Silk (1986)

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Silk [[image:|300px|center|]] Cover Country USA Philippines Directed by Cirio H. Santiago Release Date 1986 Language English Main Cast Character Actor Jenny Sleighton aka Silk Cec Verrell Tom Stevens Bill McLaughlin Lt. Kobayashi Joe Mari Avellana Brown Frederick Bailey Tyler Nick Nicholson Yamamoto Tanaka Leo Martinez Austin Peter Shilton Stromberg Henry Strzalkowski Vernon Ronnie Patterson Carnahan David Light

The following weapons were used in the film Silk (1986):

Pistols

Ruger MK

Ruger MK Pistol is the Tyler's (Nick Nicholson) firearm of choice.

Ruger Mk I - .22 LR

M1911A1

Frampton (Mike Monty) uses M1911A1, before Silk disarmed him. Vernon (Ronnie Patterson) briefly holds M1911A1 pistol at the one scene.

Pre-War Colt M1911A1 - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP. This has a deep Colt factory blued finish, common for commercial variants before and after the war.

Bruni 1911

Lt. Kobayashi (Joe Mari Avellana) carry Bruni 1911 as his duty sidearm throughout the movie.

Bruni 8mm M1911 Blank gun (First Pattern).

M1911 Style Pistol

The assassin very briefly holds an M1911 style pistol..

Shotguns

High Standard Model K-100 FLITE KING (sawed off)

Silk fires an High Standard K-100 Shotgun at the one scene. One mobster briefly holds the FLITE KING (most likely, the same movie prop) at the film beggining.

High Standard Model K-100 FLITE KING Shotgun - 12 gauge.

Rifles

XM177E2 Carbine

XM177E2 Carbine is the most popular firearm in this movie.

XM177E2 Carbine aka Colt Model 629 - 5.56x45mm. This was the last variant of the XM177 rifle used in the Vietnam War: following the war many of these rifles were transferred to the Air Force and were classified as GAU-5A/B or GAU-5/B (sources vary), and these too were later altered to the GUU-5/P standard with a 14.5 inch 1/7 twist barrel.

Other

Naval Ship

A Naval Combat ship can be seen in the port.

Assassination Device

Vernon uses device, that throughtet the combat knifes to the distance of the a few yards at the a few scenes.