Thankfully I was never that stupid.

First time I ever fired a .357 it was out of a Thompson Contender loaded with the sort of handloads you use for 150 yard siloette shooting. I was barely a boyscout so I was young and scrawny. I bent my elbows before pulling the trigger. three guesses as to what happened?

My dad grew up in Eastern Oregon. In those days it was more rural, and of course it was back in "those days" so he and his brothers all had rifles.
My uncle told me a story of them taking their .22's to a junkyard after a rain. There was a junked car with a dented in roof. He climbed up on top, stood with legs shoulder width apart, and fired his rifle into a puddle of water trapped in the divot.
The way he tells it, the bullet flatted out when it hit the water and put a very large hole in the rusty roof. No injuries though.

You mean like an "Extra"

Oh that Al, using all those "big words" ;) Actually I still use the words 'Extra' or 'background' or also 'deep background' because I don't automatically assume non-movie people would know all the abbreviations.

Like when I'm talking to a crowd of people I know are NOT in the biz, I don't say 'gaffer' unless I follow up with a brief explanation of what that position does. But sometimes I mess with the 'folks' and say "Oh that's the person who GAFFS" and leave it at that ... (leaving them even MORE confused LOL) ;)

But the term Background Performer is used MOST by the strict union types, since SAG, AFTRA, DGA, etc. all very strictly define "Principal Performer" and "Background Performer" via contracts. Who they are, what they are allowed to do, how much they get paid, etc.

But I still am careful of how loose I am with industry Abbreviations. I don't use D.P. (director of photography) alone as much (uh there are just too many guys who surf for PORN who assume it's the 'other' DP).

I don't use A.D. unless I'm saying First AD, Second AD, because some folks will still think I'm saying Accidental Discharge (some folks use Negligent Discharge, same thing).

Again, depends on the SET you're standing on. If you're surrounded by industry pros, they should KNOW what you're talking about. If you're addressing a bunch of set visitors who don't work in the industry, then I expand my lexicon :D

Actually, negligence is never an accident. An accident is something like a gun that malfuctions. Like a shotgun that slam fires when you load the chamber even when no pressing trigger and safety on. Negligence is stupidity.

but what is a gaffer and the othe type of DP?

A little Anal retentive aren't we? The only real time you'd ever actually argue the fineries of that point is in a court of law and even then, an accident may be negligence or vice versa.

Well, its like when i cruise gun forums one guy had a stoeger fire off a barrel when closing the action due to loose firing pin. Accident.

Somebody puts their finger on the trigger of a hunting rifle and shoots himself in the leg in the woods during hunting season in my state. Being a dumbass which is negligence.

There is a difference, nd multi page debates are waged on it a lot. Dont worry, im not gonna do that. Just making the point that somebody who has an accident isnt necessarily negligent. Somebody who does something stupid wasnt doing it by accident.

What's the weirdest modification you've had to make to a gun?

I grabbed a semi auto FN FAL when I needed a full auto, so I used a toothpick and all was fine.

Huh? a toothpick to go full auto?

i want double what you're smoking

He's not making a joke about the toothpick part. There are a few firearms that can be "converted to a machinegun" with as little as a toothpick in the right spot or even just reversing a part in the weapon.

I'm not going to say what weapons or how because with the way the BATF is run even a shoelace has been called an "illegal Machinegun".

From what I've read just the removal or wearing out of the disconnector spring on an AR-15 can cause fully-automatic firing.

Good thing you're in Canada, because that's a FELONY in the U.S. :eek: What happens in Canada, STAYS in Canada.... ;)

Not full-auto, exactly, but discharge of two rounds with one pull of the trigger. If this happens, then by BATF's definition, you are now in possession of an illegal machine gun.

I only we went by the Texas penal code, regarding fully automatic weapons

Texas used to have a rogue ATF agent named Aguilar I think, back in the 1980s. He used to have the 'bump fire' technique perfected before anyone knew what it was. He delighted in 'getting and arresting' AR-15 owners who had shot their rifles so much that the internal parts were worn. He managed to 'bump fire' a number of guns and 'Presto', numerous innocent gun owners were sent to prison (and lost all their guns) because they had an illegal machine gun. Aguilar even boasted regarding the number of people he had sent to prison, due primarily to his particular skill in 'bump firing' to get a conviction. Anyone who delights in 'twisting the system' to get wrongful convictions doesn't deserve the badge.... :mad:

I'm suprised someone didn't pop him and bury him in their back pasture

He got a commendation and eventually retired on a full government pension.

Bastard...

I guess he was smart enough to not go into the backwoods and mess with people

No one can buy FN FAL anymore as it's a prohib, also it looks very scary to the libs. ;)

Question: How do you decide who gets what gun? I don't mean in cases where the answer is obvious (soldiers getting guns appropriate to time and place), but how do you decide which gun to put in the hands of Terrorist #6 or Gang Banger #3? If the characters go hunting do you just pass out Remington 700's because that's what you have or does more thought go into it? How much say does the director have? How many directors even care if their vigilante housewife/bus driver/boy scout protagonist even uses a specific Ruger/S&W/Beretta and just pick something at random?