Goofy Movie Gun Lines?
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1. How about all the movies where we must see close-ups of slides being racked before going into battle or killing someone? Wouldn't it have been wiser to take care of that beforehand? In a few movies, I've actually seen them racking the slides more then once before the fight just in case we didn't think it was cool enough the first time, which in reality would have just ejected the unfired shell.
2. How about guns being fired inside of enclosed vehicles without the slightest flinching or concern about hearing damage?
3. How about lever-action rifles and other gun types being used in certain Westerns many years before they were ever invented? Or the people in Westerns shooting their revolvers in a forward, throwing motion, as if doing that will somehow make the bullet come out harder?
4. How about the double-barreled shotgun that can fire the mysterious, third shot?
5. How about a hit from a .357mag sending some poor hapless soul 15 feet clear across and into a swimming pool?
6. How about the guys with the two 1911's in his hands who can always hit spot-on while doing amazing acrobatics in the air or rolling along the ground?
7. How about that episode of Columbo (or was it Cannon?), where he takes out a helicopter with his .38spl snubbie?
Yes, Hollyweird is really quite sad. The best thing we can do is to turn off the TV and go out and shoot some more!
2. How about guns being fired inside of enclosed vehicles without the slightest flinching or concern about hearing damage?
3. How about lever-action rifles and other gun types being used in certain Westerns many years before they were ever invented? Or the people in Westerns shooting their revolvers in a forward, throwing motion, as if doing that will somehow make the bullet come out harder?
4. How about the double-barreled shotgun that can fire the mysterious, third shot?
5. How about a hit from a .357mag sending some poor hapless soul 15 feet clear across and into a swimming pool?
6. How about the guys with the two 1911's in his hands who can always hit spot-on while doing amazing acrobatics in the air or rolling along the ground?
7. How about that episode of Columbo (or was it Cannon?), where he takes out a helicopter with his .38spl snubbie?
Yes, Hollyweird is really quite sad. The best thing we can do is to turn off the TV and go out and shoot some more!
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dakota.potts
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There was a scene in a Bond movie (not sure which one) where Bond has what appears to be a Walther sniper rifle. I think it's this one: http://www.jamesbond-shop.com/Timothy_James_bond.jpg
He racks the bolt no less than 3 times, perhaps 4, before using it.
He racks the bolt no less than 3 times, perhaps 4, before using it.
Not really a "line" but -
Dan Matthews used to shoot a lot of locked door knobs off with his snub nose in "Highway Patrol". 21-50 bye...
And this one strays from guns a bit, sorry - Matthews was in a helicopter chasing a bad guy on the ground. He talked to dispatch or whoever on his Shure hand mic, then because of the helo noise, put the mic up to his ear so he could hear the reply.
Sgt Lumpy
Dan Matthews used to shoot a lot of locked door knobs off with his snub nose in "Highway Patrol". 21-50 bye...
And this one strays from guns a bit, sorry - Matthews was in a helicopter chasing a bad guy on the ground. He talked to dispatch or whoever on his Shure hand mic, then because of the helo noise, put the mic up to his ear so he could hear the reply.
Sgt Lumpy
dakota.potts
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That one made me laugh.
However, as a musician, I hear that speakers can be used as microphones and vice versa. I don't remember exactly how but I seem to remember it was a cool engineering trick. The Beatles might have used a 4X10" speaker cabinet and rewired one of the 10" speakers to act as a microphone.
In this case, probably not what happened, but you never know.
However, as a musician, I hear that speakers can be used as microphones and vice versa. I don't remember exactly how but I seem to remember it was a cool engineering trick. The Beatles might have used a 4X10" speaker cabinet and rewired one of the 10" speakers to act as a microphone.
In this case, probably not what happened, but you never know.
Just a detail...
In all fairness, when the aforementioned geologist shot the lump on the bed six times, the pistol slide locked open. However many rounds it might hold in theory, it was empty. Of course, that didn't prevent the geologist from pointing the pistol at Bond and dropping the hammer on an empty chamber. (Slide now closed again.)
One of the other great goofy gun lines was in the movie "Man With the Golden Gun", after Scarmanga challenges Bond to a shoot out wherein Scaramanga would use his custom built (by Colibri, the cigarette lighter people) single shot pistol against Bond with his PPK, Bond replies, "My six bullets against your one?"
I suppose everyone knows all handguns hold six rounds, right?
Oh. In the book, the Man With the Golden Gun, Paco Scaramanga carried a gold plated Colt Single Action Army in .45 Colt. (Gold plating has been used on handguns as a non-tarnishing finish, back before some of the modern finishes.) For some reason, a gold plated SAA wasn't 'sexy' enough. I still shake my head about that.
Wogpotter said:
In all fairness, when the aforementioned geologist shot the lump on the bed six times, the pistol slide locked open. However many rounds it might hold in theory, it was empty. Of course, that didn't prevent the geologist from pointing the pistol at Bond and dropping the hammer on an empty chamber. (Slide now closed again.)
One of the other great goofy gun lines was in the movie "Man With the Golden Gun", after Scarmanga challenges Bond to a shoot out wherein Scaramanga would use his custom built (by Colibri, the cigarette lighter people) single shot pistol against Bond with his PPK, Bond replies, "My six bullets against your one?"
I suppose everyone knows all handguns hold six rounds, right?
Oh. In the book, the Man With the Golden Gun, Paco Scaramanga carried a gold plated Colt Single Action Army in .45 Colt. (Gold plating has been used on handguns as a non-tarnishing finish, back before some of the modern finishes.) For some reason, a gold plated SAA wasn't 'sexy' enough. I still shake my head about that.
Bentonville
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I don't think this has been mentioned yet on this thread. In the Trail of the Pink Panther, this scene took place.
Taxi Driver: Lady, the gun he showed me was a .38 Magnum.
Marie Jouvet: I don't know anything about guns.
Taxi Driver: Well, that gun makes enormous holes in things. I had a choice of kidnapping you, and getting shot with that gun. And to be perfectly frank, I would look terrible and feel worse with an enormous hole in me."
Taxi Driver: Lady, the gun he showed me was a .38 Magnum.
Marie Jouvet: I don't know anything about guns.
Taxi Driver: Well, that gun makes enormous holes in things. I had a choice of kidnapping you, and getting shot with that gun. And to be perfectly frank, I would look terrible and feel worse with an enormous hole in me."
Aguila Blanca
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Dan Matthews? Highway Patrol?SgtLumpy said:
The Highway Patrol I remember from when I was a kid starred Broderick Crawford. Was the show revived somewhere along the way with a different protagonist?
N'mind. Just looked it up -- Dan Mathews was his screen name.
Machineguntony
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I was watching a reality show, i dont remember the name of the show, where these gun brokers/auctioneers were putting up a rare Winchester 1 of 1000 for auction. They call in an expert to verify the authenticity, and the expert says there are some strange things about the gun, and the expert can't verify that it's fake, but just says he has a weird feeling that something is off.
The auctioneer does all huffy and does some research and finds the exact gun in an old catalog and proclaims, 'it's real!'. I'm watching this show (which is supposedly a reality show based on reality), and I'm thinking, wow I'm never buying any collectibles from these guys.
Anyways, the expert comes back and the owner/auctioneer shows the expert the 1 of 1000 that was authenticated in this catalog many years back with the same serial number in the old catalog.
Several days later, a caller, who found out about the auction, calls and says that he has the actual 1 of 1000, and that the gun in the catalog is a replica of his gun, and that the replica had been used by catalogs to promote their catalogs. They verify the callers story (I think by going to examine the actual gun) and the expert finally detemines that the gun that was in the auctioneer's possession, which was soon to be auctioned for 5 or six figures (I forget how much exactly) and AUTHENTICATED as genuine, was a replica of the original gun.
Imagine if the buyer at auction bought this gun, and the replica was sold as authentic at the auctioneers insistence. Wow.
Apparently the replica was a famous doppelgänger of the original gun, right down to the serial number. The problem? The doppelgänger was famous for being a good fake, but it was worth something like 1/10th of the originals value.
Did anyone ever see this show or episode? I would like to find it on YouTube or something.
The auctioneer does all huffy and does some research and finds the exact gun in an old catalog and proclaims, 'it's real!'. I'm watching this show (which is supposedly a reality show based on reality), and I'm thinking, wow I'm never buying any collectibles from these guys.
Anyways, the expert comes back and the owner/auctioneer shows the expert the 1 of 1000 that was authenticated in this catalog many years back with the same serial number in the old catalog.
Several days later, a caller, who found out about the auction, calls and says that he has the actual 1 of 1000, and that the gun in the catalog is a replica of his gun, and that the replica had been used by catalogs to promote their catalogs. They verify the callers story (I think by going to examine the actual gun) and the expert finally detemines that the gun that was in the auctioneer's possession, which was soon to be auctioned for 5 or six figures (I forget how much exactly) and AUTHENTICATED as genuine, was a replica of the original gun.
Imagine if the buyer at auction bought this gun, and the replica was sold as authentic at the auctioneers insistence. Wow.
Apparently the replica was a famous doppelgänger of the original gun, right down to the serial number. The problem? The doppelgänger was famous for being a good fake, but it was worth something like 1/10th of the originals value.
Did anyone ever see this show or episode? I would like to find it on YouTube or something.
Machineguntony
Watched that show and was impressed by lack of bleeps, hyperbole, hammy dramatization, cheesy background music, and other common low-value features of "reality" programming. Seems the show did not last very long because it lacked these features. Sorry, cannot recall the name of the show nor the channel.
Watched that show and was impressed by lack of bleeps, hyperbole, hammy dramatization, cheesy background music, and other common low-value features of "reality" programming. Seems the show did not last very long because it lacked these features. Sorry, cannot recall the name of the show nor the channel.
Machineguntony
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Tuzo, I agree with you. I liked the show, although it was the only episode that I saw. It was very interesting. I just a little wary when I saw the auctioneer be so eager about declaring or "proving" that the 1of1000 was genuine, when its well known among collectors that 1of1000s have plenty of well made fakes (Last night I last looked up auction prices and saw that they go for $50,000 to $450,000...eeek).
I remember one of the guns they auctioned on the show was a 454 Casull, as a very collectible gun. I nearly dropped my jaw so low it hit the floor. I used to own a 454 Casull, and I bought it brand new like 15 years ago. I never thought a NEW gun that I bought in my lifetime would be called a "collectible".
Btw, I thought the Casull was crap. It was so not fun to shoot and handle.
I remember one of the guns they auctioned on the show was a 454 Casull, as a very collectible gun. I nearly dropped my jaw so low it hit the floor. I used to own a 454 Casull, and I bought it brand new like 15 years ago. I never thought a NEW gun that I bought in my lifetime would be called a "collectible".
Btw, I thought the Casull was crap. It was so not fun to shoot and handle.
Machineguntony
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Oh, and my favorite goofy movie gun quote comes from Dirty Harry:
"this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and will blow you head clean off"
I so loved this line and I bought a Colt Anaconda because of this line.
Gosh I miss my Colt Grizzly, Python, Anaconda, King Cobra. Sold em many years ago to finance grad school. I'm sure someone is enjoying them.
"this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and will blow you head clean off"
I so loved this line and I bought a Colt Anaconda because of this line.
Gosh I miss my Colt Grizzly, Python, Anaconda, King Cobra. Sold em many years ago to finance grad school. I'm sure someone is enjoying them.
Machineguntony
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Bart,
The Colt Grizzly was a .357 Magnum. It was a special version of the King Cobra that had two differences (as far as I know or could see): It had the three cuts on the sight line, like the Anaconda, and it had a smooth cylinder, all the way around. It was just a gorgeous gun. For some reason, Colt decided not to name the Grizzly after a snake theme.
The action was exactly like a King Cobra, because it was a King Cobra. It didn't have the buttery trigger of the Python.
I had them all in the 6 inch barrel version. It's sad because I tried a search online, and I think Colt has discontinued all the snake themed revolvers.
I really wish they would bring back the Python. That gun was my favorite revolver ever, and the best revolver ever made in the history of all mankind and in the history of the universe.
And finally, just the names and themes that Colt chose for all their revolvers is just soooooo bad ass. I mean...a King Cobra and an Anaconda...come on now. That's just too awesome.
The Colt Grizzly was a .357 Magnum. It was a special version of the King Cobra that had two differences (as far as I know or could see): It had the three cuts on the sight line, like the Anaconda, and it had a smooth cylinder, all the way around. It was just a gorgeous gun. For some reason, Colt decided not to name the Grizzly after a snake theme.
The action was exactly like a King Cobra, because it was a King Cobra. It didn't have the buttery trigger of the Python.
I had them all in the 6 inch barrel version. It's sad because I tried a search online, and I think Colt has discontinued all the snake themed revolvers.
I really wish they would bring back the Python. That gun was my favorite revolver ever, and the best revolver ever made in the history of all mankind and in the history of the universe.
And finally, just the names and themes that Colt chose for all their revolvers is just soooooo bad ass. I mean...a King Cobra and an Anaconda...come on now. That's just too awesome.