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Rifle ID

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	:::BTW, here is an [http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2006/05/dc-sniper-rifle.html even better] view of the real-life Bushmaster used by the killers. You can see it actually didn't have a railed hand guard at all (since those were not all that common on the civilian market in 2002), just a low-profile gas block with rails. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 14:36, 2 February 2014 (EST)		:::BTW, here is an [http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2006/05/dc-sniper-rifle.html even better] view of the real-life Bushmaster used by the killers. You can see it actually didn't have a railed hand guard at all (since those were not all that common on the civilian market in 2002), just a low-profile gas block with rails. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 14:36, 2 February 2014 (EST)

			==Previous movies==

			Here is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xbrc3qonhI link] to the made-for-TV movie ''[[DC Sniper: 23 Days of Fear]]'' in case anyone is interested in watching and comparing that movie to this one. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 12:05, 3 February 2014 (EST)

MT2008: /* Rifle ID */

2014-02-02T19:36:41Z

Rifle ID

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	::I had long assumed they had some sort of scope as well. It wasn't until I was reading up on it last year that I realized it was just a holosight. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:23, 2 February 2014 (EST)		::I had long assumed they had some sort of scope as well. It wasn't until I was reading up on it last year that I realized it was just a holosight. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:23, 2 February 2014 (EST)
	:::Since we don't really know, I'll just put it as an AR-15 variant. Netflix didn't have a BD of it when it came out last month, but that may change. We may get more details then. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:37, 2 February 2014 (EST)		:::Since we don't really know, I'll just put it as an AR-15 variant. Netflix didn't have a BD of it when it came out last month, but that may change. We may get more details then. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:37, 2 February 2014 (EST)

			:::BTW, here is an [http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2006/05/dc-sniper-rifle.html even better] view of the real-life Bushmaster used by the killers. You can see it actually didn't have a railed hand guard at all (since those were not all that common on the civilian market in 2002), just a low-profile gas block with rails. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 14:36, 2 February 2014 (EST)

Funkychinaman at 07:37, 2 February 2014

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	:Not sure if it's a Bushmaster; that would depend on receiver markings. The real-life XM15 used by the shooters appears to have had a 16" barrel, not 20" (I imagine 20" would have been too long given the trunk dimensions of the Caprice that they used). It was also a post-ban model with no flash hider (since this was 2002 and the Assault Weapons Ban hadn't ended yet), whereas that rifle has a flash hider. Still, this is a reasonably accurate depiction of the weapon. I remember that there was a made-for-TV movie about the incident called ''DC Sniper: 23 Days of Fear'' starring [[Charles Dutton]] and [[Bobby Hosea]] where the killers' AR-15 was actually a mil-spec, select-fire [[M4A1]] that had some huge sniper scope rather than a Holosight. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 01:04, 2 February 2014 (EST)		:Not sure if it's a Bushmaster; that would depend on receiver markings. The real-life XM15 used by the shooters appears to have had a 16" barrel, not 20" (I imagine 20" would have been too long given the trunk dimensions of the Caprice that they used). It was also a post-ban model with no flash hider (since this was 2002 and the Assault Weapons Ban hadn't ended yet), whereas that rifle has a flash hider. Still, this is a reasonably accurate depiction of the weapon. I remember that there was a made-for-TV movie about the incident called ''DC Sniper: 23 Days of Fear'' starring [[Charles Dutton]] and [[Bobby Hosea]] where the killers' AR-15 was actually a mil-spec, select-fire [[M4A1]] that had some huge sniper scope rather than a Holosight. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 01:04, 2 February 2014 (EST)
	::I had long assumed they had some sort of scope as well. It wasn't until I was reading up on it last year that I realized it was just a holosight. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:23, 2 February 2014 (EST)		::I had long assumed they had some sort of scope as well. It wasn't until I was reading up on it last year that I realized it was just a holosight. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:23, 2 February 2014 (EST)
			:::Since we don't really know, I'll just put it as an AR-15 variant. Netflix didn't have a BD of it when it came out last month, but that may change. We may get more details then. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:37, 2 February 2014 (EST)

Funkychinaman at 07:23, 2 February 2014

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	:Not sure if it's a Bushmaster; that would depend on receiver markings. The real-life XM15 used by the shooters appears to have had a 16" barrel, not 20" (I imagine 20" would have been too long given the trunk dimensions of the Caprice that they used). It was also a post-ban model with no flash hider (since this was 2002 and the Assault Weapons Ban hadn't ended yet), whereas that rifle has a flash hider. Still, this is a reasonably accurate depiction of the weapon. I remember that there was a made-for-TV movie about the incident called ''DC Sniper: 23 Days of Fear'' starring [[Charles Dutton]] and [[Bobby Hosea]] where the killers' AR-15 was actually a mil-spec, select-fire [[M4A1]] that had some huge sniper scope rather than a Holosight. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 01:04, 2 February 2014 (EST)		:Not sure if it's a Bushmaster; that would depend on receiver markings. The real-life XM15 used by the shooters appears to have had a 16" barrel, not 20" (I imagine 20" would have been too long given the trunk dimensions of the Caprice that they used). It was also a post-ban model with no flash hider (since this was 2002 and the Assault Weapons Ban hadn't ended yet), whereas that rifle has a flash hider. Still, this is a reasonably accurate depiction of the weapon. I remember that there was a made-for-TV movie about the incident called ''DC Sniper: 23 Days of Fear'' starring [[Charles Dutton]] and [[Bobby Hosea]] where the killers' AR-15 was actually a mil-spec, select-fire [[M4A1]] that had some huge sniper scope rather than a Holosight. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 01:04, 2 February 2014 (EST)
			::I had long assumed they had some sort of scope as well. It wasn't until I was reading up on it last year that I realized it was just a holosight. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:23, 2 February 2014 (EST)

MT2008: /* Rifle ID */

2014-02-02T06:04:17Z

Rifle ID

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			:Not sure if it's a Bushmaster; that would depend on receiver markings. The real-life XM15 used by the shooters appears to have had a 16" barrel, not 20" (I imagine 20" would have been too long given the trunk dimensions of the Caprice that they used). It was also a post-ban model with no flash hider (since this was 2002 and the Assault Weapons Ban hadn't ended yet), whereas that rifle has a flash hider. Still, this is a reasonably accurate depiction of the weapon. I remember that there was a made-for-TV movie about the incident called ''DC Sniper: 23 Days of Fear'' starring [[Charles Dutton]] and [[Bobby Hosea]] where the killers' AR-15 was actually a mil-spec, select-fire [[M4A1]] that had some huge sniper scope rather than a Holosight. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 01:04, 2 February 2014 (EST)

Funkychinaman: ID question

2014-01-29T10:15:39Z

ID question

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==Rifle ID==
From what I can find online, the weapon used in [http://270c81.medialib.glogster.com/media/f4/f4f785f13313cd21da0b7602fc9400a84cd00371e2e9f34335fb7d177d222f81/imagescapaqchl-jpg.jpg real life] was a Bushmaster XM15. Can anyone tell if the weapon in the film is actually a Bushmaster XM15? It's got an adjustable stock, but with a full 20 inch barrel. It's also got a railed handguard, bipod and holographic sight. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 05:15, 29 January 2014 (EST)
[[Image: BlueCaprice_XM15_01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[Image: BlueCaprice_XM15_02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[Image: BlueCaprice_XM15_03.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

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	::I had long assumed they had some sort of scope as well. It wasn't until I was reading up on it last year that I realized it was just a holosight. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:23, 2 February 2014 (EST)		::I had long assumed they had some sort of scope as well. It wasn't until I was reading up on it last year that I realized it was just a holosight. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:23, 2 February 2014 (EST)
	:::Since we don't really know, I'll just put it as an AR-15 variant. Netflix didn't have a BD of it when it came out last month, but that may change. We may get more details then. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:37, 2 February 2014 (EST)		:::Since we don't really know, I'll just put it as an AR-15 variant. Netflix didn't have a BD of it when it came out last month, but that may change. We may get more details then. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:37, 2 February 2014 (EST)

			:::BTW, here is an [http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2006/05/dc-sniper-rifle.html even better] view of the real-life Bushmaster used by the killers. You can see it actually didn't have a railed hand guard at all (since those were not all that common on the civilian market in 2002), just a low-profile gas block with rails. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 14:36, 2 February 2014 (EST)

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	:Not sure if it's a Bushmaster; that would depend on receiver markings. The real-life XM15 used by the shooters appears to have had a 16" barrel, not 20" (I imagine 20" would have been too long given the trunk dimensions of the Caprice that they used). It was also a post-ban model with no flash hider (since this was 2002 and the Assault Weapons Ban hadn't ended yet), whereas that rifle has a flash hider. Still, this is a reasonably accurate depiction of the weapon. I remember that there was a made-for-TV movie about the incident called ''DC Sniper: 23 Days of Fear'' starring [[Charles Dutton]] and [[Bobby Hosea]] where the killers' AR-15 was actually a mil-spec, select-fire [[M4A1]] that had some huge sniper scope rather than a Holosight. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 01:04, 2 February 2014 (EST)		:Not sure if it's a Bushmaster; that would depend on receiver markings. The real-life XM15 used by the shooters appears to have had a 16" barrel, not 20" (I imagine 20" would have been too long given the trunk dimensions of the Caprice that they used). It was also a post-ban model with no flash hider (since this was 2002 and the Assault Weapons Ban hadn't ended yet), whereas that rifle has a flash hider. Still, this is a reasonably accurate depiction of the weapon. I remember that there was a made-for-TV movie about the incident called ''DC Sniper: 23 Days of Fear'' starring [[Charles Dutton]] and [[Bobby Hosea]] where the killers' AR-15 was actually a mil-spec, select-fire [[M4A1]] that had some huge sniper scope rather than a Holosight. -[[User:MT2008\|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008\|talk]]) 01:04, 2 February 2014 (EST)
	::I had long assumed they had some sort of scope as well. It wasn't until I was reading up on it last year that I realized it was just a holosight. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:23, 2 February 2014 (EST)		::I had long assumed they had some sort of scope as well. It wasn't until I was reading up on it last year that I realized it was just a holosight. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:23, 2 February 2014 (EST)
			:::Since we don't really know, I'll just put it as an AR-15 variant. Netflix didn't have a BD of it when it came out last month, but that may change. We may get more details then. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 02:37, 2 February 2014 (EST)