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Ya wanna know where I first saw a Smith & Wesson 460V? It was in the movie RED. The character of Marvin Boggs, portrayed by John Malkovich, carried one with the longer compensator in place (I've got the shorter one in place on mine). I was smitten by that gun!!! Upon doing some research, I discovered what he was carrying. I was so intrigued by it that I went to my gun store of choice, and garnered additional information from them. I already had an order in place with them for a Taurus 6” Raging Judge, but after several months, they still couldn’t locate one. They even contacted the company, but got no response. So, I told them to cancel the Taurus order, and instead order me a 460V. After a couple of months, I became frustrated (again), so I wrote a letter to the CEO of Smith & Wesson. About a week later, one arrived at the gun store, but it was in such bad condition (they said it looked like it’d been fired alot, and then cleaned with a dirty, gritty, cloth), being severely scratch and filthy. They called their distributor, who replaced it with an overnight delivery, so it was at my gun store of choice the next afternoon. And, that the beauty that’s residing in its presentation case that I made shortly after I got it. Ain’t life good??? And, name any other major corporation that would respond to an individual regarding obtaining a difficult-to-obtain product . . . Smith & Wesson's the only name that comes to my mind — truly a stand-up corporation, and CEO!!!
PS – I especially like the scene where Marvin Boggs (John Malkovich’s character) has his “high noon” style showdown with the woman firing an RPG at him. He calmly stares her down, and when she fires, he one-handed fired his 460V at the incoming projectile, striking it squarely on the detonator, causing it to explode, and the ensuing fireball engulfs his opponent. After which Frank Moses (the character portrayed by Bruce Willis) tells Marvin “great shot”. Marvin cooly replies “Thanks”, and they both walk off – victorious.
PS – I especially like the scene where Marvin Boggs (John Malkovich’s character) has his “high noon” style showdown with the woman firing an RPG at him. He calmly stares her down, and when she fires, he one-handed fired his 460V at the incoming projectile, striking it squarely on the detonator, causing it to explode, and the ensuing fireball engulfs his opponent. After which Frank Moses (the character portrayed by Bruce Willis) tells Marvin “great shot”. Marvin cooly replies “Thanks”, and they both walk off – victorious.
