Best gun movies - Page 2

k9870 · #11 06-01-2009, 07:35 PM

He dual wielded 870s, which as we all know is impossible. He also seems incapable of a 2 handed grip, at least shoulder the m14

Gunmaster45 · #12 06-01-2009, 07:49 PM

I've tried to do what he does with the 870s, and it is not that easy. First off, even the smoothest pump is very hard to cycle when you pin them under your armpits. Then you have to take into account how the ejecting shell would more than likely be blocked and jam up the action. Then when you try to swing them back up to the ready by twirling them by the trigger guard, the weight of the gun sets off the triggers. So he would only be capable of doing it if he flicked the safeties on, and you can see he didn't (at least, they probably cut it out for time constraints). So it is cool to watch but very tactically inefficient and not very easy to do in real life. But who cares? It's a movie.

When I saw The Rundown for the first time, I was like "Stop unloading the guns and tossing them away and just USE them!" but he's like "When I use guns, bad things happen to people." I rolled my eyes, believing this guy was going to be some pacifist brawler who someone would take on a million guys with his bare hands. I was relieved (actually, I was more like "HELL YEAH!") when he picks up the 870s and the rock music begins.

k9870 · #13 06-01-2009, 08:08 PM

Just try firing a single 870, one handed. It was brutal with light target birdshot loads. I can only imagine bickshot

Gunmaster45 · #14 06-01-2009, 08:15 PM

I have before.

I do it whenever I shoot a shotgun actually, I guess I just have a strong wrist. Keeping my pimp hand strong!

I remember I shot a Winchester Model 12 one handed once and destroyed a pumpkin with it. I also do it a lot with pistol gripped shotgun like my Cruiser. If you hold it wrong though with one hand you bruise your trigger finger pretty bad, since the trigger guard hits it hard on the recoil.

But for Dwayne, I can imagine it was all too easy without any recoil. That's funny that such a tough guy doesn't actually take the tough road. Reminds me of how Stallone's bow in the Rambo films was custom built with a wimpy 20lb draw weight. Beefcake!

k9870 · #15 06-01-2009, 08:19 PM

I only tried once, somehow i dont think my range safety officers would take kindly to firing my 12 ga one handed. I tried one handing my friends kimber but i got no stability so just used my 2 handed grip. I fired a winchester 94 one handed and can say thats worse than the remington, it is one of the ones with cheapo stocks. I remember you mentioning you prefer winchester to marlin. How does the finish on old winchesters hold up to new marlins? I must say I thought the finish on these winchesters sucked big time

Gunmaster45 · #16 06-01-2009, 08:26 PM

To be more precise, I love all Winchesters except the sloppy piece of crap Winchester 1894. The lever is all over the place and it isn't nearly as smooth as an 1892. I also like the 66 and 73 Winchesters, but they aren't smooth because the ones I own are from the friggin 1800s! Modern copies are pretty nice though.

I'd say Winchester's finish holds up pretty well as does Marlin's. They are both equally fine made guns, but I think Winchesters look nicer and the Winchester 1892 is probably the best lever action rifle ever made (which isn't a shock since John M. Browning designed it). But goddamn shirtmaker Oliver Winchester cheapened the production of the guns, which turned the well made 1894 into the POS I know and hate and made the 1892 only to descent standards.

k9870 · #17 06-01-2009, 08:27 PM

Where can you get an 1892? I love the Marlin, so I may just go with one eventually. The 1894c seems cool, if there was any pistol ammo on shelves.

Gunmaster45 · #18 06-01-2009, 08:40 PM

I'm not sure, all the ones my dad owns are originals. Winchester stopped producing them in the 1930s I believe (and Winchester made them the best), so I guess you can only get them from reproduction companies now. I doubt they have the same quality though. I saw this one gun by Puma that is a 92 Saddle Ring with a big lever loop like John Wayne's rifle.

k9870 · #19 06-01-2009, 08:52 PM

I just wish savge would bring back the model 99, accustock, accustrigger stainless. And someone could start making more 260 or 6.5x55 ammo.....

Or a quality wood stock. Way i see it is: Good weather wood, it looks nice.

Bad weather (maine snow) stainless/synthetic.

Gunmaster45 · #20 06-01-2009, 09:58 PM

I was never partial to the Savage 99. I thought the lever action felt clumsy and heavy. I prefer the Winchester Model 88, I always thought that was a superior lever gun.

I actually plan to add another gun to my zombie movie, an original Marlin (can't remember what date it is, maybe 1894?, but not the 94C) in .45-70. It is a really old gun but I figured every zombie movie needs a lever gun and why not make it a big one? It has a very large appearance and a long lever action so it looks even bigger than it is.