Reign of Fire

The following guns were used in the film Reign of Fire:

Reign of Fire (2002)

Ulriks Mauser Tyrannosaurus Rex .577 Nitro

Quinn Abercromby (Christian Bale) keeps an Ulriks Mauser Tyrannosaurus Rex or T-Rex rifle in the massive .577 Nitro cartridge and is seen with it several times in the film, most notabley when he faces the Male Bull Dragon and fires at it. Like the .600 Nitro double rifle in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, this gun is an expensive, rare gun customly crafted by expert gunsmiths. The gun is said to have such vicious recoil and overkilling firepower, even hunters in Africa only keep it as a back-up gun incase of a charging animal. Even with such immense firepower, the rifle mananages to do little more than make the dragon mad. When looking closely at the front sight, it appears they used more than one rifle in the film as the front sight changes in some shots.

Ulriks Mauser T-Rex rifle - .577 Nitro. This model has a different stock.

Quinn's rifle resting up against the table.

Quinn aims his T-Rex rifle at the Americans. Note Mauser style extractor/bolt release.

Quinn approached Van Zan with his T-Rex rifle in hand. Note blade sight.

Quinn with his T-Rex rifle in hand. Noted hooded sight.

Quinn readies his rifle as a dragon flies over.

Quinn loads his rifle with the massive .577 Nitro rounds which the gun can only hold two of!

Quinn hides from the dragons in London with his T-Rex rifle in hand.

Quinn prepares to run out and face the Male Bull dragon with his .577 rifle.

Quinn fires the rifle at the Bull dragon, which does nothing but make it mad. After two shots, he carelessly throws the priceless rifle to the ground.

Shorty Mossberg 500

Denton Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey) uses a pistol gripped Mossberg 500 with a super-short barrel and a finger-grooved foregrip on the pump as his main weapon throughout the film, keeping it slung at his hip like an over-sized sidearm.

Mossberg 500 shorty with pistol grip and MP5K foregrip (foregrip in film is "Tommy Gun" style) - 12 gauge.

Van Zan loads up his shorty Mossberg 500.

Van Zan awaits a dragon attack with his shorty Mossberg 500 at the ready. Note the pistol grip.

Van Zan fires his shorty Mossberg 500 at the dragon.

Van Zan pumps his Shorty 500.

Van Zan dives backwards from the dragon's fire, firing his Shorty 500 which appears like a post-production edit. It looks like he is holding a rubber prop gun, which lacks the foregrip of the actual, because using a real gun in a stunt can damage it.

When Van Zan enters the construction shaft in London, the shot appears to be reversed based on how the ejection port is on the other side of the Shorty 500.

A clear shot of Van Zan's Shorty 500 is finally shown when the three search the construction shaft.

Magnesium Arrow Tipped C4 Crossbow

While bows aren't usually considered firearms, bows with Magnesium Phosphate C4 arrow tips are a different story. Van Zan and Quinn both use these crossbows when facing the Bull Dragon at the film's climax. Van Zan tells Quinn that the only way to kill it is to wait when it breaths fire, because only then does it expose its chest. Van Zan almost hits the Bull while standing on a tower, but it breaths fire and the arrow only manages to ignite its flame early, damaging its mouth and causing it to breath smoke. When Quinn faces it, he loses his arrows whilst doing a Judo roll away from the dragon as it strikes. He manages to grab one of the arrows and right before the Bull torches him, he fires it into the dragons mouth, blowing up its napalm valve and severing its head.

Van Zan sprawls out the Magnesium C4 arrow tips.

Van Zan readies his Crossbow while ontop of the tower.

Van Zan aims down the Crossbow.

Unfortunately Van Zan's shot is halted by the dragon's breath, which instead of killing it, burns its mouth and causes it to smoke. Sadly, the dragon recovers and Van Zan does a super jump right into the Bull's mouth when it strikes.

Quinn tries to cock the Crossbow, which appears to be harder to pull back then Van Zan made it look.

Quinn waits for the opening to fire his Crossbow into the dragon's mouth.

The explosive bolt goes right into the Bull's mouth.

The bolt ignites the Bull's napalm valve and its head becomes severed in the explosion.

Harpoon Gun

When killing the first dragon, Van Zan mans a large vehicle mounted Harpoon Gun and fires it just as the dragon flies over the hill, killing it with a harpoon to the chest.