2006/10/27

Misc. Friday Ramblings...



Friday FIREPOWER!
  • Mozambique...in Miami Vice.
    The shooter was an IPSC Grandmaster (see the classification system here) and was a consultant on the show. Here he got a bit part as an assassin. For the pistol shooting at the end the director told him, "Don't worry about making it look fast. We'll take care of that when we edit it." Apparently the director had never seen a real shooter draw and shoot. Needless to say they didn't need to do any editing to make it look faster. Another thing Guy said was that the script didn't say what to do with the gun afterward and he didn't realize it until the shooting was over. So what happens is the shooter double taps the other guy looks down, realizes he has a "stove pipe" failure, clears the gun and puts it on the chest of the victim as he walks away. The crew was so slack jawed over the display of speed they just kept filming even though that wasn't part of the scene.

    Notice, three shots. Also, there wasn't a stovepipe at all. The gun is in battery. What he did was unload and show clear...probably out of habit.

  • Shooting skeet with cars.
    We need a bigger gun....and more cars!

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