WEAPONS of WICK
Maxim US|Jan Feb 2024
Meet master engraver Melissa McMinn, who created Keanu Reeves’ dueling pistols for the hit franchise
BRANDON FRIEDERICH
WEAPONS of WICK

An apparently insatiable appetite for the “John Wick” brand of stylized, high-body-count action has led the franchise to an especially notable financial achievement: It’s one of few with an R rating to break the billion-dollar threshold at the box office. The general audience can’t get enough of watching Keanu Reeves’ Beagle-avenging hitman terminate bad guys en masse with “gun-fu”—martial arts but with guns; however, the firearms literate also appreciate the “John Wick” saga for its outstandingly varied on-screen arsenal.

The fourth and likely final installment, 2023’s “John Wick 4,” prominently features well over 25 different firearms. There are pistols, like the Sig-Sauer P365 and array of Glock models, that can be found in many a gun safe, while others, such as the retro-modded Thompson M1A1 submachine gun or the Webley .455 Mk VI revolver, are anachronistic eye candy for history buffs. Taran Tactical Innovations (TTI), the California-based gunsmith and private shooting range where Reeves trained (as seen in viral videos), custom-built the most elite “John Wick 4” firearms one can buy, including the competition-ready, 2011-based TTI Pit Viper pistol and the TTI J4 Dracarys Gen-12 shotgun—an AR-10-style 12-gauge that was loaded with incendiary “dragon’s breath” shells for extra aesthetic effect in a bonkers house-clearing scene.

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