thread drift?

[fiver]

I watched the rough riders today,, both parts.
they actually had Krag's and Win 95's, the Spanish had mausers, and the plantation owners guy's had a 91 mausers.
it looked like they actually spent some time getting things right in this one.
I ended up missing the third hour of the show though.
the wife and oldest daughter was trying to install the new faucet in the kitchen sink.
which meant I had to go get out the right tools, put theirs away, take out the old faucet, tighten everything on the new one, and fix the disposal before SHE was finally done.
the movie even had Sam Elliot in it.

 

[smokeywolf]

Seems like several of the Sam Elliot and Tom Selleck movies have a more period realistic lineup of firearms.

Although I like the John Wayne movies, I can't help but cringe when he's carrying a model '92 in a story that takes place immediately following the War Between the States.

 

[KHornet]

John Wayne and the good western actors aged out or passed away!

 

[Ian]

Seems like several of the Sam Elliot and Tom Selleck movies have a more period realistic lineup of firearms.

Although I like the John Wayne movies, I can't help but cringe when he's carrying a model '92 in a story that takes place immediately following the War Between the States.

I've rolled my eyes for years over that one. I figured it was in his contract that if his character was armed it was to be with a Peacemaker and a '92 Winchester...and the wardrobe would include that brown leather vest. I'm still shocked he wasn't using Winchester in The Alamo.

 

[Brad]

I look at Hollywood as what it is, entertainment. I figure that if I am entertained then they did their job. I sure as hell never expect anything to be realistic, historically accurate, or factual.

Heck, I can't even find people who know anything about firearms at a gunshop or the range.

 

[JonB]

Not how it's done. If there will be any firearms in a close up they might, could be real. ALL of the others are phony mock ups most likely made of rubber.
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The Thug's gun (in the movie "The Crow") must have been real.
RIP, Brandon Lee.

 

[Rick]

They do use real guns when needed, if the gun is highlighted in the scene or if it has to fire blanks etc. About 30 years ago now was an actor on stage at Warner Bros Studios showing off behind the set by playing Russian Roulette with a real revolver and blanks. Put one blank in cylinder spun and closed it, put it to his temple & pulled the trigger. Was dead before he hit the floor. No shortage of such mental midgets and that incident went a long ways to increasing the use of phony prop guns.
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[smokeywolf]

Back in the early to mid '50s, Dad used to make quick-draw holsters for some of the actors and stuntmen. They had a thin sheet-metal liner in the bottom, so that if they let the hammer fall on a blank before the muzzle cleared the holster, it wouldn't burn a hole in their leg. If memory serves, he did one for Sammy Davis and I think, Burt Lancaster and Glenn Ford.

A little surprising he didn't do one for Jerry Lewis who was the fastest gun in Hollywood.

 

[Rick]

Was Jerry Lewis whose production of the feature film The Disorderly Orderly that did tremendous irreversible damage to the Doheny Mansion.

 

[358156 hp]

They do use real guns when needed, if the gun is highlighted in the scene or if it has to fire blanks etc. About 30 years ago now was an actor on stage at Warner Bros Studios showing off behind the set by playing Russian Roulette with a real revolver and blanks. Put one blank in cylinder spun and closed it, put it to his temple & pulled the trigger. Was dead before he hit the floor. No shortage of such mental midgets and that incident went a long ways to increasing the use of phony prop guns.
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Jon Erik Hexum?

 

[Rick]

Hexum, yeah that sounds right. Just a mental midget eager to prove to the world he really was brain dead.

 

[smokeywolf]

Was Jerry Lewis whose production of the feature film The Disorderly Orderly that did tremendous irreversible damage to the Doheny Mansion.

Although I've known many of Hollywood's elite who are pleasant and down-to-earth, those who see themselves as, "Hollywood royalty", do have a history of that type of irresponsible behavior.

 

[Rick]

The Doheny Mansion main entry is a grand hall with open ceiling to the second floor with a huge, wide stairway. The walls are exotic woods from around the world and every square inch of the walls floor to ceiling are hand carved flowers, critters etc by artists from Europe. That Jerry Lewis production rented the mansion as the hospital in Disorderly Orderly. To make it look like a hospital they spray painted all of those walls green. When the owners were standing there filling their britches the production company said no problem. To remove the paint they sand blasted it off. Destroyed all that artwork and it's still that way today. That is the true Hollywood.
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[freebullet]

Mmmmm, soda blasting could have done the job without ruining the art. Dry ice blasting could be useful too. Sand-not so much.

Garbage pail kids don't always use their noodle.

 

[358156 hp]

Mmmmm, soda blasting could have done the job without ruining the art. Dry ice blasting could be useful too. Sand-not so much.

Garbage pail kids don't always use their noodle.

This would have been in 1963-4. No soda blasting back then. It sounds like living around Hollywood is a lot like living in a very large college town. Lots of people above the law, and nothing you can do about it.

 

[Rick]

This would have been in 1963-4. No soda blasting back then. It sounds like living around Hollywood is a lot like living in a very large college town. Lots of people above the law, and nothing you can do about it.

Not per se living around Hollywood, I retired from that industry after 34 years.
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[358156 hp]

We need to keep this thread going. I need to get my post count up.

 

[KHornet]

Well then, I saw that R2D2 died today!





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[358156 hp]

Short circuit?

 

[Intheshop]

Anybody ever checked boolit hardness with a bathroom scale on a DP(drill press)?

One of our DPs which was forcefully moved out of the shop by a much bigger/badder unit....ended up in the reloading room.Which used to be a small nursery.It's occupants long since,also forcibly removed.

I use the DP for a few reloading,chore work.So,being too cheap to buy a hardness tester,was wondering about,or looking for any guidance,in reference to the BR scale thing.

We have pretty sophisticated metrology equipment ,even got an illuminated old school (1940's) bench magnifyer in the reloading room.Wifey won't get on the scale so it isn't gonna be missed...doh.