speeder bike too.
Almost... there.
Here's a side-by-side comparison of my Bolo with the Denix I'm working on:
The difference is minor, and the bottom is less rounded (and yes, the grooves on my grip scales have been worn practically smooth), but the overall shape is the same. Was a thought...
--Jonah
The first thing I thought was "aw she's got a mini version as her speeder for a gun"
my next thought was that it's an awkward handle angle....more like a flintlock pistol
Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
I love the angle of the grip. It reminds me of my favorite version of the bryar blaster:
Or a sawed off stock on a shotgun:
Or a sawed off stock on a shotgun:
newmagrathea
Sr Member
Ha ha ha, that's awesome. Spoiler alert!! Rey is actually an intergalactic gas station attendant.
darkphoenix2x5
New Member
Visited Disneyland for the first time in a long while. Obvious the star wars celebrations were a very important pit stop. I'd not seen Rey's Blaster before today but I want it really bad. Swung by here to see if anyone had made progress and here we are. I snapped a couple photos, I assumed there was more info than what appears available. Sorry I didn't get better photos.
