Talk:Murder At 1600

Flattop AR

I can't tell what brand the Flattop AR is it is possibly either a Match or Varmint who knows?

If I had to guess, knowing what I know now (15 years after I originally did this page): It's probably an Olympic Arms K16. Most likely a post-ban version, as I don't think that particular model was sold with the "pre-ban" features (e.g., flash hider and bayonet lug) prior to the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban. Though the K8, the longer-barrel (20") model, was available in a pre-ban version. (Side note: I own one of a post-ban K8 with the older-style Weaver flattop upper.) -MT2008 (talk) 01:19, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

It could also be an Bushmaster XM15 V-Match because of its smooth handguard the Olympic Arms K16 also had an smooth handguard. - Wolf1998 (talk) 18:57, 27 March 2024

Possibly, but anecdotally, my experience talking with movie armorers is that prop houses had a lot more Olympic Arms guns than Bushmaster guns. That’s because Olympic Arms offered similar quality at better prices, which is always a crucial factor for anyone buying in bulk. Compared with Bushmaster, OlyArms also had very close ties with the entertainment armorer community starting in the early-1990s, which is how their OA-93 became a trendy weapon in Hollywood starting with Clear and Present Danger. BTW, most of the guns that we’ve ID’ed on other IMFDB pages as Bushmaster V-Match variants are more likely Olympic Arms equivalents (such as the "V-Match" that appears in the movie Soldier, for example). -MT2008 (talk) 02:17, 28 March 2024 (UTC)