Posted on 08/22/2008 5:10:44 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5
As promised, movie guns and I might as well add television firearms. From Quigley, Down Under to Romeo and Juliet[!]. Who had the most recognizable firearm in the media? Who bought a gun just because it was in a movie? Which gun outshined the stars?
Almost did. The sunlight caught the returning BB just right and I ducked just in time. The BB hit my forehead.
Winchester 92 and he really does fire all those blanks. Special thanks to Sam Peckinpah for the series.
I’m torn between Lucas McCain’s Winchester and Mathew Quigley’s Sharps as the best known Media guns. I know John Wayne carried his personal 38-40 for his westerns but I can’t tell whether it was there for most of them.
Thank you.
You definitely know me by now.
The gun Vincent uses is a 1911A1 Auto Ordnance .45 ACP pistol that has been chromed and given pearl grips. Jules' gun is a Star Model B 9mm pistol that has been chromed and given pearl grips, too.
Bookmarked. Thanks.
Long as you don’t touch the red button.
I fell in love with Mila when I saw her trying to explain how she fell into the taxi. Check her out in a movie called “.45”. Lock the kids out of the house before viewing. Heck, lock the wife out too.
I think you’re safe as long as you don’t have that on a t-shirt and try to get on a plane.
I think Megatron is a cooler name though.
In one of his final columns, Jeff Cooper presented what he felt would be the next great marksmanship challenge which was 20 rounds in a 20" circle at 1000 yards in 60 seconds or less. I've always felt that would be the weapon in the hands of the person who did it.
"Butch (Bruce Willis) taunts Zed (Peter Greene) with the samurai sword and says, "You want that gun, don't you Zed? Go ahead and pick it up. I want you to pick it up." This is also said by Sheriff Chance (John Wayne) in Rio Bravo (1959)"
Ha! I knew that line sounded familiar!
What kind of rifle can do that?
No rifle can do that...it requires a combination of a rifle and a rifleman. In theory, there are any number of rifles capable of doing it; the crux of the problem is that more powerful cartridges capable of providing flatter trajectories that make it easier to hit a target at 1000 yds, will generally recoil heavily enough that they inhibit the ability to reacquire the target and fire for a sustained rate of one round every three seconds. To my knowledge, the feat has not yet been accomplished, but the challenge was issued by Jeff Cooper, who was amongst the most highly respected and accomplished gun writers, gun designers, and tactical trainers of the 20th century.
The Walther WA2000 I referenced in my previous post stands perhaps as good a chance of any rifle as being of the type used should the challenge ever be met...probably the biggest factor that would prevent it is the fact that so very few were ever made.
(I never link Wikipedia entries until I've had a chance to review them first. I've just approved this one. :-)
Zorg's The Fifth Element. My favourite!
It's light. Handle's adjustable for easy carrying, good for righties and lefties. Breaks down into four parts, undetectable by x-ray, ideal for quick, discreet interventions. A word on firepower. Titanium recharger, three thousand round clip with bursts of three to three hundred, and with the Replay button - another Zorg invention - it's even easier.
Ask me what the red button on the bottom is for....
Thanks for providing that stuff.
Would something like 30.06 be a good cartridge in terms of as little recoil as possible, with giving as flat a trajectory as possible?
Sexy for sure but if you had to ask what it cost you couldn’t afford it. A more functional long range weapon could be put together for just under a grand starting with the Savage heavy barreled rifle in one of the WSM calibers; I’d view the 270 WSM as the most interesting of those.
These are ten shot groups. The time is what will get you. You'd have to fire and recover in three seconds for each shot. It's not that a human being can't do it, but the 1,000 yard target is tiny, even in a 30 power scope. You have to find it after each shot. That's what makes it pretty much impossible.
Thanks, that’s interesting to say the least.
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