Han Solo Blaster! Star Wars- the real thing-

The “BlasTech DL-44 heavy blaster pistol” shown in these photo is really a Broomhandle Mauser C96 (Read that 1896 design!) pistol, with movie voodoo on it. This gun is the original, from the first movie made in 1977, “A New Hope.” There was cooperative work done between the UK and the US, Bapty in the UK, and Stembridge Gun Rentals in the US. I don’t want to bore everyone to tears with trivia you can gather elsewhere. The photos of this gun, are of one of the 4 that were used in the UK, this was the primary (There are always extras in case of a failure so the production isn’t halted while the armorer fiddles around). It had been used in different movies. This one, is at Bapty Ltd in the UK, (they do NOT want to be contacted in this regard, won’t sell it at present). I took these pics many decades ago on a project there in the UK, thought that y’all might appreciate seeing the real detail & markings.

Right side view of “Han Solo’s” pistol from the first movie- UK.

Left side view of “Han Solo’s” pistol from the first movie- UK.

ZK383’s darling daughter at 13 years old, with the US pistol from the first movie at Stembridge in Glendale. (Yes, exercising poor trigger control, she just picked it up with her left hand when we were talking) Mid-1990s, we were working on a movie project at the time, my kids spent a lot of time there. They got a lot of cool autographs while there. I still wonder if they realize what a “Special” childhood they had.

Got thinking, most movie and video game fans aren’t really “Gun” people per se, so here’s the Han Solo gun with movie voodoo, above a regular C96 Broomhandle (It’s on its stock, that’s what is behind the grip).

Good view of the serial number and the “Blaster” attachment on the front of the barrel.

View of the scope from the left side of the Han Solo gun.
The scope is a Hensoldt Wetzler Dialyt 3x sniper rifle scope, WWI German. The mount was adapted by Carl at Bapty, the madman armorer who’s been there since the 1960s.

View of the scope from the right side of the Han Solo gun.

Left side of a standard C96 Broomhandle Mauser (Stock attached).

Right side of a standard C96 Broomhandle Mauser (Stock attached).
I post a few movie guns here & there on Imgur, I’ve been in and around the biz since the 70s, around the world, have some cool movie prop photos and straight talk on what was going on. Hope you enjoy, and it helps with your cosplay & collections!
ZK383 out.