Back to the Future

The following guns were used in the film Back to the Future:

AK-47 (Norinco Type 56)

Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) is shot with an 'AK-47' rifle, actually the Chinese made copy, the Norinco Type 56, by Libyan terrorists. This is probably the only time in a motion picture where a Kalashnikov-pattern rifle is seen jamming (yet it can happen, usually when a round pops up at a strange angle in the magazine stopping the feed completely and racking the action doesn't immediately eject the misfed round). Why this was noteworthy amongst firearms enthusiasts was because the AK was (and is) still one of the world's most reliable weapons and rarely experiences the jams of other, more 'delicate' firearms.

Norinco Type 56 (Imported into the U.S. as the Norinco AKS-47 or AKS-47 Sporter) - 7.62x39mm. Rather than having the underfolder pig sticker Bayonet assembly, this has the standard Bayonet lug underneath the gas block as the AKM and later variants.

The Libyans open fire on Doc Brown from the van with his Chinese AK-47 (Norinco Type 56), however in the motion picture world, the 7.62x39mm round cannot penetrate the thin aluminum wall of a delivery van.

The Libyan with his Chinese AK-47 (Norinco Type 56) confronts Doc.

The Libyan prepares to fire his Chinese AK-47 (Norinco Type 56) at Doc. Note the fully enclosed hooded front sight.

Another view of the Chinese AK-47 (Norinco Type 56) as the Libyan hears Marty.

RPG-7

The Libyan terrorists attempt to destroy the time machine with an RPG-7, causing Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) to accelerate to the speed necessary to initiate time travel in an attempt to escape.

Russian RPG-7 40mm

The side mirror view of the Libyan terrorist aiming the RPG.

The Libyan terrorist prepares to fire his RPG-7 at Marty and the Delorean.

It is one of those fiction RPG-7s like the ones in Red Dawn and Rambo: First Blood Part II

Single Action Army

In the beginning of the movie, Doc Brown attempts to defend himself from the terrorists with a nickel-plated Single Action Army fitted with pearl grips. He has this as his personal sidearm because the "Wild West" is his favorite period in history as he mentions in the later movies.

Colt Single Action Army .45 Long Colt 5.5" 'Artillery' model

Doc Brown discovers that Colt SAA is unloaded.

Holding up the Colt, Doc tries to give himself up.

Charlie Parker 1878 Double Barrel Shotgun

When Marty first travels back in time to 1955, "Old Man Peabody", a farmer plus obsessive pine-tree breeder, (Will Hare), mistaking him for a malevolent space mutant, fires a Charles Parker shotgun at him.

Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun 12 Gauge

"Take that, you mutated son of a ---!"

See Also

• Back to the Future Part II
• Back to the Future Part III