Yeah that's the piece i had in mind.. remembered it from an old Shooter's Bible. Thanks for the pic.
And as far as hollywood and guns go... accuracy never ever takes precident over what looks neat..
cases in point:
"portable" mini guns, underslung shotguns in predator...
454 casull blowing rat sized holes in BP vests in Alien Nation
44 mag "blow back" in dirty harry films
one handing full auto weapons accurately in the matrix, terminator, etc etc etc
but it does make for fun cinema...
In the case of "Nikita" the weapons are oversized because nikita (anne parriauld) is so slight.. I think it was done to emphasise the effect of Nikita's feminitinty, grace, lean lines in juxtaposition with big ugly menacing hand cannons and rifles. But hey I could be wrong.
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