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To: Lost Dutchman
Hollywood is so clueless...

Don't get me started on Hollywood. (Actually, you did.)

One of my biggest gripes is the use of sound effect of 9mm brass hitting a concrete floor. Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle... They use it all the time, even when it's totally off the wall.

I remember when I had time to go to the movies. I was watching "Patriot Games", and after one bad guy shot the other, you could hear the tinkling of 7.62 (9mm) brass bouncing around on the sand. That took me so much by surprise that I blurted out "GMAFB", and was told to keep my opinions to myself.

Other gripes include the "click, click" sound of hundreds of safeties being removed (deafening, if it was AK47s), as opposed to the "old days" of everybody thumbing back the hammers of their SA and DA revolvers to show that they really meant business.

And what is probably a 100-year-old tradition in Hollywood, the "figure 8" view through binoculars. I think I only saw one movie where they got that right.

On the upside, this is what the left uses for weapons training.

6,108 posted on 09/21/2008 8:15:10 AM PDT by 300winmag (Deterrence is an activity, Destruction is a profession)
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To: Corin Stormhands; Ramius; JenB; RosieCotton; Overtaxed
I'm sure we've all wished we were in this situation:


6,109 posted on 09/21/2008 11:06:04 AM PDT by 300winmag (Deterrence is an activity, Destruction is a profession)
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To: 300winmag
as opposed to the "old days" of everybody thumbing back the hammers of their SA and DA revolvers to show that they really meant business.

Or pumping the shotgun or working the lever, etc. I love the pump shotgun ones. Where ever time they stick it in someones face they HAVE to pump it.

Now that I own a decent collection I really wince every time someone shouts 'drop the gun' and I see some nice piece hit the concrete. *shudder*
6,112 posted on 09/21/2008 7:37:50 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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