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Hard Target

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The following guns were used in the film Hard Target:

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Hard Target (1993)







Thompson Center Arms Contender

Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) prominently uses a Thompson Center Arms Contender single-shot pistol as his weapon of choice throughout the movie. I think he may be using .45-70 cartridges n the gun, but I'm not sure, so I have included pictures of the gun's cartridges in his belt to see if anyone else can figure it out. Whatever round he uses seems to be pretty powerful, as the gun is routinely shown blowing things up whenever it's fired, surely an exaggeration of the Contender's power in real life.

This gun was previously used by Philip Kwok as Mad Dog in John Woo's earlier movie Hard Boiled.

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Thompson Center Arms Contender.
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Fouchon loads a round into his Thompson Center Arms Contender.
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He puts a cartridge back into his belt after Chance and Natasha escape. This shot leads me to think they're .45-70s, but if anyone can use this image to tell me otherwise, please do.
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Beretta 92FS

No John Woo movie would be complete without the presence of Beretta 92FS pistols, and Hard Target features this gun heavily. Aside from the fact that nearly all of Emil Fouchon's gunmen carry 92Fs as their sidearms, this gun is also used often by Chance Boardeaux (Jean Claude Van Damme) throughout the film. Chance first uses a 92F after taking one off Detective Marie Mitchell (Kasi Lemmons) when she gets killed by Fouchon's men during the first big shootout. Chance later uses a pair of 92Fs (one blued, one Inox) during the final shootout in the Mardi Gras Graveyard in the climax, often fitted with 20-round magazines.

There are a number of crazy ways that Chance fires his 92Fs in the movie - leaping through the air onto the trunk of a car, standing up on the seat of a motorcycle, swinging across the warehouse on a rope, etc. In one particularly crazy scene during the Mardi Gras Graveyard shootout, he gets a 92F with a 20-round magazine away from a motorcycle gunman, but doesn't have time to grip it properly because there's another gunman coming from behind him. So he simply fires the gun upside down.

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Beretta 92FS 9mm
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Detective Mitchell firing her Beretta 92FS at Fouchon's men.
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A close-up of Mitchell's 92F as Chance takes it from her after she gets shot.
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Another of this movie's typical crazy stunts; firing the 92F while standing on the seat of a motorcycle.
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Taking a 92F from one of the motorcycle thugs; notice that this one has a 20-round magazine.
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Firing the 92F with the 20-round magazine upside-down!
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Firing two 92Fs - one blued, one Inox, both with 20-round magazines.


Beretta 92FS Inox

During the shootout in the Mardi Gras Graveyard, Natasha (Yancy Butler) takes a Beretta 92FS Inox from one of Fouchon's men and uses it to kill another thug who calls her a "bitch" (this is an homage to a similar scene in John Woo's earlier film Hard Boiled). She then tosses the gun to Chance, who uses it it akimbo with a regular blued 92F (and usually with a 20-round magazine inserted).

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Beretta 92FS Inox 9mm
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A close-up of the 92FS Inox before Natasha grabs it.
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Note to the unwise: Calling a woman a "bitch" to her face, when she has a loaded gun, is a surefire way to get yourself killed in a John Woo movie.
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Chance after reloading his two 92Fs - one blued, one Inox, both with 20-round magazines.
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Chance firing both guns at Van Cleef upside-down from under a table.


The Arrow Launcher

During the first hunt in the opening scene, where Natasha's father Douglas Binder (Chuck Pfarrer) is killed by one of Fouchon's clients, the hunter uses an unusual arrow-launching rifle to kill him. This same weapon is later used against Chance by another hunter during the climax, when he narrowly avoids being hit by an arrow fired from this weapon. The arrow rifle does not appear to be a real weapon, and was most likely custom-built specially for the movie. In some scenes, it's possible to see that it has a collapsible stock taken from an M16 carbine-type rifle.

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The arrow launcher disassembled in its carry case.
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Note the CAR-15-type stock in this shot.
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A close-up of one of the arrows as it's being fired at Chance.


Colt Model 725 (?)

During the second hunt, in which Ismal Zenan (Joe Warfield) pays Fouchon to kill Elijah Roper (Willie C. Carpenter), Zenan is given a Colt CAR-15-type assault rifle which clearly has an A2-style receiver, so it is most likely a Model 725. The gun is heavily tricked out, with a scope, suppressor, brass catcher, and laser sight (I'm not sure what brands any of them are). Roper manages to get the drop on Zenan, knocking him out and taking his rifle. He fires the weapon at Zenan and then at Fouchon and his men, but foolishly fires on full-auto for too long, emptying the magazine and thus spending his entire potential advantage.

A similar gun is later used in a drive-by shooting by one of Fouchon's thugs, though his has only the suppressor (no scope, laser sight, or brass catcher).

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Colt Model 725 (R6520) A2 Govt. Model Carbine - 5.56mm NATO
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Zenan readying the CAR-15 (M725?)
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Roper firing the CAR-15.
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Mossberg 590/Mariner

Chance's shotgun which he retrieves from his Uncle's house is a 12-gauge Mossberg 590 Mariner, which he uses when being chased by Fouchon's men on horseback. He is frequently seen cocking this shotgun one-handed.

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Mossberg 590 Mariner 12 gauge
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Chance's Uncle gets his Mossberg 590 Mariner for him.
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Chance blows dust off his Mariner.
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Chance performing an always-impressive one-handed pump with his Mariner.

Pik van Cleef (Arnold Vosloo), Fouchon's right-hand man, also uses a regular black Mossberg 590 as his weapon of choice for much of the movie. His 590 has a flashlight pump installed, but there is no flashlight in the grip.

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Mossberg 590 12 gauge.
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Van Cleef's finger on the trigger of his Mossberg 590.
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Ejecting a spent shell.
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Tracking Chance.
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Glock 19

Van Cleef carries a Glock 19 as his sidearm throughout the movie. It is seen mostly at the end, when he and Chance confront each other face-to-face.

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Glock 19 9mm.
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Heckler & Koch MP5A3/A5

Most of Fouchon's men carry Heckler & Koch MP5A3 submachine guns, particularly his motorcycle gunmen, who carry their MP5s in large holsters mounted on the sides of their Honda XL600Rs.

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Heckler & Koch MP5A3, 9x19mm
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One of the gunmen on motorcycles after being shot by Chance.
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Several of the motorcycle gunmen with their MP5s.
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One of the motorcycle thugs fires at pigeons with his MP5 after they crap on his helmet...
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...which proves to be a foolish decision, because when he sees Chance standing in front of him and tries to shoot, he finds his MP5 is empty.
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One of Fouchon's thugs after being taken out by Chance's Uncle - with a bow and arrow.

When Chance steals one of the motorcycles, he takes an MP5 out of the holster and uses it to shoot at another motorcycle gunman. The MP5 used by Chance in this scene clearly has a 4-position trigger group on its lower receiver, which would make it an MP5A5 rather than an MP5A3. In fact, he seems to be firing the gun on the 3-round burst setting, something only possible with the 4-position trigger group.

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Heckler and Koch MP5A5 9mm
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Chance pulls out an MP5 to shoot at one of the motorcycle gunners; this one clearly has a 4-position trigger group, which identifies it as an MP5A5.
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More of this movie's typical antics; Chance fires the MP5A5 while standing up on a motorcycle while Natasha steers.


Heckler & Koch MP5K

Some of Fouchon's gunmen also use Heckler & Koch MP5Ks fitted with suppressors during the hunts. Van Cleef is seen using one of these weapons when he and the other gunmen kill Roper.

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Heckler & Koch MP5KN 9mm
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Van Cleef screws a suppressor onto an H&K MP5K.
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Van Cleef about to shoot Roper with his MP5K.


Colt XM177E2

Fouchon's men use some Colt XM177E2 carbines, including several with M230 grenade launchers. Van Cleef uses a heavily tricked-out XM177E2 fitted with an M203, brass catcher, and a large scope when shooting at Chance from a helicopter.

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XM-177E2 Carbine aka Colt Model 629 aka - 5.56x45mm. This was the last variant of the XM177 rifle used in the Vietnam War.
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M203 grenade launcher

M203 grenade launchers are mounted on several [M16 rifle series#Colt XM177/CAR-15/Commando Series|Colt XM177E2]] carbines used by Fouchon's men, including a rifle used by Van Cleef to shoot at Chance. A notable goof is that he fires the M203 twice in a row, without enough time to reload the single-shot launcher.

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M203 grenade launcher 40mm
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FN FAL 50.61

An FN FAL 50.61 Paratrooper version with a side-folding stock is used by at least one of Fouchon's men who fires at Chance from the helicopter. He is hit by Chance's Mossberg 590 Mariner, dropping the weapon (presumably, into the river).

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Two Traditional FN FAL's; Chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO/.308 Win. Top - Fixed Stock, Bottom - Para-Trooper Configuration.
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Valmet M78

One of the hunters whom Fouchon brings in for the climax is seen using a .308 (7.62x51mm NATO) version of the Finnish Valmet M78 semi-automatic rifle. The Valmet is outfitted with a scope and a thumbhole stock, but despite this sniper-type configuration, he only seems to fire the gun on full-auto from the hip.

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A scoped Valmet M78 in 7.62x51mm NATO (.308) - no magazine
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SWD/Cobray Street Sweeper

An SWD/Cobray Street Sweeper is used by one of Fouchon's gunmen and a hunter at the climax of the movie, fitted with a laser sight. When it's fired, it blows up an entire shed, so it's being portrayed as some type of grenade launcher.

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SWD/Cobray DAO-12 Street Sweeper 12-gauge
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Norinco Type 56-1

One of the hunters brought in by Fouchon in the climax carries a Norinco Type 56-1 assault rifle, the Chinese copy of the AKS-47/AKMS. This hunter is killed by a rattlesnake hidden by Chance in a tree when the snake bites him. After he is killed, Van Cleef takes the Norinco and hands it to one of the other hunters, who uses it in the finale. Like most of the Type 56s imported into America, this one has an AKM-style slant compensator.

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Norinco Type 56-1 7.62x39mm.
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Unknown suppressed pistol

An unknown type of suppressed pistol is used by Van Cleef to kill the medical examiner who has been faking autopsy reports for Fouchon on all of their hunt targets. It's fired through the peephole of his front door, into his eye.

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M79 grenade launcher

An M79 grenade launcher is seen used by Van Cleef in the beginning to fire a 40mm grenade at Douglas Binder.

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M79 "Blooper" 40mm.
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Winchester Model 1300

At the end of the film, Chance takes a Winchester Model 1300 shotgun from one of Fouchon's men and uses it to shoot at Fouchon, in one instance causing a direct hit (which is made futile by Fouchon's body armor). When Fouchon takes Natasha hostage, she encourages Chance to shoot him, but as Fouchon points out, "If he shoots me, he'll hit you...he's picked the wrong tool for the job." This is a reference to the fact that the spread of a shotgun blast might be too wide to hit only Fouchon. Chance, knowing that Fouchon is right, ejects all remaining shells out of the Winchester and then sets it down.

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Winchester M1300 with extended tube & rubber Butt pad, 12-gauge
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M67 hand grenade

Many of Fouchon's men use M67 hand grenades, which are tossed at Chance in the climax. Van Cleef carries a bandoleer of these grenades, and when Chance shoots him, he pulls one out, intending to blow himself and Chance up with one of them. But he expires before he can pull the pin, and the M67 falls into Chance's hand. Chance later uses this same grenade to kill Fouchon by dropping it down his pants. Fouchon gets the grenade out of his hands and unscrews the fuse, but he holds it close enough that it still sparks, triggering the grenade to explode.

Like nearly all movies, this is actually a visually modified M69 training version of the M67. The fact that it's painted olive green is a strong clue.

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M69 training grenade - an inert version of the M67 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade. The real live version has a more brownish color and has painted factory markings on the body.
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Chance catches Van Cleef while he tries to pull an M67 from the bandoleer over his shoulder.
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"Hunting season is over." Chance drops the M67 down Fouchon's pants.
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Just when Fouchon thinks he's saved himself, the fuse sparks and makes contact: "HA HA HA...oops!"