{"id":30785,"date":"2026-10-30T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T19:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/die-hard-john-mcclanes-on-screen-beretta-92f\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T19:30:28","slug":"die-hard-john-mcclanes-on-screen-beretta-92f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/die-hard-john-mcclanes-on-screen-beretta-92f\/","title":{"rendered":"DIE HARD: John McClane&#8217;s On-Screen Beretta 92F"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dMzVPQwBuHc?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This Beretta Model 92F is documented as one of two pistols rented from Stembridge Gun Rentals to 20th Century Fox for the filming of Die Hard, where the pistols served as NYPD detective John McClane&#8217;s sidearm. This example is documented by serial number and was used on screen by Bruce Willis, including being identifiable during McClane&#8217;s fight with Karl.<\/p>\n<p>The Beretta 92F became inseparable from John McClane and one of the defining action films of the 1980s. We examine the history, screen use, documentation, and distinctive features of a Hollywood firearm that helped cement the Beretta 92&#8217;s place in popular culture.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Die Hard Christmas Eve at Nakatomi Plaza<br \/>00:53 Hans Gruber\u2019s $640 Million Heist<br \/>01:51 John McClane\u2019s Beretta Model 92F<br \/>02:25 Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?<br \/>02:59 How Die Hard Made the Beretta 92 a Pop Culture Icon<br \/>03:46 Screen-Used Die Hard Beretta 92F Provenance<br \/>04:04 Identifying John McClane\u2019s Hero Gun On Screen<br \/>04:27 Hollywood Movie Guns and Collector Firearms<br \/>05:17 The Fate of Bruce Willis\u2019s Die Hard Beretta<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>#DieHard #BruceWillis #Beretta92<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Beretta Model 92F is documented as one of two pistols rented from Stembridge Gun Rentals to 20th Century Fox for the filming of Die Hard, where the pistols served as NYPD detective John McClane&#8217;s sidearm. This example is documented by serial number and was used on screen by Bruce Willis, including being identifiable during&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/die-hard-john-mcclanes-on-screen-beretta-92f\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DIE HARD: John McClane&#8217;s On-Screen Beretta 92F<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":30786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}