Original Film Prop MGC (ModelGuns Corporation) Colt Lawman MK III Snubnose From Ellis Props – As Used in Hollywood Film Repo Man Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a metal replica non-firing prop gun manufactured by the Japanese company MGC (ModelGuns Corporation) in the early 1980s. This is example was acquired from the Ellis Props and Graphics liquidation auction. Ellis was the oldest and the largest Prop House in California until its liquidation auctions in late 1999 and early 2000. This prop gun was used in the 1984 Hollywood film “Repo Man” by Marlene (Vonetta McGee) in the standoff in the liquor store.

The Lawman was a .357 Magnum ‘service grade’ or ‘police issue’ version of the Trooper, and somewhat of an economy model intended for law enforcement looking for cheaper sidearms or private armed security. The Lawman came with fixed sights and no ejector rod shroud. Early Lawman revolvers came with thinner hammers and narrow triggers, but most Lawman revolvers come with the standard MK III Trooper hammers and triggers. Finishes were available in bright Colt Royal Blue, bright nickel, and satin electroless nickel. Initial guns came with narrow service grips, but most come with larger target grips. Nickel finished guns came with Colt medallion-equipped Pachmayr “Signature” rubber grips. The Lawman came with a heavy barrel in lengths of two inch and four inch only. Early versions of the Lawman with the two inch barrel had an exposed ejector rod; but later models with the two inch barrel have an attribute unique to the Lawman, the only Lawman barrel equipped with shrouded ejector rod, resembling something of a larger third-generation Colt Detective Special. As with the MK III Trooper, the MK III Lawman was produced from 1969 to 1983.