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VIDEOWhile Alec Baldwin was patting himself on the back for FINALLY complying with a search warrant for his cell phone, the set armorer made the shocking revelation that the actor REFUSED to attend a cross draw safety meeting.

Wonderful and informative discussion thread on the historically-accurate and varied guns in AMC's current tv series "The Son." For example: "....hello all I was the armorer on THE SON. The Lewis gun was Adopted buy Belgium in 1912 and the British soon after so its use in 1915 not a stretch. Eli's Pistol is a 1911 Colt 45 ACP, it is a true repo of a 1911 (Cimarron WILD BUNCH 1911) not a 1911 A1 which wasn't introduced till 1921 .. The extended 351cal 1907 WIN SLR mags are 10 rounders. In eps 5 Sally holds Pete's 1st Model Hand...

POL-E-CHARKI, Afghanistan, Jan. 7, 2008 – Eight Afghan National Army weapons specialists have graduated from the first Commando Armorer Training Program. An Afghan National Army commando weapons specialist attending the inaugural Commando Armorer Training Program demonstrates the proper procedures to clean, inspect and reassemble an M-240B machine gun. After graduating from the eight-week course, armorers are responsible for the complete inventory and maintenance of all special equipment assigned to their Commando Kandak. U.S. Army photo   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The eight-week course, conducted at the commando garrison here, taught students the unique aspects of commando special...