While Arnie's one-handed reloads on his Winchester 1887 may make that shotgun the most iconic weapon of
Terminator 2, his laser-sighted .45 Longslide was definitely king in the first. Laser sights are something you can buy in any gun shop today, but back in 1984 they were extremely rare -- and expensive. The one for the movie was custom made by SureFire, a company that specializes in tactical
flashlights. Lasers at the time were helium neon, requiring a whopping 10,000 volts to power on and a constant 1,000 volts to stay bright. To manage this on a shoestring budget in the '80s the weapon had a wire running up Arnie's sleeve to a battery inside his jacket and a switch he had to activate with his other hand. (A non-functional prop was used for close-ups.) Crude, but effective, and, most importantly, cheap -- SureFire representatives received only a T-shirt and some other assorted movie swag. Now, what kind of weapon could we get for a box of
Engadget shirts...
posted March 10th 2010 10:03AM
I'll be baaach...?
@Zatx
johann sebastian?
i've seen that on a t-shirt i think with half of bach's face and half terminator
Still waiting to see the phased plasma rifle in 40 watt range.
Come with me if you want to live...
"Now, what kind of weapon could we get for a box of Engadget shirts..."
A sharpened stick?
@User Formerly Known as Dave:
Mine. Wait until you get a load of it...
@User Formerly Known as Dave
"Now, what kind of weapon could we get for a box of Engadget shirts... "
An exploding Fermi GPU?
@User Formerly Known as Dave
Three (3) bent paper clips; rubber band not included
"Now, what kind of weapon could we get for a box of Engadget shirts..."
You can have my Slingshot.
@rduran And my bow.
And my axe!
@rduran
hahaha win
And my +5 mace!
Wrong.
Doesn't a Terminator *HAVE* laser sight?
@scratchfury : No, he is aim-botting.
@One Love
So.....why hasn't he been VAC banned yet?
@Gamecheater
Because VAC isn't worth a shit.
@scratchfury
I bet he is a freaking chammer!!! I hate those guys....
@Gamecheater
he is not aimbotting, he was just another akimbo 1887s noob before patch
Ahh the Good Terminator Movie before Arnold opened his mouth
@grydlok
You sir, are an idiot. Terminator 1 & 2 both own.
This kind of post is the reason I read Engadget.
@VIRGINA
For its timeliness?
"wrong" sounds so much catchier..then "Ill be back" and less corny
Wait a second.. Does that mean he was running around with 10kv wrapped from a battery down one arm to the hand, back up his arm across his shoulders down the other arm to the other hand, and then back up to the battery?
Talk about the most dangerous thing ever if it leaks even a little..
@Dan Fruzzetti
Nah I bet it was pretty low amperage so at worst it would be like getting hit by a taser. Not life threatening. There's no way a single guy could carry around the battery required to pump out high amperage current at 1000 or 10,000 volts.
@bk0 small HeNE lasers run on about 5ma of current or so, hardly enough to do much harm, but you would definitely feel it if there were a break in the insulation. I'm sure a stun gun has a lot more current, a HeNE power supple will make a 1cm or so long spark if your lucky, in comparison to the spark you're so familiar with on a stun gun.
@d0ug
Yeah you're right. 5ma at 1-10kv would result in an energy output of 50-500 watts. Whereas a stun gun producing 3ma at 250kv results in an average output of 750 watts, which is more than I expected.
This is also commonly done on films to power stuff like Flashlights with xenon arcs in them.
The cables are insulated, it's safe.
@Dan Fruzzetti
He would just reboot.
Why is that song with the "Ya ya ya ya" lyrics stuck in my head? I think Sarah's roommate was listening to that on her headphones when Ahnold came in and killed them. WTF was that shit?
@ThisCrapSuckscom
He's a Terminator. It's what he does.
Just saying....
I remember how he kills the two guys his size in the beginning of the movie and then lets Bill Paxton live to take his clothes.
@Saltboy Hey, even a Terminator wants clothing free of blood so he can blend in to his environment better.
@AniMill
Yes, but I think we can all agree that close that fit Bill Paxton will NOT fit Arnold Schwarzenburger!
@ThisCrapSuckscom
Intimacy - Linn VanHek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay1im8pv-eQ
@nicholiservia What do you mean "were" so awesome?
hey you cant do that... Wrong...
How much to just buy an Engadget shirt?
We all know there's only a few that will actually win one.
I would be more than happy for even a preorder.
15 for one would be great, I would definitely be on the boat.
Was the law in the 80s different? The shop owner didn't seem to mind to let Arnold walk out the same day with all those weapon, "oh great, I can close early today," right before he died.
@poached Aboso-f&cking-lutely--the law WAS different back in the '80s.
Too bad paranoid politicians (and the sheep that follow them) have been on a war-path to erode and ultimately destroy most of what you may consider basic human rights (particularly the right to bear arms).
@poached
Yes, the law was different, this was pre-Assault Weapons Ban. Heck, up until May 1986 you could still walk into a gun shop and buy a full auto M16 or Mac 10.
@poached (spell check--Abso...). If I remember correctly, there was no 'Brady bill', no 10-day waiting, and other restrictions (he's purchasing a machine gun in L.A.--I don't think that's even possible now). I'm not a promoter of 'gun rights for everyone', but what is happening now is simply giving all of the power to the government AND the criminals (whom could not care less about gun laws).
Com mit me eef yoo vahnt to liff.
Now I really want to go into places and order a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.
"phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range."