Non Guns

"Non Guns" are a brand name of prop weapons that are manufactured and rented by Independent Studio Services (ISS) and frequently used for scenes in movies or television shows in which the use of real weapons firing blanks is deemed unsafe for the actors or stuntmen. They are electronically-operated and discharge small explosive squibs that make a flash and produce smoke, but they do not eject shell casings or have any moving parts besides the trigger. The discharge of the squib can be loud or quiet depending on set noise regulations. This makes Non Guns safer and quieter than real weapons firing blanks, which means that they can be used on filming locations with noise ordinances or up close to other actors (which is a real concern with actual blank firing live guns).
While they have many advantages for film crews, most Non Guns bear only a loose resemblance to their live-firing counterparts, and thus stand out as fake to audiences who know what to look for. However, some film directors evidently do not take this in mind, and thus, it is plainly obvious in some movies or TV shows when Non Guns are being used. Some directors even film them up-close. Examples of such productions are seen below.
Note to IMFDB editors: If you see a Non Gun in a movie or TV show, you don't necessarily need to make a separate entry for the Non Gun on that page; it can be included under the entry for the gun it replicates. If a Beretta Non Gun appears in a movie along with its real counterpart, for instance, just include it under the Beretta 92F entry for the page.
The following are some of the Non Guns available from ISS, as well as the films and TV shows in which they have appeared.
=Handguns=
==Colt 1911==
A Non Gun replica of a Colt 1911 that can be used to simulate any full-size 1911-type pistol.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
The Rock 	Ed Harris 	Hummel 	 	1996
A Beautiful Mind 	Ed Harris 	Parcher 	 	2001
Road to Perdition	Tom Hanks 	Michael Sullivan 	 	2002
Sky Fighters 	 	Terrorist 	 	2005
Zombieland 	Woody Harrelson 	Tallahassee 	 	2009
Due Date 	Zack Galifianakis	Ethan Tremblay 	 	2010
Drive Angry 	 	Colorado police officer	 	2011
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode	Date
The Sopranos	Richard Maldone	Ally Boy Barese	 	1999-2007
The Sopranos	Dan Grimaldi 	Patsy Parisi 	 	1999-2007
The Sopranos	Steve Buscemi 	Tony Blundetto 	 	1999-2007
==Glock==
A Non Gun replica of a Glock; it can be used to simulate either the full-size or compact Glock models.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
The Negotiator 	 	Nate's killer 	 	1998
The Siege 	 	 	 	1998
The Corruptor 	Mark Wahlberg 	Danny Wallace 	 	1999
The Corruptor 	 	NYPD officers 	 	1999
Light It Up 	 	 	 	1999
American Psycho	Christian Bale	Patrick Bateman 	 	2000
The Hitchhiker 	David Shick 	Officer Jenkins 	 	2009
The Hitchhiker 	Michael Tower 	Officer Ferrati 	 	2009
The Hitchhiker 	Shaley Scott 	Denise 	 	2009
The Hitchhiker 	Sarah Lieving 	Melinda 	 	2009
Zombieland 	 	An Asian businesswoman	 	2009
The Other Guys 	Mark Wahlberg 	Detective Terry Hoitz 	 	2010
===Television===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Criminal Minds 	Thomas Gibson 	FBI SSA Aaron Hotchner 	 	2005-
Criminal Minds - Season 2 	Lola Glaudini 	FBI SSA Elle Greenaway 	"Aftermath" (S02E05) 	2006
Prison Break - Season 4 	Robert Knepper 	Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell	"S.O.B." (S4E19) 	2009
Prison Break - Season 4 	Kathleen Quinlan 	Christina Scofield 	"Cowboys and Indians" (S4E20) 	2009
Detroit 1-8-7 	Michael Imperioli	Det. Louis Fitch 	"Pharmacy Double/Bullet Train" (S01E01)	2010
The Walking Dead - Season 4	Steven Yeun 	Glenn Rhee 	Continuity error; "Us" (S4E15) 	2014
The Walking Dead - Season 6	Steven Yeun 	Glenn Rhee 	Continuity error; "No Way Out" (S6E09) 	2016
==Beretta 92F==
Non Gun replicas of the Beretta 92F/FS and Beretta 92FS Inox.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
No Way Back 	 	Thugs 	 	1995
The Corruptor 	Chow Yun-Fat 	Nick Chen 	 	1999
The Corruptor 	Byron Mann 	Bobby Vu 	 	1999
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	 	Louis 	 	1999
Narc 	Jason Patric 	Detective Nick Tellis	 	2002
Avenging Angelo 	Sylvester Stallone	Frankie Delano 	 	2002
Bad Boys II 	 	One of Tapia's men 	Inox 	2003
The Punisher 	John Travolta 	Howard Saint 	 	2004
Spider-Man 2 	 	Police officers 	Common and Inox	2004
Waist Deep 	 	Various thugs 	 	2006
Crank 	 	Thugs 	 	2006
The Pink Panther 	Henry Czerny 	Yuri 	 	2006
The Hitchhiker 	Jeff Denton 	Jack 	 	2007
The Betrayed 	Christian Campbell	Kevin Taylor 	 	2008
The Betrayed 	Melissa George 	Jamie Taylor 	 	2008
Diamant 13 	Asia Argento 	Calhoun 	 	2009
Due Date 	 	US Marshal 	 	2010
Flypaper 	Ashley Judd 	Kaitlin 	 	2011
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
La Femme Nikita 	 	Section 1 operatives 	 	1997
The Sopranos 	Steven R. Schirripa	Bobby Bacala 	 	1999-2007
The Sopranos 	Joe Maruzzo 	Joe Peeps 	Inox 	1999-2007
Frank Riva - Season 1 	Matthieu Rozé 	Lt. Jean-Luc Roth 	 	2003
Frank Riva - Season 2 	Matthieu Rozé 	Jean-Luc Roth 	 	2004
Lost 	Yunjin Kim 	Sun 	Season 2 	2004-2010
Prison Break - Season 1 	 	Goon 	"Sleight of Hand" (S01E10), Inox	2005
Prison Break - Season 2 	Sarah Wayne Callies	Sara Tancredi 	"Sona" (S02E22) 	2006
Prison Break - Season 4 	Michael Rapaport 	Special Agent Donald "Don" Self	"Selfless" (S04E12) 	2008
Prison Break - Season 4 	Shannon Lucio 	Miriam Holtz 	"Selfless" (S04E12) 	2008
Prison Break - Season 4 	Titus Welliver 	The Representative 	"Going Under" (S04E15) 	2008
Prison Break - Season 4 	Daniel Zacapa 	Priest 	"The Mother Lode" (S04E17) 	2008
Life 	Damian Lewis 	Charlie Crews 	 	2007-2009
In Plain Sight 	Jason Wiles 	CPD cop Robert Eps 	"Good Cop, Dead Cop" (S01E09) 	2008
Branch (Expozitura) 	Jirí Korn 	Hitman 	"Tri králové" (S01E05) 	2009
The Walking Dead - Season 1	 	US Army soldier 	"TS-19" (S1E06) 	2010
CSI: Miami - Season 9 	Franky G 	Dante Kroll 	"Caged" (S09E19) 	2010-2011
CSI: Miami - Season 9 	 	The suspect 	Inox; "Happy Birthday" (S09E08) 	2010-2011
==SIG-Sauer==
A Non Gun replica of a SIG-Sauer pistol that can double for the P220, P225, P226, P228, or P229 if necessary.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
No Way Back 	Kelly Hu 	Seiko 	Suppressed	1995
Fargo 	Peter Stormare 	Gaear Grimsrud 	 	1996
Fargo 	Steve Buscemi 	Carl Showalter 	 	1996
Men in Black 	 	Recruits in testing	 	1997
The Jackal 	Mathilda May 	Isabella Zanconia 	 	1997
Zombieland 	Woody Harrelson	Tallahassee 	 	2009
Game of Death	Wesley Snipes 	Marcus 	 	2010
Game of Death	Gary Daniels 	Zander 	 	2010
Game of Death	Zoe Bell 	Floria 	 	2010
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
The X-Files - Season 8 	Robert Patrick 	FBI Special Agent John Doggett	Substitute for P226 / "Roadrunners" (S8E04)	2000
CSI: NY - Season 2 	James Badge Dale 	Henry Darius 	"Manhattan Manhunt" (S2E07) 	2005
Prison Break - Season 2	Steven Chester Prince	Agent Blondie 	"Manhunt" (S2E01) 	2006
Prison Break - Season 2	 	Hitman 	"Bolshoi Booze" (S2E11) 	2006
Prison Break - Season 2	Paul Adelstein 	Paul Kellerman 	"The Killing Box" (S2E13) 	2006
Prison Break - Season 4	Cress Williams 	Wyatt 	"Scylla" (S4E01), "The Price" (S4E08) 	2008
==Smith & Wesson .38 J-Frame Revolver==
A Non Gun replica of a black finish Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver that can double for the M10, M13, M15, M20, M30, M32, M34 or M38 if necessary.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character	Note	Date
Deadgirl	Shiloh Fernandez	Rickie 	 	2008
Deadgirl	Noah Segan 	JT 	 	2008
== Desert Eagle ==
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
Four Brothers	Mark Wahlberg	Bobby Mercer	 	2005
Next Day Air 	Emilio Rivera	Bodega 	 	2009
Next Day Air 	Cisco Reyes 	Bodega 	 	2009
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode	Date
Battlestar Galactica	Lucy Lawless	"D'anna Biers/Number 3"	 	
Southland - Season 1	 	 	 	
== Non Descript Pocket Pistol ==
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
Shaft (2000) 	Lynne Thigpen	Carla Howard 	 	2000
My Mother, the Spy	Kevin Kilner 	Gary Sutton 'Rabbi'	 	2000
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
The Sopranos 	Joseph R. Gannascoli	Vito Spatafore 	 	1999-2007
30 Rock 	Tina Fey 	Liz Lemon 	 	
New Amsterdam 	Ivo Velon 	Ivan Brodsky 	Ep. "Reclassified" (S01E07) 	2008
Prison Break - Season 4	Jodi Lyn O'Keefe 	Gretchen Morgan	"The Sunshine State" (S4E16)	2008
Breaking Bad - Season 2	Angelo Martinez 	Tomás Cantillo 	"Mandala" (S2E11) 	2009
== Walther PPK ==
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Philip Seymour Hoffman	Andy Hanson 	 	2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Aleksa Palladino 	Chris Lasorda	 	2007
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
The Sopranos 	Michael Imperioli	Christopher Moltisanti	 	1999-2007
Smallville - Season 2 	Garwin Sanford 	Ed Brooks 	"Red" (S2E04) 	2002
Smallville - Season 2 	Karen Holness 	Bishop 	"Insurgence" (S2E12)	2003
Land of the Dead 	Dennis Hopper 	Kauffmann 	 	
Lost 	Evangeline Lilly 	Kate 	 	
Chuck 	Yvonne Strahovski	Sarah Walker 	 	
Prison Break - Season 4	Chris Vance 	James Whistler 	"Scylla" (S4E01) 	2008
== Smith & Wesson 66 ==
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
Set It Off 	WC 	Darnell 	 	1996
Narc 	Ray Liotta 	Detective Oak	 	2002
A Man Apart 	 	 	 	2003
Dawn of the Dead 	Sarah Polley 	Ana 	 	2004
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon	Robert Englund	Doc Halloran 	 	2006
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
The X-Files - Season 8 	Lee Duncan 	Al Cawdry 	"Redrum" (S8E06) 	2000
Bones 	Emily Deschanel 	Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan	Pilot episode 	2005
In Plain Sight 	 	A corrupt cop 	"Good Cop, Dead Cop" (S1E09) 	2008
Criminal Minds - Season 5	Matthew Gray Gubler	Dr. Spencer Reid 	Stand-in for S&W Model 65 / "Nameless, Faceless" (S05E01)	2009
The Spoils of Babylon 	Haley Joel Osment 	Winston Morehouse 	"The Foundling" (E1), "So Sweet the Bells" (E6) 	2014
== Smith & Wesson 27 ==
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character	Note	Date
Dawn of the Dead	Kim Poirier	Monica 	 	2004
=Submachine Guns=
==Ingram machine pistol==
A Non Gun replica of an Ingram-type machine pistol that can simulate a MAC-10 or MAC-11, depending on the needs of the scene.
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
No Way Back	Etsushi Toyokawa 	Yuji Kobayashi	 	1995
No Way Back	 	Thugs 	 	1995
Iron Man 3 	Robert Downey Jr.	Tony Stark 	 	2013
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
Battlestar Galactica 	Michael Trucco 	Samuel Anders 	 	2004-2009
Criminal Minds - Season 2	Jason Wiles 	Sheppard 	"Psychodrama" (S2E04)	2006
Criminal Minds - Season 2	Matthew Gray Gubler	Dr. Spencer Reid	"Psychodrama" (S2E04)	2006
24 - Season 7 	Arjay Smith 	Laurent Dubaku 	MAC-10; Ep. 12 	2009
== Heckler & Koch MP5 ==
A Non Gun replica of a Heckler & Koch MP5.
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
The Kill Point 	John Leguizamo 	Jake "Mr. Wolf" Mendez	 	
24 - Season 5 	David Dayan Fisher	Beresch 	 	
Bones 	 	A goon 	 	
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Tyler Dean Flores 	Diego 	"One World, One People" (S1E06)	2021
=Rifles=
==AK47==
A Non Gun replica of an AK-type assault rifle.
===Television===
Title 	Actor 	Character	Note / Episode 	Date
Jon Benjamin Has a Van	 	 	Mounted on wheelchair, "Breakdown" (S01E04)	2011
Sons of Anarchy 	 	 	Ep. "AK-51" (S1E6) 	
Seven Days 	Endre Hules	Trotsky 	Pilot Episode Pt 2 	
==M16A2==
A Non Gun replica of an M16A2.
===Film===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Note	Date
Cloverfield	 	U.S. Army soldiers	 	
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
Alias 	 	APO Task Force 	M4A1 variants, similar to an M733 without stock	2005
The Walking Dead - Season 1	 	US Army soldiers	M4 and M16, w/sights; "TS-19" (S1E06) 	2010
Jon Benjamin Has a Van 	 	 	Mounted on wheelchair, "Breakdown" (S01E04) 	2011
WandaVision 	 	S.W.O.R.D. agent	w/sight; "The Series Finale" (S1E09) 	2021
==Remington 700 (Hunting Rifle)==
A Non Gun of a wooden rifle fitted with a scope. Can be used to imitate any number of common hunting rifles (e.g. Remington 700).
===Film===
Title 	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Dark Was the Night	 	A hunter 	 	2014
=Shotguns=
==Remington 870==
A Non Gun of a Remington 870 shotgun. Can be used to imitate common shotguns (e.g. Mossberg 500 Cruisers, Ithaca 37.)
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character	Note	Date
Dawn of the Dead	Boyd Banks 	Tucker 	 	2004
The Hitchhiker 	Shaley Scott	Denise 	 	2006
=== Television ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
Burn Notice - Season 2	Jeffrey Donovan 	Michael Weston 	"Seek and Destroy" (S2E12) 	2007
Burn Notice - Season 2	Gabrielle Anwar 	Fiona Glennanne	"Seek and Destroy" (S2E12) 	2007
Longmire - Season 3 	Charlotte Alexis White	Sofia 	"Of children and travellers" S03E02	2014
Longmire - Season 3 	Chris Freihofer 	Alan Little 	"Of children and travellers" S03E02	2014
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