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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: brosometal on July 02, 2009, 04:23:11 AM
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I have been pretty busy lately, however, last night I took some time out to see the new Johnny Depp movie Public Enemies. Depp plays Dillinger in a quick run through the early '30's. The movie is nothing out of the ordinary, but entertaining, but the guns... You will get a full dose of the "Chicago Typewriter" and the BAR not to mention several other period "heaters". Lots of gun play is to be witnessed. All in all if you wanna see a gangster movie with some rat-ta-tat-tat, Public Enemies is for you.
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I was so anxious to see this movie that I recorded the Outdoor Network, just because I wanted to lust over the Thompsons, 1911's, and the other gats. The movie was good for what it was, but I was drooling over the Thompsons and the BAR
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I saw the movie and think it is worth seeing. The story is entertaining but the guns are awesome. After the movie I stopped by my local Gander Mountain for some stuff and passed through the gun shop. They had a Thompson (Auto Ordnance/Kahr Arms) "Tommy Gun" for $1-Grand with the 50-round (round) magazine. Tempting...
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I saw the movie and think it is worth seeing. The story is entertaining but the guns are awesome. After the movie I stopped by my local Gander Mountain for some stuff and passed through the gun shop. They had a Thompson (Auto Ordnance/Kahr Arms) "Tommy Gun" for $1-Grand with the 50-round (round) magazine. Tempting...
I had a friend in Texas with a Thompson. "Tempting..." until you try changing that blankety-blank magazine. Display with a 50, shoot with 30s.
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The previews show a full auto Thompson being shot one armed(handed), Cool for the big screen but,..... ::)
The BAR will, and will always be, one of the best designed cans of whoop ass ever.
My Grandfather managed to get one back after WWII, along with some others that were stolen in a house break in before I was born.
Damn.......
Looks like a decent movie to see, like Titanic, you know the outcome but go to watch anyway,..
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TW, major bummer on the BAR. I have not caught the flick yet. Hopefully soon.
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I'm a big guy, but I always found a '06 to have a punishing recoil. Maybe my Army soft shoulder M16 softened me up. The thought of a full auto '06 seems pretty devastating on EITHER end! My shoulder hurts just thinking about it... Must be those old sighting in injuries (remember sighting in an '06? Those were bruises we bragged on as kids!)
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Only went to the flick to lust after the Thompson, the 1911, and BAR...don't remember too much about the film
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I'm a big guy, but I always found a '06 to have a punishing recoil. Maybe my Army soft shoulder M16 softened me up. The thought of a full auto '06 seems pretty devastating on EITHER end! My shoulder hurts just thinking about it... Must be those old sighting in injuries (remember sighting in an '06? Those were bruises we bragged on as kids!)
Maybe your just a wuss.
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tw, great line! The BAR is the best-designed can of whoop ass ever made! One of the funniest things I saw was a 5-foot nothing woman SWAT cop running a BAR...every time she pulled the trigger it moved her back 6 inches...
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The show made me want to be a gangster.. real bad.. I also wanted to "take out" every stinkin' Fed that was there.. LOL
I think I was a mafia person in a previous lifetime. ;D
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The show made me want to be a gangster.. real bad.. I also wanted to "take out" every stinkin' Fed that was there.. LOL
I think I was a mafia person in a previous lifetime. ;D
Bonnie and Marshal ;D
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I just heard that the Little Bohemia Lodge in Manitowish Waters, WI, where the Dillinger shoot out took place is experiencing a boom in business since the movie came out. Good for them!
They have the history of the shoot out written up on their Web site. http://www.littlebohemialodge.com/HISTORY.html
I love their tag line: "DILLINGER ONLY LEFT BECAUSE HE HAD TO!!!"
I hope they make a ton of money off the movie.
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I just heard that the Little Bohemia Lodge in Manitowish Waters, WI, where the Dillinger shoot out took place is experiencing a boom in business since the movie came out. Good for them!
They have the history of the shoot out written up on their Web site. http://www.littlebohemialodge.com/HISTORY.html
I love their tag line: "DILLINGER ONLY LEFT BECAUSE HE HAD TO!!!"
I hope they make a ton of money off the movie.
Thanks for the link. Great site, I enjoyed the brief video under History and especially the written account of the gangs time at the lodge and their eventual escape. Really fascinating.
And yeah, I hope that they make a ton of money too. I'm all for anyone making an honest buck or two in these times.
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Taking Down a “Public Enemy”
John Dillinger and Melvin Purvis battled in the heyday of the American gangster.
By Jim Wilson Most of us think of bank robbery and bank robbers in connection with the frontier days of the American West. But one of the earliest—if not the earliest—bank robberies was committed in 1831 by one Edward Smith to the tune of more than $200,000. And he did the deed on Wall Street, in New York City.
Regardless, it took those stylish boys from Missouri, the James and Younger Gang, to turn bank robbery into a regular source of income. Jesse, Frank and Cole learned their hit-and-run tactics from their guerilla service with Capt. William Clark Quantrill and Bloody Bill Anderson during the War of Northern Aggression, as Southerners were inclined to refer to the Civil War. The same tactics they used on Union soldiers worked quite nicely after the war, when Jesse and the boys decided that some of the banks needed to be relieved of their assets.
many historians suggest that the ways of the American frontier were over and done with by the year 1900. They may suggest that, but they never convinced Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, Henry Starr, the Newton Gang and many other outlaw groups who continued robbing. The James/Youngers may have started the bank robbery trend, but the man who put the finishing touches on the art form (if any criminal act can be called such) was John Dillinger.
John Herbert Dillinger was born on June 22, 1903, in Indianapolis, Ind. His mother passed away in 1907, and John grew up with a chronic resentment for authority and a distinct lack of interest in working for an honest living.
During a stint in the Indiana State Prison, Dillinger associated with several career criminals. Then, as now, prisons tend to be the finishing schools for those inclined to live a criminal life, and Dillinger was no exception. Even before his release, John Dillinger hooked up with a group of bank robbers, including Harry Pierpont, Harry Copeland, Walter Dietrich, and a young fellow named Lester Gillis. Gillis would come to be known as “Baby Face” Nelson.
Beginning in 1933, Dillinger and his newfound associates undertook a series of bank robberies in the Midwest. From 1933 to 1934, Dillinger and his gang robbed approximately a dozen banks, taking away loot totaling about $300,000. That’s a lot of money today, so one can imagine how much it was in those early Depression days.
Dillinger put numerous finishing touches on bank robberies. He and his gang meticulously cased the banks before pulling a heist, paying special attention to the number of entrances and the number of guards employed. In addition, they drove every possible escape route that could be used to make their getaway. Just prior to the robbery, they would steal a getaway car and then ditch it as soon as possible, making the rest of their escape in legally purchased vehicles.
Finally, John Dillinger seemed to realize that the gang should avoid unnecessary shooting. Robbing a bank was one thing, but killing innocent people would really bring the heat down on them. It was to be avoided if at all possible. Legend has it that this caused friction between Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, because Nelson really seemed to enjoy shooting people. John Dillinger would rather awe the crowd by vaulting over a bank counter and playing the Robin Hood character to the hilt.
Bank robbers of the Dillinger era used a wide assortment of arms. Many of them are known to have still been carrying the old Colt Single Action Army. The most common handguns, however, were the various double-action revolvers made by Colt, Smith & Wesson, Harrington & Richardson, Hopkins & Allen, and several others. Shotguns, of course, were very popular, too. They used Winchester pumps, Remington semi-automatics and a wide assortment of double-barrel shotguns....