My Day of the jackal rifle

[kid_couteau]

Hi All

Finally finished this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61cQzUvCOM&feature=youtu.be
What do you think
Kid

 

[Legionnaire]

Neat. I always liked that rifle, too, but don't have the tools or skills for such a project. Nice work.

Now go hang a melon in a string bag and paint a white circle on it ...

 

[Geno]

You need to get a job on Mythbusters. Then you could play more. Cool toy!

Geno

 

[TrickyDick]

good movie' saw it a couple months ago on Netflix. What exactly was the round he was using? 22 WMR? I always wanted to build a replica of that rifle ever since.

 

[MattShlock]

Never saw it. Like to see a side by side comparison photo. Intersting enough project -- thanks for sharing!

 

[Legionnaire]

Google is your friend ...

 

[JShirley]

Cute.

Now make a bolt-action .454 Casull AR15 upper!

John

 

[Roadkill]

very nice. Enjoyed it.

 

[Akita1]

Nice work

 

[Cosmoline]

Outstanding! I've always thought that was one of the coolest movie guns around. It was a rare example of a film showing what might actually be a fictional assassin's custom weapon. As opposed to the absurdities of the remake or of "The American" which tried to convince us that a Mini-14 was exotic hardware. Didn't the character also rig a sling around a tree? I liked that bit.

 

[Dave Markowitz]

Neat!

 

[snakeman]

nice

 

[AethelstanAegen]

Very amusing and well done! The original movie is a classic...superb on so many levels. The remake with Bruce Willis was terrible and really had nothing in common with the original.

 

[Ohen Cepel]

Very cool rifle! Good on your for making it happen, great skills.

Yep, I also agree. Bruce Willis's remake was not good, he should have left that one alone.

 

[cpileri]

22wmr/

In the book, it was described as a 6mm custom cartridge: centerfire, straight body brass. The gunsmith made 6 loaded rounds for the Jackal, hidden in the shoulder pad.
The whole thing was designed to be disguised as a crutch for the disbaled veteran disguise he used to gain access to his target.
C-

 

[Jim Watson]

Hard to get my head around the "explosive bullet with mercury filled tip" though.

 

[deejai]

The Jackal missed DeGaulle because french men like to kiss one another. At least in the book.