User talk:Lenijo

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Star Wars Blaster

Much as you might see claims on the internet that the ANH Blasters were somehow based on the BSA M1949, you have to realise how completely unrealistic that idea is. The M1949 was never produced at all, let alone in quantity, so there's no way a movie prop house could get hold of enough to equip dozens of extras with. What the guns actually are, by all accounts, is embellished non-functional rubber casts of a Sterling SMG with the magazine well removed so they could be holstered on actors' right hip more easily.

To settle this, here is one of the ANH rubber prop guns along with a sterling:

DH-17 prop as seen in "A New Hope"

Sterling Mk. IV Submachine Gun - 9x19mm

There are several features which identify this as a Sterling. Firstly, the end cap on the rear of the receiver matches the Sterling although the receiver on the prop is shortened. Secondly, note the slanted rear of the ejection port which is characteristic of the Sterling. Lastly the grip panels are off of a Sterling. Also, on the BSA M1949 the receiver ends immediately in front of the magazine well, as opposed to on the prop gun where there is about an inch or two of receiver in front of the mag well (or where it would be if it wasn't removed) before the handguard starts. The shape of the handguard is also slightly wrong, stepping down slightly before it narrows as opposed to on the BSA where it is smooth. It is possible that the person who designed the prop saw the BSA M1949 and liked the look of the handguard and was inspired by that, but as far as I can tell the prop is built from Sterling casts with fabricated add on parts. --commando552 (talk) 11:11, 27 November 2012 (EST)

"The M1949 was never produced at all, let alone in quantity, so there's no way a movie prop house could get hold of enough to equip dozens of extras with."-I never claimed that the guns used in the films ANH or ESB were functional blank-firing BSA M1949 guns, just that they were props based on the BSA M1949 design.