“I wanna introduce you to a personal friend of mine. This is an M41A Pulse Rifle. Ten millimeter, with over-and-under thirty millimeter pump action grenade launcher.”-Michael Biehn as Cpl. Hicks in ...

An iconic science-fiction firearm, the M41A pulse rifle is the standard-issue weapon of the Colonial Marines, the ill-fated, but unquestionably awesome protagonists in James Cameron’s 1986 blockbuster ...

It's hard to believe it's been 35 years since James Cameron's Aliens hit theaters, but such is the passage of time. To celebrate this occasion, Nerf is releasing a special edition blaster based on the ...

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“We all knew there would be pulse rifles,” Neill Blomkamp wrote on Instagram. “Obviously. Now with added RIS” When he says “RIS” he means Rail Interface System, which is a generic term for attaching ...

These custom-made pulse rifles are actually closer to the “real” thing than you might think. The original M41A pulse rifles used in “Aliens” were made from an M1A1 Thompson and fitted with a cut-down ...

Few fictional weapons are as iconic and influential as the Pulse Rifle. First seen in James Cameron’s 1986 sci-fi blockbuster, Aliens, the M41A has undeniably become a cornerstone of pop culture. Its ...

Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down some of the mod guns from Fallout New Vegas, including a take on the M41A Pulse Rifle, an ...

New Alien director Neill Blomkamp has teased the Pulse Rifle from the original 1986 James Cameron film Aliens. The director posted a picture of the prop on his Instagram with the caption: "We all knew ...