The Armory

(Please don't sue me, Miranda.) Okay, so we've covered one Horror Icon's weapon, so what's next? Well, since it's October, We'll be covering weapons from horror fiction all month! This time, we'll be looking at something a little more..... Exotic, shall we say? The Quadruple Barreled Shotgun: (Phantasm films) First, let's take a look at this.... MARVELOUS tool of destruction. The weapon appears to be homemade by the character Reggie, and from the digging I did, it is made out of 2 Rossi Squires, apparently fused together somehow. We can see electrical tape near the fore-grip of the gun, but that doesn't appear to be what is holding it together proper. Examination of props, models, and screenshots shows me that the gun appears to be pinned together at the stock, which likely means epoxy or gunsmithing adhesives, along with steel or brass pins. Other features of note include a wooden foregrip, which appears to be taken off another gun, p...

Welcome to the armory. On this blog, we will be over viewing fictional weapons and armor, determining how they work, what they would realistically do, and most interestingly, if they could be made and wielded in real life, now or in the future. Many of these might suprise you, I have a number of them planned already In the spirit of the season, I have selected my first weapon to examine. Ash's Chainsaw Prosthetic: (Evil Dead, 1981.) Disclaimer: Don't try and build any of the weapons discussed here, you will either get hurt, die, or get sent to prison. This is purely for entertainment and hobby purposes. Disregarding the method by which he attains this weapon, as it is immaterial to the function, this seems like a good idea at first glance. The weapon itself is a Homelite XL-12 chainsaw, a model that is, as near as I could find, discontinued at present time. This was a powerful, large model of tool, used for processing heavy lumber and cutting down tr...