Glaring mistake

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setxcypress
November 15, 2005, 10:53 PM
Watching the "Man, Moment, Machine" series that came on right after Shootout, N Hollywood Bank Robbery. They were showing the differences of the BAR Clyde Barrow used, the thompson, and the 1911. It was a computer animation and they showed the 1911 as being DA and not SA.

The computer animation was labeled Colt .45. Owning a SA Mil-spec, I just laughed for a few minutes at this glaring error.
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Hardtarget
November 15, 2005, 11:09 PM
Noticed that. In spite of small errors, I enjoy the shows. I bet J.M.B. kind of did a little spin in his grave. I sure would like to have one of those B.A.R.s!
Mark.
setxcypress
November 15, 2005, 11:12 PM
They said something else that struck me as strange, they said that the BAR fires from an open bolt, I thought the BAR fired from a closed bolt.

Maybe I am wrong.
JamisJockey
November 15, 2005, 11:26 PM
They said something else that struck me as strange, they said that the BAR fires from an open bolt, I thought the BAR fired from a closed bolt.

Maybe I am wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Automatic_Rifle

Type selective fire
Calibre .30
Barrel length 610 mm
Ammunition .30-`06 Springfield
Magazine 20 rounds
Action gas operated, open bolt
Length 1214 mm
Weight 19 lb (8.6 kg)
Rate of fire 300 to 650 round/min
Muzzle velocity 2640 ft/s (805 m/s)
Effective range 600 yd (548 m)
setxcypress
November 15, 2005, 11:38 PM
Thanks for the info. I love wikipedia and tout it's range of information available but totally forgot to use it to look that up.
Dr.Rob
November 16, 2005, 01:05 PM
I've fired a couple... it's definitely open bolt.

Did I mention FUN? :evil:
mete
November 16, 2005, 02:58 PM
I saw only a few minutes of it. Did they mention that they didn't have just AKs but also HKs ?
TexasRifleman
November 16, 2005, 03:08 PM
The semi BAR's you see around are all closed bolt, so maybe that's why the confusion. The "real deal" was an open bolt for sure, I have one of each.

The internals are not even remotely close to being the same.

As for Barrow's BAR, I don't know that I'd want to shoot one cut down that short. It's borderline uncontrollable in it's BIG format from the hip, I can't imagine what that little thing would be like to shoot. :what:
JamisJockey
November 16, 2005, 06:28 PM
I saw only a few minutes of it. Did they mention that they didn't have just AKs but also HKs ?

Wrong thread man, you're thinking of the Shootout! yesterday on the North Hollywood bank robbery/shootout.
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