# What Kind of Gun Was This...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 5, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-gun-was-this/436321 "2008-02-05T01:10:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-gun-was-this/436321/1 "2008-02-05T01:10:38Z")
This is a factual question on a gun appearing at the end of the movie, “In The Line of Fire”. What kind of gun was used? (Gee…that shouldn’t spoil too much.) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-gun-was-this/436321/2 "2008-02-05T01:14:20Z")
You mean the one Malkovich made himself out of plastic? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-gun-was-this/436321/3 "2008-02-05T01:18:57Z")
Could be… You mean the one Malkovich made himself out of plastic? I guess so. The plot seemed so contrived, I only needed to see 10 minutes to get the gist from the recent TV airing on TVLand. But, no need to debate here… ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-gun-was-this/436321/4 "2008-02-05T02:08:07Z")
It was a .32 caliber Malkovich 😉 A hand-made zip gun [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_gun)