# Pulp Fiction question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/303350>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 11, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/303350 "2005-05-11T04:48:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/303350/1 "2005-05-11T04:48:52Z")

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Just a quick one. What kind of machine pistol does Butch use to shoot Victor in the apartment sceen?

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**Author:** ![TheInterruptingCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@TheInterruptingCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInterruptingCow)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/303350/2 "2005-05-11T04:50:39Z")

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Always thought it was a silenced MAC-10. Right?

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/303350/3 "2005-05-11T05:51:42Z")

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Something like [this](http://st2.wz.cz/historie/guns/mac10.jpg) ?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/303350/4 "2005-05-11T07:55:40Z")

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I don’t know from guns, but in the script, it’s a silenced Czech M-61, whatever that is.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/303350/5 "2005-05-11T07:59:26Z")

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I should point out that it’s pretty common for property folks to come up with approximate matches for stuff that’s easier to type out than to actually lay hands on, so I have no idea if that’s the weapon that appears in the actual film.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/303350/6 "2005-05-11T14:49:35Z")

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Silenced Mac-10.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/303350/7 "2005-05-11T14:52:40Z")

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> [@Johnny L.A.](#):
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> Silenced Mac-10.

Confirmed. I just checked the DVD. 😃