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Ruger22
Out of curiousity, you see so many firearms portrayed in films inaccuratly and with the general political stance of the Hollywood elite being vehemently anti 2nd ammendment, do they even bother any more to get it right?, or do they just lump guns as guns, and could care less, since the public could care less, since they are already brainwashed by the UN dominated, global thinking establishment.
The biggest myth is that you rarely see guns jam in movies and everybody always has unlimited ammo and rarely reloads. This is what bothers me even more than historical anachronisms and guns being in periods they don't even belong in historically.
I would appreciate your feedback.

Brian Ostro.
I am committed to the sovereignty of our great Republic and Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour
member: NRA, John Birch Society, American Numismatic Association, United States Chess Federation.
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  • bambihunter
    I think the ones based in history have guys hired to help portray it as the real thing. I can think of "We were soldiers" where they leased or purchased vintage guns, the problem was that the version supposedly used at that stage in VietNam were all updated to the A1 specs (if memory serves), but they still supposedly spent a LOT of money to try to get the guns most closely accurate as they could.
    It always cracks me up when guns are obviously out of ammo - Judgement Night comes to mind here. In that movie The main character (sheen or esteves - I can't ever keep them straight) is shooting a desert eagle and he lunges to one side while firing. In mid-leap, the gun obviously catches the slide-hold-back feature, but some how he still shoots a couple more rounds before hitting the floor. However, the next scene he did grab a magazine and reload.

    I don't think everyone in Hollyweird is out to portray guns as evil, but I do think the percentage is higher that way than pro-gun.

    I recently watched the movie Swat (big POS by the way). They had numberous guns in there, and supposedly added the "accurately portrayed N. Hollywood shootout" to it (comments by the creators on the DVD) and yet they had the guys getting killed inside the building, they got killed outside on the street. Also, one movie clip where the cops got killed transporting the guy mentioned specifically an AK-47, yet the scene they were referring to had only pistols and a small SMP.
    I sure rented some hidden anti-gun drivel over the weekend... (also "the hunted")

    It matters not how many times you've been knocked down. What matters is how many times you've gotten back up.
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  • Ruger22
    I have yet to see SWAT. Should be interesting to see how they convert an Kalashnikov to a pistol[:p].

    Brian Ostro.
    I am committed to the sovereignty of our great Republic and Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour
    member: NRA, John Birch Society, American Numismatic Association, United States Chess Federation.
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  • Der Gebirgsjager
    Sometimes they seem to knock themselves out to be accurate. Among the best lately was "Rough Riders" where the Spanish American War vintage arms were really good; Krags, 1895 Winchesters, 1893 Spanish Mausers, Colt "Potato Digger" machine guns, etc. I think one of the absolute worst was "The Blue Max" where all of the W.W.I German soldiers were armed with W.W.II British No.4 Mk.1 Lee Enfield rifles![:D]
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  • mpolans
    Quigley Down Under turned out pretty good.
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  • idsman75
    I saw "The Hunted" in the theaters and purchased it this evening on DVD. It was an excellent movie and they actually hired one of the top trackers in the world to lend credibility to the tracking and survival aspects of the movie. An excellent action movie all around with some great hand-to-hand and knife-fighting scenes.

    Does anyone know about those scopes that the hunters had at the beginning of "The Hunted"? They seemd rather large and unwieldy. The lenses seemed covered with a lense cap with a tiny hole in the center probably smaller than the size of a dime. One of the characters in the movie mentioned something about the sophistication of their optics. I think that they used some weird spotting type scope with a lense cap and mounted it on the rifles just to exaggerate the fact that they were using some kind of "advanced" technology.
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  • CS8161
    I don't know who they talk to for advice when you see the actor holding the pistol sideways, Ghetto Style, or when they are searching a building with the firearm pointed straight up in the air. That always makes me laugh! They probably consult Snoop Doggy Dog!

    Chris8161
    Admit nothing, deny everything, demand proof!
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  • bobski
    geesh i hate to pee on the thread, but this really isnt a techno querry. please reconsider the general discussion room for these topics and keep the 'experts room' techno. thanks!
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