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- Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!mimsy!stein.u.washington.edu
- From: basiji@stein.u.washington.edu (David Basiji)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Seagal's Firearms handling (was: Re: Got One! (Spring. Arm. 1911-A1))
- Message-ID: <1k14ooINNn3i@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:50:18 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: University of Washington
- Lines: 25
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- donb@igor.tamri.com (Don Baldwin) writes:
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- #In article <1jp7h5INNejd@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- #basiji@stein.u.washington.edu (David Basiji) writes:
- ###The best all time movie as far as correct firearms handling is
- ###"Tremors". If you haven't seen it, check it out; especially the rec
- ###room scene.
- ##
- ##Agreed; good movie, too. The only problem I saw was that when he shot
- ##those _huge_ "elephant" loads, there was virtually no kick from the rifle.
-
- #Are you sure? I think I remember him firing and being REALLY pushed back,
- #as if Andre the Giant had punched him in the shoulder.
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- #Of course, maybe I should watch the copy that Gillian gave me for christmas
- #again, to make sure I know what I'm talking about... :)
-
- #GREAT movie. What kind of gun/ammunition was he using anyway?
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- You may be right. I might be thinking of another movie. I guess it's
- a good excuse to see it again. I'll pay more attention to the armaments
- this time (I wasn't a gun owner last time I saw it).
-
- David Basiji
- UW Bioengineering
-