Posted on 02/12/2015 7:16:16 AM PST by C19fan
Yeah, I looked it up after some others answered me, it was that episode. Here’s the fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCamCYip2t4
I think the fact that they were fighting like gladiators, and the other episode with the Romans just got confused in my childhood memories, cuz all I knew about gladiators back then was that they were Roman :)
“Mirror Mirror” was no sleazebag episode either, especially the closing monologue by Kirk - he was in FULL FORM there.
The “futuristic” weapons in “Escape from New York” are especially stupid....M-16’s without handguards.
RE Futuristic:
Well... I’m old school. I still like a battle rifle to be made out of wood and steel. First rifle I ever shot was my Uncle’s Garand, and I couldn’t WAIT to be old enough to buy one.
And it WAS the first rifle I ever bought. And it’s cousin, the M14/M1A, is one of my all-time favorites (got one of those too.)
I absolutely love WWII battle rifles, and I’ve put rounds through just about every example of them out there - EXCEPT an M1941 Johnson... I’d really like to get one of those someday.
Imagine what a modern bullpup-style polymer-puppy like an FN P90 or a FAMAS would look like to a GI in 1944... “Buck Rogers Gun!” he’d say...
But functionally identical, just in a smaller, more compact package.
Any experience with the shorter M1A variants...Scout, SOCOM or SOCOM II?
“..Any experience with the shorter M1A variants...Scout, SOCOM or SOCOM II?...”
I’ve shot the 16 inch barreled SOCOM 16 version with the compensator on it. It’s sweet. My buddy has one. The muzzle compensator helps A LOT... it’s very controllable, not a lot of muzzle rise, and packs a punch.
Mine is the M1A Loaded Series version with National Match trigger. It’s a .30 caliber tack driver.
“...with an exposed gas tube....”
it just looks... ridiculous...
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