Mythbusters man of DIY and garage hacker genius Adam Savage has a problem. It’s the same problem I have so I feel his pain. He’s really into “Blade Runner” and especially, really into Harrison Ford’s Blade Runner gun, the finest weapon outside of the light saber in movie history. The difference between Adam and I is he’s got talent and I’m a basement-less and garage-free lame condo dweller with almost no tools. It’s a sad story.
Adam has painstakingly recreated the Blade Runner gun, made from a Steyr-Mannlicher .222 target rifle receiver and magazine and a Charter Arms Bulldog .44. I’ve imagined this beauty in my hand so many times you should be worrying about my mental health. io9 has the saga of the building of the gun and it’s history. It’s a must read.
Here’s a snip:
I made my first Blade Runner pistol when I was 18, while living in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. I stared at the VHS version on pause and made sketches. Put it together from toys and model kit parts. It’s lovely and terrible. (Years later the internet would teach me that the six dollar plastic gun I bought on Canal Street in NYC and cannibalized for the grip was created by Edison Giacattoli, a legendary toy gun designer.)
