By Lars Dalseide April 1 2010 15:58

National Firearms Museum Senior Curator Phil Schreier and John Popp talk about the Bruce Willis movie Die Hard for Curator's Corner on NRAblog Our second to last edition of Curator's Corner Goes to the Movies looks back at the of Detective John McClane with guns from the California classic Die Hard. Views will see National Firearms Museum's (NFM) Senior Curator Phil Schreier and NRANews Executive Producer John Popp review the firearms used the protagonist McClane and the antagonist Hans Gruber.

In a breakout role as New York City Detective John McClane, Bruce Willis carries his police issues Beretta 92F. To quote the company website: "The 92 series of semiautomatic pistols operates on a short recoil, delayed blowback system, which yields; faster cycle times, exceptional accuracy and greater reliability."

Hans, played by Alan Rickman, fancies a Heckler & Koch P7. A nifty feature of this semi-auto pistol is that the shooter must 'squeeze' the grip before firing. Easy to spot with due to A  Heckler & Koch P7 on NRAblog its silver finish, the M13 was introduced in 1982 with a double stacked and a 13 round magazine. And for you movie buffs out there, this gun was also used by Christopher Walken in True Romance.

But that's all we have time for now. To get the rest of the story, join Phil Schreier tonight as Curator's Corner hits the airways at 10:20 eastern on NRANews.com or Sirius Patriot channel 144.

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