Big gun in Tremors

Anders · 05-05-2016, 11:51 AM

In the fantastic movie Tremors, Burt Gummer uses a very big gun at about 2:00 and forward. Anyone know what kind of gun it is and what kind of stats it has? How much would it cost in an AtE campaign?

Anaraxes · 05-05-2016, 11:58 AM

Looks like the William Moore & Co 8 gauge.

(And thanks to the Internet Movie Firearms Database. I have no clue about this stuff on my own.)

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Tremors_(1990)

http://tremors.wikia.com/wiki/Burt_Gummer's_Gun_Wall

Anders · 05-05-2016, 12:10 PM

Ok, so the biggest shotgun I could find in High-Tech is a 10G. This one is bigger. Holy moly.

Tomsdad · 05-05-2016, 12:11 PM

Some of the guns from Tremors are written up in "fire power at the movies" Pyramid 31 And yep the William Moore Double rifle 8 gauge is in there.

Phantasm · 05-05-2016, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Anders

Ok, so the biggest shotgun I could find in High-Tech is a 10G. This one is bigger. Holy moly.

And note that he was using solid slugs in it, not shot. That's gotta be nasty.

Actually, isn't one of the TL5 shotguns an 8G? Or am I remembering one of the TL4 ones from Low-Tech?

Tomsdad · 05-05-2016, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Phantasm

And note that he was using solid slugs in it, not shot. That's gotta be nasty.

Actually, isn't one of the TL5 shotguns an 8G? Or am I remembering one of the TL4 ones from Low-Tech?

Adventure guns has a couple of 8G shot guns (listed with shot stats, but which could be converted to slug coming in about 8d-4 = 7d or 7d-1 pi++ I think. The Greener 8 gauge elephant gun in the same book is rated at 6d+2 pi++ which is the same as the gun in Tremors. So all three functionally the same in damage terms.

Anders · 05-05-2016, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomsdad

Adventure guns has a couple of 8G shot guns (listed with shot stats, but which could be converted to slug coming in about 8d-4 = 7d or 7d-1 pi++ I think. The Greener 8 gauge elephant gun in the same book is rated at 6d+2 pi++ which is the same as the gun in Tremors. So all three functionally the same in damage terms.

Ok, thanks a lot everybody! Now I know where to look and point to. :o)

DanHoward · 05-06-2016, 04:27 AM

Heh. I just watched this movie again last week and was thinking about using it as a game setting.

HANS · 05-06-2016, 06:29 AM

All the guns seen in Tremors that are not in High-Tech are in Pyramid #3/31, pp. 15-16, with complete stats of course.

Cheers

HANS

Phantasm · 05-06-2016, 07:17 AM

While Tremors was fun, Tremors 2 was moreso, IMO.

"Look at the seismograph! It must be the mother of all grabboids."
*looks out the window* "No, it's something even more dangerous. It's Burt."

"Note to self: Five pounds of C4 may be a bit ... excessive."

Speaking of which, what was that gun Burt used in Tremors 2 where the bullet went right through the engine block and kept going?

05-05-2016, 11:51 AM	#1
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Big gun in Tremors In the fantastic movie Tremors, Burt Gummer uses a very big gun at about 2:00 and forward. Anyone know what kind of gun it is and what kind of stats it has? How much would it cost in an AtE campaign? __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

05-05-2016, 11:58 AM	#2
Anaraxes Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: Big gun in Tremors Looks like the William Moore & Co 8 gauge. (And thanks to the Internet Movie Firearms Database. I have no clue about this stuff on my own.) http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Tremors_(1990) http://tremors.wikia.com/wiki/Burt_Gummer's_Gun_Wall

05-05-2016, 12:11 PM	#4
Tomsdad Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Brighton	Re: Big gun in Tremors Some of the guns from Tremors are written up in "fire power at the movies" Pyramid 31 And yep the William Moore Double rifle 8 gauge is in there.

05-06-2016, 04:27 AM	#8
DanHoward Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia	Re: Big gun in Tremors Heh. I just watched this movie again last week and was thinking about using it as a game setting. __________________ Compact Castles gives the gamer an instant portfolio of genuine, real-world castle floorplans to use in any historical, low-tech, or fantasy game setting.

05-06-2016, 06:29 AM	#9
HANS Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Berlin, Germany	Re: Big gun in Tremors All the guns seen in Tremors that are not in High-Tech are in Pyramid #3/31, pp. 15-16, with complete stats of course. Cheers HANS __________________ I blog at Shooting Dice.

05-05-2016, 12:10 PM	#3
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: Big gun in Tremors Ok, so the biggest shotgun I could find in *High-Tech* is a 10G. This one is bigger. Holy moly. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

05-06-2016, 07:17 AM	#10
Phantasm Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the road again...	Re: Big gun in Tremors While Tremors was fun, Tremors 2 was moreso, IMO. "Look at the seismograph! It must be the mother of all grabboids." looks out the window "No, it's something even more dangerous. It's Burt." "Note to self: Five pounds of C4 may be a bit ... excessive." Speaking of which, what was that gun Burt used in Tremors 2 where the bullet went right through the engine block and kept going? __________________ "Life ... is an Oreo cookie." - J'onn J'onzz, 1991 "But mom, I don't wanna go back in the dungeon!" The GURPS Marvel Universe Reboot Project A-G, H-R, and S-Z, and its not-a-wiki-really web adaptation. Ranoc, a Muskets-and-Magery Renaissance Fantasy Setting