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any body seen the movie Collateral? this is a clip from that movie. wish i could draw and shoot like that in a pinch, i know its just a movie but still fun to watch...

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9mmGuy wrote:any body seen the movie Collateral? this is a clip from that movie. wish i could draw and shoot like that in a pinch, i know its just a movie but still fun to watch...

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Nothing to it but some dedication.

Doesnt everybody shoot like that?

Get a watergun or one of those plastic practice guns and practice!

I saw a piece about that on tv. He started training for that and other gun handling about 6 months before filming began. Then his instructor was with him throughout the filming. He pulled it off like we see it, on his own.

sorry, not enough coffee this morning to recall the instructor's name.

Its an interesting and somewhat entertaining scene...

One thing that struck me just now after seeing this over and over again, is that even though this is a directed and practiced scene...

Those "blank" charges used at that range must still have a serious impact on the actors getting shot at...

I know they might have some discrete ear protection and other things to minimize any potential injury, but the muzzle blast alone at that range still must have an effect on them...

Those Hollywood blanks are made to flash and be seen on film, they must be pretty hot...

Just something I observed...

The blast can be dangerous. Everyone thinks of Brandon Lee but he was shot with a very real bullet fired from a gun that was supposed to have blanks. There was another actor killed years earlier but I can't remember his name. Anyway, that actor was apparently killed by felony stupidity when he put a revolver to his own head and pulled the trigger. The revolver was verifiably loaded with blanks as I remember but, the resulting injuries were so severe the actor was declared dead about a week after the shooting.

lrb111 wrote:I saw a piece about that on tv. He started training for that and other gun handling about 6 months before filming began. Then his instructor was with him throughout the filming. He pulled it off like we see it, on his own.

sorry, not enough coffee this morning to recall the instructor's name.

I once had a friendly encounter with a Quantico trained Fibbie who was kind enough to demonstrate how quickly he could access his weapon. When I asked the (now) stupid question, his reply was, "As fast you can, clap your hands together in front of you."

Before my hands could touch in front of my face, there was a cavernous hole facing my nose- it was the muzzle of his .45ACP- tucked neatly between my open palms. His movement was an absolute blur and to this day, I honestly don't know how he did it. Too, he was wearing a suit. The gun was concealed in a strong side position on his beltline.

Most amazing thing I ever saw. Very little movement from the rest of his torso. Just his arm going into MATRIX-like movement and that gun coming out of nowhere.

So lemme get this straight...You asked a Fibbie how fast he could draw. He gave you some line out of a bad Hollyweird flick, and then you ended up looking down the barrel of a forty-five as he demonstrated his skill? Sorry dude, but me and that Fibbie would had to take a trip to the hospital to get my foot out of his rear-end! I have never, and will never, point my firearm (even if we both know it's clear) at another person just to show off my skills and/or prove how fast I can draw. If you are looking down the barrel of a gun in my hands, you have done something to justify being shot.

G.C.Montgomery wrote:So lemme get this straight...You asked a Fibbie how fast he could draw. He gave you some line out of a bad Hollyweird flick, and then you ended up looking down the barrel of a forty-five as he demonstrated his skill? Sorry dude, but me and that Fibbie would had to take a trip to the hospital to get my foot out of his rear-end! I have never, and will never, point my firearm (even if we both know it's clear) at another person just to show off my skills and/or prove how fast I can draw. If you are looking down the barrel of a gun in my hands, you have done something to justify being shot.

G.C.-

Obviously this guy was professional enough .

Jason

G.C.Montgomery wrote:So lemme get this straight...You asked a Fibbie how fast he could draw. He gave you some line out of a bad Hollyweird flick, and then you ended up looking down the barrel of a forty-five as he demonstrated his skill? Sorry dude, but me and that Fibbie would had to take a trip to the hospital to get my foot out of his rear-end! I have never, and will never, point my firearm (even if we both know it's clear) at another person just to show off my skills and/or prove how fast I can draw. If you are looking down the barrel of a gun in my hands, you have done something to justify being shot.

In my defense, I was young enough to ask the question and this guy was "green" enough to go through with it. I neglected to mention that he first cleared his weapon-both the magazine and the pipe- and showed it to me before re-holstering. I doubt very much that most would attempt this at all.

If you watch that video closely you might notice that it is actually our own HighVelocity that is the stunt double for that scene. He actually had to slow things down a bit for the camera.

He wanted to use a revolver and throw in a speed load, while adding two more BG's, but the film was already over budget after hiring him.

ScubaSigGuy wrote:If you watch that video closely you might notice that it is actually our own HighVelocity that is the stunt double for that scene. He actually had to slow things down a bit for the camera.

He wanted to use a revolver and throw in a speed load, while adding two more BGS's, but the film was already over budget after hiring him.

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We actually had a COF at one of our meets based on this. So much fun most of us shot it again after match.