Wild Wild West Sleevegun
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rad1701
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Very cool stuff and pics guys. Love the "Wild, Wild West" series and that is a very cool prop to have.
P.S. Add Darth Sidious in ROTS to the list. Or was it the Force that he used to pop out his hidden sleeve lightsaber? I wonder if they had to make a mechancial device to have it pop out on set?
P.S. Add Darth Sidious in ROTS to the list. Or was it the Force that he used to pop out his hidden sleeve lightsaber? I wonder if they had to make a mechancial device to have it pop out on set?
Don't forget that english dude from Hudson Hawk with the retractable blades that came out of his sleeve.
DarkHeart Armoury
New Member
And don't forget "Marathon Man"- the evil Nazi dentist used a spring loaded sleeve blade a couple of times....
CustomCreations
Sr Member
...and no-ones yet asked-
How the hell do you trigger them to flip out without making it obvious??
lol
How the hell do you trigger them to flip out without making it obvious??
lol
With the Wild Wild West gun, the lever/bar shown in my earlier post is the release. Your arm is resting at your side, in either the vertical/downward or horizontal position (both look natural) and you increase pressure against the side of your body. The lever (hidden under the sleeve) releases the gun support which extends due to the spring/bungee tension. The movement is quite subtle and discrete.
GBOOTHROYD
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I also got the sleeve gun from Tim Smythe, but mine remains as purchased. Smythe had a website at one time that had a picture of the sleevegun and contact info. It has been in-active for some time. He also did the cutting ring from WWW, but I never got one. Ed may know more about it.
GB
GB
There was a show on cable a few years back that was based on the Spy-Fi exhibit at the CIA. One segment had Tim Smythe showing off a bungie cord powered sleeve device, and a few other WWW items. It was on either the Discovery Channel, or the History Channel, and was produced by Danny Biederman. I'd like to have a dvd of that show.
Another movie with a sleeve device was "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" (1990), where he had his holding a S&W .38.
David.
Another movie with a sleeve device was "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" (1990), where he had his holding a S&W .38.
David.
ed-209
Sr Member
Erik Beck of BFX shows how to make one using a converted drawer slide.
Also a Sleeve gun was used by Andrew Dice Clay in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
Also a Sleeve gun was used by Andrew Dice Clay in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
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Pretty bulky to try and hide under your clothes, and judging from the outtake, kind of fragile too. Maybe he should have considered that there is a reason the makers had the ball bearing carriage facing the way they did. :lol He also got too fancy with the drawer slide, that kind doesn't like to stay together after they have been taken apart.
A better version could be built on a simple two piece C-channel type of drawer slide like in "The Taxi Driver". You could still spring load it with a little effort, and it would be smaller, and more durable.
I remember seeing a sleeve device in the 1982 movie "Parasite", where one character had a tube type laser gun attached to one. You never got to see what it looked like though.
The first movie I know of to have a sleeve gun was the comedy western, "The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw" from 1958. In it Kenneth More was an English firearms salesman that journeys to the old west to sell fine firearms. He had a malfunctioning sleeve gun, but it malfunction only at the appropriate time. I don't think that the sleeve device that they showed on a manikin was what was actually used. The device they showed used an extending 'scissors' arrangement, which would surely jam in real life, plus it was also too large. It was also the first western to be filmed in Spain.
David.
rollerboi
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Ed-
I'd like to see your posts. Unfortunately, the white text on my white background makes it invisible. Could you please consider not adding any coloring when making posts? I and others would appreciate it.
Appreciate your posts otherwise, though! If color's a necessary evil for ya, I can put up with it.
I'd like to see your posts. Unfortunately, the white text on my white background makes it invisible. Could you please consider not adding any coloring when making posts? I and others would appreciate it.
Appreciate your posts otherwise, though! If color's a necessary evil for ya, I can put up with it.
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