The Pistols of John Wick
There Is No Shortage Of Firepower For This Titular Character
The John Wick franchise reinvigorated the action genre when the original dropped with little fanfare in 2014. It slowly became a sleeper hit that most people discovered in their homes. After years of Jason Bourne-style quick-cut shaky-cam action, audiences finally got some well-choreographed gunfights and hand-to-hand combat sequences packaged in a tight action thriller. It has since spawned three direct sequels, with another one potentially on the way, and two spinoffs so far. In each movie, super-assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uses a different handgun as his main weapon. Now, Wick uses a million guns through these four movies, so we're only going to be looking at the pistols that he chooses and arms himself with, not the many, many guns he picks up from slain enemies and uses for a little while.
John Wick (2014)
Heckler & Koch P30L With Custom Compensator
In the first film, John unearths his case of weapons from beneath his basement floor and reveals a pair of H&K P30L 9mm DA/SA pistols, both outfitted with custom barrel-mounted compensators that give the guns an almost long slide appearance.
Wick uses this pistol throughout the movie — it appears he loses one during the big shootout in the Red Circle club, but his case had two so, good to go. The P30 has a standard 15-round magazine, but if you pretend Wick uses extended mags that hold a couple of extra rounds, the mag changes during the club sequence actually add up.
Glock 26 Backup Pistol
As a backup pistol, Wick carries a sub-compact Glock 26 pistol in a small-of-the-back holster. This is actually the first handgun we see Wick draw as he infiltrates the bathhouse beneath the Red Circle, simply because it was faster for him to draw with that hand in the situation.
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Custom Taran Tactical Innovations Glock 34
For the bigger-budget sequel, Wick goes with something a little less off-the-shelf. Taran Tactical Innovations was tapped to deliver a customized Glock 34 Gen3, the target/competition version of the Glock 17, with the company's Combat Master Package, which includes work to almost every part of the gun.
If you want one just like it, you can order a JW2 Combat Master from TTI for a cool $2,400, not including the price of the base G34. The package includes a matte black slide finish, bronze coated barrel, Timney Alpha competition trigger, frame enhancements that include grip reduction, and a TTI magwell. It's topped with TTI fiberoptic sights and finished with a full wrap stipple, a scallop cut, and a single undercut behind the trigger.
TTI Glock 26
Again, Wick carries a backup pistol in the form of a Glock 26 in the small of his back, but this time it's a custom G25 from TTI to match his primary weapon with the company's Combat Carry package.
Kimber Warrior 1911
At the end of JW2, Wick is given a Kimber Warrior 1911 with SOCOM black G10 grips and only one 7-round magazine by The Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) for his final confrontation. He burns through that mag pretty quickly and picks up a bunch of guns from downed bad guys, including...
Glock 17
For the one and only time in the series, John briefly uses a series of plain-Jane Glock 17 pistols as he picks them up from dead henchmen during the art gallery shootout after his 1911 runs dry.
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
STI TTI 2011 Combat Master
For John Wick's third time out, he uses another TTI pistol as his main sidearm, but this one is a bit different. It's a collaboration between TTI and STI, which is now known as Staccato. Instead of a Glock variant, this pistol is a single-action 2011-style pistol chambered in 9x19mm Major.
The high-capacity handgun's chambering belies its competition shooting design — 9mm Major is a wildcat overpressured 9mm Luger round designed specifically for USPSA style competitions that have power factor specifications. It's a hot round, exceeding 1,550 fps to achieve a power factor of 165 for competition. Think of it as a .38 Super in a 9mm case.
Remington 1875 Single-Action Revolver
While he doesn't exactly choose this gun, it deserves a mention, because John Wick builds this pistol on screen. As he begins to make his way through the antique weapons museum and finds himself unarmed, he tries to load a .44-40 cartridge into a Remington 1875 revolver, but it won't fit. He then takes another 1875, removes the cylinder, detaches the barrel from the frame, and then removes the hammer. He then mixes and matches parts, attaching the barrel from a Colt 1851 Navy and an 1860 Army's hammer. The finished frakengun accepts the single .44-40 cartridge just in time and Wick uses it to take down an assassin. This scene also includes a nod to The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, specifically the scene when Tuco (Eli Wallach) holds a revolver to his ear and spins the cylinder to check the timing.
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
TTI Pit Viper
For Wick's final big-screen appearance, so far, John carries another TTI handgun, the Pit Viper — an in-house creation that's built on a 2011 9mm base.
As The Bowery King describes it when he bestows the gun on John, it's a "nine-millimeter Pit Viper. Twenty-one-round capacity magazine with a built-in compensator for virtually no muzzle flip. Fiber-optic front sight, ambidextrous safeties, flared magwell for faster reloads, two-pound extreme trigger."
TTI Glock 34
Wick also uses the TTI Glock 34 Combat Master from JW2, while on horseback. In the desert. Epic.
Thompson Center Encore Deluxe Single-Shot Pistol
Wick's final shootout, and what becomes the last pistol of John Wick, comes in the form of an old-fashioned duel, he and his opponent both use a matching set of Thompson Center Encore Deluxe single-shot pistols as dueling guns.