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Re: The American
« Reply #25 on: September 07, 2010, 01:52:02 AM »
Quote from: lee n. field on September 06, 2010, 05:47:56 PM
At least it's a Ranch Rifle, and not one of those bastard clunky aftermarket scope mounts on a standard Mini.

I don't think it is.  I own a ranch rifle and mounted a 1-3x scope on it; it doesn't look anything like that.  It looks more like a side mount.

Actually, looking at it up close, it looks like it IS a ranch rifle, but they used a side mount on it anyway.  [barf]
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Re: The American
« Reply #26 on: September 07, 2010, 02:05:02 AM »
Quote from: brimic on September 06, 2010, 11:30:37 PM
What's that thing above the trigger supposed to be? Da switch?

Nope.  Not da switch. The switch on an AC556 is on the top rear of the receiver, mounted just behind the slide assembly rail.  See here: http://www.gunsusa.biz/rental_pix/original/ac556.jpg

I have no idea what that thing is...
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Re: The American
« Reply #27 on: September 07, 2010, 05:35:25 AM »
Quote from: nico on September 06, 2010, 09:17:35 PM
Terry Crews with his incendiary shotgun shells in the AA12 was much more believable than a Mini 14 sniper rifle  [ar15].  I saw the Expendables today and was a little disappointed that he didn't get more camera time.   

I thought the same thing about Jet Li and Randy Couture...in fact, the movie would have been a lot better without Stallone....

....but my inner fanboy was giddy to see the Li/Lundgren and Couture/Austin fights....pure glee....  [popcorn] =D [popcorn]
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Re: The American
« Reply #28 on: September 07, 2010, 10:07:18 AM »
The actress will look much better with the shiner on her scope eye.
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Re: The American
« Reply #29 on: September 07, 2010, 11:00:08 AM »
Ah, there's more to that scope than you think. =D

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As for The Expendables they can be thankful that Jason Statham was in it.  He stole the picture, easily.
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Re: The American
« Reply #30 on: September 07, 2010, 11:19:47 AM »
Quote from: longeyes on September 07, 2010, 11:00:08 AM


As for The Expendables they can be thankful that Jason Statham was in it.  He stole the picture, easily.

Yes.
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Re: The American
« Reply #31 on: September 07, 2010, 12:17:17 PM »
Anyone else think Jet Li was totally wasted in that picture?
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Re: The American
« Reply #32 on: September 07, 2010, 04:25:52 PM »
My dad saw "the American" last week

he said clooney was modding .308 rounds for this rifle by drill pressing a pocket in the filed tip
and filling them with....

MERCURY!
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Re: The American
« Reply #33 on: September 07, 2010, 08:35:41 PM »
Quote from: Harold Tuttle on September 07, 2010, 04:25:52 PM

he said clooney was modding .308 rounds for this rifle by drill pressing a pocket in the filed tip
and filling them with....

MERCURY!

Guess he ran out of detcord....  =|
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Re: The American
« Reply #34 on: September 07, 2010, 08:44:01 PM »
FMJ filled with detcord :O are you trying to bring forth the 12th imam. [tinfoil]
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Re: The American
« Reply #35 on: September 07, 2010, 11:34:49 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on September 06, 2010, 06:17:35 PM
Kinda sad that someone has visions of a Mini-14 sniper rifle....  ;/
I wonder if the firearms advisor picked an M1A as a custom sniper rifle and the director decided it was too large and cumbersome for the actors/actresses.
"Hey Gun dude, you got anything like this only smaller?"
"Well ..."

Drilled the tips and filled 'em with mercury, eh?  Did he leave jackets in the bore?
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Re: The American
« Reply #36 on: September 07, 2010, 11:47:09 PM »
Quote from: Harold Tuttle on September 07, 2010, 04:25:52 PM
My dad saw "the American" last week

he said clooney was modding .308 rounds for this rifle by drill pressing a pocket in the filed tip
and filling them with....

MERCURY!

Brilliant!  So if he shoots someone with it, they'll instantly die of mercury poisoning. . . oh wait ???
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Re: The American
« Reply #37 on: September 07, 2010, 11:54:28 PM »
Quote from: Harold Tuttle on September 07, 2010, 04:25:52 PM
My dad saw "the American" last week

he said clooney was modding .308 rounds for this rifle by drill pressing a pocket in the filed tip
and filling them with....

MERCURY!
Reading Forsyth, I guess. Was this movie a remake of The Jackal?
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Re: The American
« Reply #38 on: September 08, 2010, 10:42:03 AM »
The Jackass more likely.

In a land of gunsmiths they import an American to build a Mini-14....?  What, no black market?  What, no gun runners?  

As someone who's lived in a place like that there is no way he could have been doing that kind of work in his apartment without drawing attention to himself.  He'd probably have blown out the electricity in the building and riled everyone up.
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Re: The American
« Reply #39 on: September 08, 2010, 01:18:41 PM »
My dad is an avid reloader and he wondered about the practice of chucking a live round into the drill press
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Re: The American
« Reply #40 on: September 08, 2010, 01:51:34 PM »
For those who've seen it or don't plan to here's a review I concur with entirely:

http://www.takimag.com/article/george_clooney_hits_rock_bottom_we_hope/
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Re: The American
« Reply #41 on: September 08, 2010, 03:56:13 PM »
Quote from: Harold Tuttle on September 08, 2010, 01:18:41 PM
My dad is an avid reloader and he wondered about the practice of chucking a live round into the drill press
it works fine for some of the guys over at rimfirecentral.com. of course that's not a running press, and rimfire.
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Re: The American
« Reply #42 on: September 08, 2010, 10:46:34 PM »
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The actress will look much better with the shiner on her scope eye.

SADShooter beat me to it.

I was going to offer a comment about "this must be the initiation rite to membership in 'The Crescent Club.'"

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Re: The American
« Reply #43 on: September 09, 2010, 01:16:05 AM »
Quote from: longeyes on September 08, 2010, 01:51:34 PM
For those who've seen it or don't plan to here's a review I concur with entirely:

http://www.takimag.com/article/george_clooney_hits_rock_bottom_we_hope/

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