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Given the prevalence of flip phones over recent decades, a good argument can be made for the Star Trek TOS communicator. (Of course, crossing from prop to real to prop.)
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There was a pagan idol, built by MGM originally for THE PRODIGAL (1955), which later made an appearance in the remake of TARZAN THE APE MAN (1959), then finally, slightly modified, with the snake's head having become a shining crystal, in ATLANTIS THE LOST CONTINENT (1961).
I actually saw this idol in the U.S. pavilion, at Expo '67, in Montreal, as part of a display on Hollywood's influence on world culture. However, decades later, I saw a photo of what it looks like now, much faded and chipped, apparently in someone's backyard in, I believe, New Jersey.
Wonderful item, but much too unwieldy to fit in my living room.
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My only point about the Star Trek communicator is that it may have even inspired the flip phone (hey, William Shatner himself intimated this in the 25th anniversary Star Trek special way back in '91) - so it is at least the source of the meme or the platonic ideal of the concept. Once a prop becomes embedded and replicated throughout the culture, it's reuse is indisputable if variable.
Well, I've convinced myself, anyway. 
And, to respond more specifically to Metryq, a "prop" doesn't need to be distinctive to be a prop - any item held by a character in a film or tv show or stage play is a "prop" regardless of whether it is purpose-built or mass-produced. So, as you say, a revolver or rifle might very well qualify. What's wrong with that?
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Zooba's journalist hat
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What about the running gag of John Landis's See You Next Wednesday? That's popped up in a variety of his films, in one form or another.
Ah yes, good one. So, without Googling it, which movie does the quote originally come from?
If we're just answering from memory, I think it's a nostalgic nod to what Landis remembers as a slogan from the movie theaters of his youth. The new product would open on Wednesdays back then, so after the current feature ran, there might be a slide or a trailer reminding customers to come back and see the new one on opening day.
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