Original Film Prop MGC (ModelGuns Corporation) M16A2 From Ellis Props – As Used in Hollywood Con Air (1997) Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a full scale metal replica non-firing prop M16 as used in the Hollywood film Con Air (1997). This was acquired from the Ellis Props and Graphics liquidation auction. Ellis was the oldest and the largest Prop Houses in the World until it went our of business in the early 2000s. The original ELLIS AUCTION LABEL IS STILL ATTACHED to the butt stock of this prop gun and Leads DAY 5, LOT 5858 . During the film the convicts, including Cyrus (John Malkovich) who shoots out a plane door lock with an M16A2, take several M16A2 assault rifles from the weapons stash.

The vast Ellis collection was acquired beginning in 1908, when a pawn shop, Ellis Mercantile, began renting merchandise to early filmmakers. According to Ellis Props, it began when a studio employee wanted to buy a glass eye. The pawn shop decided to rent it in case the owner returned, and it continued the practice with other items.

OMGC-M16/CP Replica M16A1 Cap Plug Firing Gun by MGC (Model Gun Corporation) Japan is in decent condition but we do not know if it is still capable of firing caps. It is nicely marked MGC and MADE IN JAPAN. This particular model is the MGC-M16/CP. These work with replica “cartridges”, which have small caps “plugged” into the front of them, which then is detonated by the replica bolt. These would then be ejected like a real spent cartridge, and could be reloaded with additional caps. This example has an added butt stock that features an “Off Hand” notch to grasp when firing from a prone position using a bipod. This appears to be added after the film probably for use in another film. The hand guard is missing.

Con Air is a 1997 American action film starring Nicolas Cage as a former US Army Ranger who after serving his time in prison for a fight that resulted in a death, finds himself on a prison plane that has been skyjacked by the other convicts aboard. The film was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Simon West. The cast includes John Cusack, John Malkovich, Colm Meaney, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi and M.C. Gainey.