I would like to know the make and model of the gun used by Tom Cruise
in the movie "Collateral".

Hello.

Tom Cruise reportedly used two guns in the film:  a Heckler & Koch .45
and a Ruger Mark II.


From the Internet Movie Database:

" The gun that Vincent (Tom Cruise) uses is a Heckler and Koch (HK) USP."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369339/trivia

From the Washington Post:

"He (Cruise) dresses Italian, shoots German (suits by Versace, pistol
by Heckler & Koch)"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44231-2004Aug5.html


A viewer who watched the DVD indicates that the director mentions that
it's a .45, specifically.

From the American Backyard forum:

"Just finished viewing my Christmas copy of Collateral. According to
Mann, Vincent's piece is an H and  K .45... The director's commentary
is a pretty neat feature. He said that the training Cruise did for the
flick involved his first live fire training. Previously he had only
fired blanks. "
http://www.ambackforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=1830&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45

Here's a German web page with a photo of the Heckler & Koch USP .45.
http://www.no-scene.de/index/schiessport/hk_usp
Or here:
http://geowww.geo.tcu.edu/student/frazier/usp45_lg.jpg



"He used an HK USP, and a supressed Ruger Mark II for the most part."
souce: Glock Talk forum, cached by Google:
http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:pjVcBgBvOmkJ:glocktalk.com/sitemap/topic/273444-1.html+%22tom+cruise%22+collateral+%22Ruger+mark&hl=en

" Cruise uses a Ruger Mark II, one of the target versions with a 10" bull barrel."
http://www.hellinahandbasket.net/archives/001343.html
See: Ruger Mark II
http://www.ruger-firearms.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=144&return=Y

Also see this discussion thread:
"H&K USP as Collateral"
http://hkpro.websolv.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB4&Number=180595&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=all

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search strategy:
google groups: rec.guns.* "tom cruise" collateral
"tom cruise " collateral " " Heckler * Koch"
"tom cruise " collateral " "ruger mark"

I hope this helps.