M41A Pulse Rifle - .45 ACP / 12 gauge (in fiction, 10x24mm / 30mm). The weapon pictured here is one of the actual screen-used pulse rifles from
Aliens, and
Alien³ (it is still painted black from its use on the latter film). This is the only M41A that Bapty & Co. (U.K.) left intact after
Aliens was filmed. Photo taken by Dan Shea for
Long Mountain Outfitters.
The "M41A Pulse Rifle" is a fictional firearm invented for the world of Aliens. It uses a 100 round magazine loaded with 10x24mm, explosive tip, caseless, light armor-piercing rounds, although supposedly downloaded to 99 to prevent stoppages. It is fitted with an underslung pump-action 4 shot 30mm grenade launcher. The prop was composed of an aluminium shroud, and M1 Thompson for the main gun, a Remington 870 as the grenade launcher, and uses a Franchi SPAS-12 cut down forend and heatshield over the 870.
The M41A Pulse Rifle has been used in the following:
Film
Title
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Actor
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Character
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Note
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Date
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Aliens |
Sigourney Weaver |
Ellen Ripley |
. |
1986
|
Aliens |
. |
All of the Colonial Marines |
. |
1986
|
Alien³ |
. |
Weyland/Yutani operatives |
Use it briefly to shoot a prison guard |
1992
|
Television
Show Title / Episode
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Actor
|
Character
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Note
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Air Date
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Simpsons (Episode "The Lastest Gun In The West") |
. |
Criminal Snake Jailbird and his gang |
. |
.
|
Ben 10 Alien Force (Episode "Kevin's Big Score") |
. |
. |
Found in the Rust bucket's gun rack |
.
|
South Park |
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Any armed characters |
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Video Games