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Posted: 9/23/2023 9:20:37 AM EDT

This is from Miami Vice Season 2. They guy (a KGB asset / traitor) is holding a Colt 9mm SMG w/ drum. But what is that on the carrying handle?

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Posted: 9/23/2023 9:24:51 AM EDT

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Laser?

Posted: 9/23/2023 9:49:00 AM EDT

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I think it's a laser

Posted: 9/23/2023 10:12:12 AM EDT

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This is from Miami Vice Season 2. They guy (a KGB asset / traitor) is holding a Colt 9mm SMG w/ drum. But what is that on the carrying handle?

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/581950/Colt_Miami_Vice_jpg-2963325.JPG

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It's short 5.56 AR15/M16 with a MWG 90rd drum and, IIRC an early Laser Products Corp laser.

Posted: 9/23/2023 10:15:05 AM EDT

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Laser that takes 36 D cell batteries and has a run time of 23 minutes

Posted: 9/23/2023 10:25:40 AM EDT

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I am not envious of this setup in the slightest

Posted: 9/23/2023 10:34:43 AM EDT

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It was an embarrassing time.

Glad that smart phones weren't a thing back then...

Posted: 9/23/2023 10:40:47 AM EDT

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It's short 5.56 AR15/M16 with a MWG 90rd drum and, IIRC an early Laser Products Corp laser.

https://i.postimg.cc/QxGG281V/MVAR15.jpg

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Nerd factoid - That actor was David Rasche,
who played the main character
in the '86-'88 TV show Sledge Hammer!,
portrayed as carrying, sleeping, and showering
with his S&W 629 .44 Magnum.

Posted: 9/23/2023 11:14:57 AM EDT

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That's my thought.

Posted: 9/23/2023 11:45:56 AM EDT

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This isn't GD.

Posted: 9/23/2023 3:43:42 PM EDT

[#10]

Clone build

Posted: 9/23/2023 4:04:56 PM EDT

[#11]

red Helium-Neon Laser.

You young kids don't remember but before laser diodes were an affordable thing, they had to make lasers in large-ass tubes in order for an amount of light coherent so light could occupy the same time (frequency) and space (wavelength).

In the 80s these started to be in sizes that could fit on firearms but not compact - Once laser diodes came out in the 90s they got much smaller

Edited to Add that is David Rasch - Sledgehammer - A spoof of Dirty Harry

Sledge Hammer the Funniest Cop Show Ever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7_d04ALFpU

Posted: 9/23/2023 4:09:16 PM EDT

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40 years from now people will be amazed how shitty and large 2023 night vision goggles were compared to what will be available then.

Posted: 9/23/2023 5:22:49 PM EDT

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That's a Surefire laser before it was named Surefire

Posted: 9/23/2023 8:19:02 PM EDT

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Pawn Shop Clerk: These are brand new; we just got them in. That's a good gun. Just touch the trigger, the beam comes on and you put the red dot where you want the bullet to go. You can't miss. Anything else?

The Terminator: Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.

No shit, Ah-nuld, we all do.

Posted: 9/23/2023 8:24:20 PM EDT

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It's a 5.56 and lasers were that big back then, comrade.

Posted: 9/24/2023 2:18:36 PM EDT

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Yep

As I said above, Laser Products Corp.

Posted: 9/24/2023 2:21:02 PM EDT

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Laser that takes 36 D cell batteries and has a run time of 23 minutes

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Posted: 9/24/2023 10:54:00 PM EDT

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Clone build

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Hey, that's Surf!

A clone build would be quite doable, except for that gigantic laser. Otherwise, an XM177E1 with a birdcage flash hider and an MWG 90 round drum would get you there. Although, I'd wager that the "XM" on the show was not made by Colt.

"Surf's up, pal!"

Posted: 9/24/2023 10:58:01 PM EDT

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It was an embarrassing time.

Glad that smart phones weren't a thing back then...

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Honestly, I'd take the '80s over clownworld any day.

Posted: 9/25/2023 4:32:10 AM EDT

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Honestly, I'd take the '80s over clownworld any day.

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Amen, brother.

Posted: 9/25/2023 11:09:47 AM EDT

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Honestly, I'd take the '80s over clownworld any day.

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Damned straight! Clownworld is 10x the embarrassment.

Posted: 9/25/2023 11:25:09 AM EDT

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It's short 5.56 AR15/M16 with a MWG 90rd drum and, IIRC an early Laser Products Corp laser.

https://i.postimg.cc/QxGG281V/MVAR15.jpg

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This is from Miami Vice Season 2. They guy (a KGB asset / traitor) is holding a Colt 9mm SMG w/ drum. But what is that on the carrying handle?

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/581950/Colt_Miami_Vice_jpg-2963325.JPG

It's short 5.56 AR15/M16 with a MWG 90rd drum and, IIRC an early Laser Products Corp laser.

https://i.postimg.cc/QxGG281V/MVAR15.jpg

Crockett and Tubbs need a refresher on the use of cover.

Posted: 9/25/2023 1:26:07 PM EDT

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Crockett and Tubbs need a refresher on the use of cover.

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Maybe, but they're fighting a guy who shoots one-handed from the hip.

Posted: 9/25/2023 2:13:44 PM EDT

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I've got the shorty rifle, I've got the 90-Rounder, now just need that bitchin' laser.

"Bushido" was one of my favorite Miami Vice episodes.

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Posted: 9/25/2023 2:59:22 PM EDT

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Same here!

Posted: 9/25/2023 8:35:00 PM EDT

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https://www.ar15.com/forums/Equipment-Exchange/Prototype-Laser-Products-Corp-pre-surefire-WORKING-laser-sp1-upper-with-battery-and-charger/159-2373160/

aeyoung has one for sale