Best gun moment in cinema history

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
"Marlboro: You know, that gun costs about two dollars every time you fire it. That's two bucks a bullet.
Harley Davidson: Well how many'd I hit?
Marlboro: You spent twelve dollars and didn't hit a goddamn thing. I nailed one and it cost about four and a quarter."
 
In Pulp Fiction when the kid empties his gun at Travolta and Samuel Jackson and misses.

In Gran Torino when Clint pulls his 1911 on the punks picking on his neighbor.

The hotel gunfight with Steve McQueen in The Getaway.

The OK coral gunfight in Tombstone with Kurt Russell.

In Boondock Saints 2 when they shoot up the warehouse with the drug dealers. The Mexican driving the forklift and firing his .25 is hysterical.

One of my all time favorites is the gunfight in Open Range.
 
Clint Eastwood in Outlaw Josey Wales. Actually no shot was fired. It was the best depection of a Missouri Border Raider ever presented in a movie.

Just before he stabs Cpt Redlegs, he pulls out multiple pistols and all are empty. Most of the raiders carried multiple pistols. Generally, they had two on the pommel of their saddle, two in belt holsters, a couple of belly guns and a couple of hide out guns. One of Col Anderson's men was found with 32 or 36 pistols on his person and horse.

PS. One of my great grandfathers "road up to Lawrence to make things right" with Col. Anderson.

An intense hatred existed toward Kansas Senator Jim Lang and his Kansas Redlegs in the little Missouri town were I went to grade school in the late 50s and early 60s.
 
Stevie-Ray said:
This was always my favorite, from The Long Riders.
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Considering the townspeople were shooting rifles and shooting from cover/concealment, with fixed objects they could use as rests, they sure missed a lot of easy shots ...
 
Indiana Jones shooting the swordsman in Raiders of the Lost Ark
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That's made even better by the impromptu script change. Indy was originally meant to fight the guy with the sword, but Harrison Ford came down with a stomach bug and wasn't up to exertion. Instead, he came up with an alternative, which is what we all know and love now.

Also, Han shooting first.
 
I really really liked the final scene of "Unforgiven" (4 oscars)

**ZXCVBOB,

There's a Clint Eastwood movie from a long time ago where someone is shooting at him the cliffs high above. Clint's character is ignoring the gunfire all around him and adjusting the scope on his rifle. Eventually takes one or maybe two shots and drops the guy. (what was that, "Joe Kidd"?)

Also, John Wayne in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". The whole movie was based on that shot (which was basically an ambush)
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Yes, that was Joe Kidd and clint shot the man who was stunned he was hit from that distance. that is one of the best 'longshots' I have seen in movies...the newer true grit with matt damon's longshot was a great scene too(2011)
 
The scene in The Patriot where Mel Gibson hands his sons guns and they go out to take care of the English who had killed his son. IMHO, that scene tells us that guns are sometimes necessary to use in the protection of freedom against tyrrany. The liberal lefties in Hollywood did not like that scene. I'm surprised it was allowed to stay in the movie.
 
The scene in The Patriot where Mel Gibson hands his sons guns and they go out to take care of the English who had killed his son. IMHO, that scene tells us that guns are sometimes necessary to use in the protection of freedom against tyrrany. The liberal lefties in Hollywood did not like that scene. I'm surprised it was allowed to stay in the movie.
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I love that scene. It's so fast paced, and brutal. No sugar coating war with that one...
 
The scene in boondock saints

Either the one where they are getting weapons/ammo and one of them says "well chalrie branson always has a rope" or when they fall through the air duct "oh ya, when are we gonna need a freakin roope" if you havens seen it then you MUST
 
To go along with Captain Stuart,

the best firearms scene in entertainment is the segment of Hunter's "Pale Horse Coming" in which the greats of the firearms community, namely thinnly concealed versions of Ed McGivern, Elmer Kieth, Jack O'Connor, Bill Jordan, and Charlie Askins load thier revovlers.
 
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