Hollywood Weapons - S01:E06 - Terry And The Minigun

Can you really fire a GE Minigun handheld with ammunition held in a backpack (also seen on Predator (1987). Additionally, for one of our larger tests - can you actually chop down a jungle forest with a Minigun? Actor Bill Duke - who co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film and who's character performed this weapon stunt - joins us to find out. But first, we have to build a jungle.

Director: John Carter

Cast: Terry Schappert, Larry Zanoff

US • 2017 • Unrated • IMDB 7.9

Episodes in Hollywood Weapons Season 1

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Episode 01 - Terry's Criminal Mind

20 Min 26 Sec

A murderer tries to kill his final victim as the car they are in slowly sinks to the bottom of a lake. The only way to save the victim is to rescue her as the car continues to sink. We test fire multiple handguns underwater to see if you can actually penetrate a car windshield and save the victim.

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Episode 02 - Shark Go Boom!

20 Min 05 Sec

In Jaws, Chief Brody hangs on to his sinking boat as a giant shark approaches him with a scuba tank lodged in its mouth. We construct a giant shark on a motorized platform to test if you can hit, and explode, the tank with an M1 Garand rifle while perched in a precarious position.

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Episode 03 - The Good, The Bad and Terry

21 Min 48 Sec

In this classic western, Clint Eastwood - aka "Blondie" - saves Eli Wallach from the hangman's noose three separate times by shooting and severing the rope that he hangs from. We recreate each scene and test the reality of these shots with the weapons that were used.

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Episode 04 - Dying Hard

20 Min 06 Sec

John McLain (Bruce Willis) finds himself dangling from the side of a building. The only way to save himself is to shoot through the glass window and break through to safety. Using the same Beretta 92 handgun, we reconstruct the office glass and see if our host can break through.

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Episode 05 - Schapbo

20 Min 20 Sec

John Rambo's ability to decimate enemies all by himself has created some of the most incredible weapon stunts in Hollywood history. We test the reality surrounding these iconic scenes from this blockbuster franchise.

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Episode 06 - Terry And The Minigun

21 Min 38 Sec

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Episode 07 - Scoreless

20 Min 18 Sec

Using a unique method to crack a safe, Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) uses a blowtorch to cut through a safe, fill it with water, and blow the door off using a small explosive device. We test this, along with the effects of a 20mm antitank rifle on a safe from the movie Thuderbolt and Lightfoot.

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Episode 08 - Terry Vs Gorn

20 Min 16 Sec

Terry and Larry test out Star Trek on the set of Star Trek Original Series set tours in Upstate NY Terry and Larry find them selves on board the USS Enterprise and they test the theory that Kirk could have made a cannon from a Bamboo tube Magnesium Powder and Stone Knives and BareSkins It worked on Star Trek but would it really work ?