The movie: Shooter

Anybody else seen the movie Shooter? I just saw it last night with my mom. Yes, I said it with my mom! She said it would be fun. Just trying to warn some people this movie is R rated and not suitable for kids who are easily frightened, upset, or hate blood. I would recommend seeing this movie. It's about a sniper being double crossed and ultimately well... I can't tell you.

Yea but this movie is completely INACCURATE at times.
they use a bunch of urban myths in it too. like waterbottle supressor for a .22
its a OK movie ive seen better

It's a pretty good movie. The opening sequence is BRILLIANT

jim

i love that movie, my mom showed me it for the first time too, she saw it on an airplane and thought it looked interesting.

Lone Wolf: The water bottle thing actually works, the trick is to tape the inside with packing or masking tape, and make vents that point backwards. It also helps if you use foam. I don't recommend you do this, mainly because its illegal.

The movie I thought was pretty good for a hollywood sniper movie. The zooms were way off most of the time but thats because everyone would be like "what just exploded?". The whole thing about very few people making a mile shot was off too. Just search some civi sniping forums and you will find alot of range reports of people shooting in the 1700M area. besides the few inaccuracies I thought it was a very good movie. Definitely worth a sequel where he tries to hunt down the other people at the "table".

sticks

Yeah I saw a part of it at school on my buddies Ipod then bought it for my own and while it is a great movie , it zooms more in on explosion , and blood . Not that those are bad but it is also inaccurate . The movie is great , but for instance , how did they get to the artic , how did Bob Lee Swagger buy a gun , and above all whenever he held on to the barge's tow rope , the current would have sucked him under before he could of even gotten close enough to grab on . But thats Hollywood for you and other than that , it was a great , and just all around movie .

yes i seen this movie shortly after it came out and i think that it is a good movie. if you watch the special features you will see that they actually went to sniper school to see if they were doing everything accurately. and they said that everything that they do in the movie can actually happen like the water bottle silencer.

i like the movie, mark walburg is king lol, i like his remington 700

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if you watch the special features you will see that they actually went to sniper school to see if they were doing everything accurately.

Do you know what sniper school they went to?

There is one in Georgia that was on the Military Channel .

The one in Georgia is in Delhoniga I believe its the mountain phase of ranger training.

Yep, 5th Ranger Battalion. They have the BEST kitchen on the whole training circuit!!!

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Do you know what sniper school they went to?

They contracted a retired Marine sniper that took them to a private range. Also I can't quote it but A_S asked how he got the guns..... If I remember correctly a background check and the test are not needed if you are a federal agent or in current service with the armed forces. So by reading between the lined I'm assuming that agent whats his face just flashed his fancy smancy ID and entered his federal ID. also they didnt go to the Artic, that was a mountain range in northwestern Montana.

sticks

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also they didnt go to the Artic, that was a mountain range in northwestern Montana.

Hey, thanks for answering my mom's question. Are you psychic?

Oh I must have not payed that much attention to that part .

ironic...IT JUST FINISHED DOWNLOADING. im going to grab some popcorn and watch it again now.

You buy it on Itunes .

im not discussing it any further

Or was it illegal .

yeah not to dig up old posts, but yeah they probably went to Ft. Benning, Georgia. lol