Han Solo’s Episode VI blaster up for grabs (VIDEO)

By Chris Eger

The prop is one of three constructed for Ford to use in the film and has been in a private collection for 35 years (Photo: Julien’s Auction)
One of the most iconic film weapons of all time is headed to auction, aimed at scruffy-looking nerf herder fans everywhere.
Han Solo’s class BlasTech DL-44 blaster burst on the scene in the original entry to the Star Wars cinematic universe in 1977 and was a construct of a live-fire Mauser C96 “Broomhandle” pistol heavily modified by the English propmasters at Bapty & Co. for the film.
While that original gun isn’t for sale, Julien’s Auctions has one of its follow-on versions that was made for 1983’s Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, for use by Harrison Ford, who played Solo.
If you have $300,000 in the couch cushions, you can take a stab at this bad boy. (Photo: Julien’s Auction)
“One of four Han Solo blasters made for and used in Return of the Jedi, the production had used one hero ‘practical’ version and three hero ‘non-firing’ versions. Julien’s Auctions Hollywood Legends auction event will offer one of those three hero ‘non-firing’ movie prop weapons made for and used in the film,” says the

Source: Guns.com