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STORIES from the armory world....
I got a call from a movie art director. The story supposedly takes place in the late 1950s.
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Nearly every week I get a voicemail or email like this: Quote:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I love it when a low budget production enlists the aid of an active duty COP to be their weapons advisor. Sorry but COPS are not movie armorers. Their knowledge base is really deficient when it comes to movie making. I had a detective ask me the following: Quote:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I get a call from a low budget film production and they want to rent some firearms and they want full flash from the muzzle like in other movies. I give them a quote and note that many of the live firing weapons they need requires a licensed handler on set, I can't just hand them off to them and say "Have a nice day". I get a call back from them later which usually goes like this: Quote:
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Can you mention the 1959 film with the Xd's name? i just HAVE to see that.
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WOW those are some great stories. The one asking you to ship them the guns is the best. Do low budget films often try to use a cop for the weapons advisor or on-set armorer?
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In fact right now, I am providing some M16A2 barreled uppers to a police department (to use on their own lower receivers) and sell them full flash blanks for some sort of training video. They can't figure out why their weak Milspec 5.56mm blanks don't appear in bright sunlight or why the blanks don't cycle the actions....... |
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Seriously guys. I cannot make this stuff up......
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So like once a week or month you're going to tell us some new ones?
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Ever notice how some of the best coaches in various sports were just average when they were playing the sport? It's rarer for naturals to be good teachers. Because it comes naturally to them. I am not a natural athlete and my skill and knowledge has developed over many years. I understand this and have also learned to seek info from folks who know their respective business. For example MPM 2008. I've seen the same thing with guys in the elite military units (SEALS, SF ect). Very good with what they use and excellent athletes, but that doesn't necessarily make them gun buffs. Last edited by Jcordell; 01-25-2011 at 09:36 PM. |
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Grab your popcorn…..
A director wanted a M4 with full flash to shoot at the back of the head of the lead actor from 3 ft. Did a show in Morocco and had 250 guys shooting all over the place, we had concerns of ND's (negligent discharge) with the BG. We had ND's courteous of the stunt department, the best one was a PKM went off inside a pickup truck with 6 stunt guys. When we deploy the .50's, people think it's as loud as a 9mm. When it goes off I get all giddy like a little school girl and watch their reactions. After firing people coming running up to me all orgasmic like and tell me how that was amazing. People who complain that the guns are loud and that we should use a more quite one, usually hair and make up types. As a stunt performer, I was playing a soldier and had to dump 4 mags out of the M4 on the move with a whole lot of pyro going off around me, make a transition to a pistol and do 2 mag changes, also I had cast running around me like cats who just sat on a pack of alcohol wipes. The director thought I looked nothing like the movies he mentioned and instructed me what I should do, the stunt co ordinator jumped in and pulled the director aside and told him that I was a 20 yr vet and a film armorer. I have more but I'm tired…. |
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As soon as I read these, I started thinking about a quote from some famous guy regarding the universe and stupidity and which is infinite.
And Jesus Christ...if my local PD had cops who were as stupid as the ones you've dealt with, I'd want them fired ASAP. Of course he can't. For the same reason he posts anonymously.
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Tell us when it comes out, some things are stupid enough to bother watching...
As to a cop automatically being able to be a gun expert....I saw a news photo of a NYPD officer strolling around with his finger wrapped around the trigger of his ar-15.
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