Mad Max

Mad Max (1979)

The following guns were used in the film Mad Max (1979):

Mauser C96 'Broomhandle'

Bubba Zanetti (Geoff Parry) briefly uses a Mauser C96 to shoot a sex doll when the other bikers are messing around at the beach.

Mauser C96 "Red 9" Version for the German Army - 9mm. This model is World War One dated.

Bubba holds his Broomhandle behind Johnny.

Johnny shoots the sex doll with the shotgun before Bubba with his Broomhandle.

Smith & Wesson Model 28

The MFP carry Smith & Wesson Model 28 as their standard issue. Although they are rarely drawn and seen mostly in their holsters. Bubba is seen firing one at Max near the end of the film.

Smith & Wesson Model 28 .357 magnum.

A shot of Max's Smith & Wesson Model 28 during the film's opening scenes.

Max's Smith & Wesson Model 28 remains in his holster when he's attacked by Bubba Zanetti.

Bubba takes aim at Max.

Double Barrel Shotguns

Maybe a Savage/Stevens 311A Shotgun - 12 Gauge. First seen by an eager MFP patrol man Roop (Steve Millichamp) when he tries to shoot the Night Rider in the films opening. Another is used by Johnny (Tim Burns) to shoot a sex doll when the bikers are at the beach. Max also keeps one of these weapons close by after he resigns from MPF and goes travelling with his wife and child.

Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge

Roop checks his shotgun.

His grip changes from two hands to one hand with each camera angle.

Roop fires one round from his shotgun at the Night Rider. But the Night Rider brakes just in time causing Roop to hit a sign instead and Charlie to spin the car out.

Johnny shoots the sex doll before Bubba.

Late in the movie, May Swaisey (Sheila Florance) the old woman that Max and family are staying with uses this gun to corner Toecutter's biker thugs into a shed. Could be a Charles Parker 1878 side by side.

Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge.

May Swaisey fires her shotgun at Toecutter's gang forcing them into the shed.

May Swaisey fires her last round as Toecutter's gang gains on Max's wife as she tries to escape.

Sawn Off Double barrel shotgun

Max's main weapon in the movie, and possibly a Savage/Stevens 311A Shotgun. When battling against the Biker Gang, Max for some odd reason makes an effort to reach this shotgun when his leg is damaged but armed with a S&W 29 and doesnt even use it when he can(Anyone else notice this?). [Perhaps he figured that a moving target would be easier to hit with an "area weapon" like a shotgun?]