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==MT2008==
*'''Name:''' Matt
*'''Age:''' 23
*'''Home Town:''' Originally from Chapel Hill, NC; currently living in Austin, TX
*'''Occupation:''' Geopolitical research assistant at Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (StratFor) in Austin, TX. See http://www.stratfor.com/frontpage for more on this agency.
==About Me==
After losing my entire account and all the contributions I made to this site, I have finally returned. I'm still extremely upset that I lost everything I did (lesson: back everything up yourself, since you can never count on webmasters to do it for you), but fortunately, I have lots of screencaps and too much time on my hands, so I'm back. In addition to working on articles I had edited prior to the great crash, I'm also working on lots of new ones.
Anyway, I'm a recent graduate of a particular college in Maine (I was a History/Government major) who now has way too much time on his hands. I'm sort of a wannabe movie-gun librarian, and I love watching movies and seeing what types of weapons are in it. To be fair, I don't know as much about the classics, mostly just contemporary movies ([[Rafa]], on the other hand, seems to be good with older films). Sometimes, I will buy movies on DVD, even terrible movies, if the guns are worth looking at - which sounds crazy, I know. Additionally, I tend to look for "behind the scenes" information on the guns in a movie - the company that supplied the weapons for the production, the armorers who built/handled the prop weapons on set, etc. I frequently use pictures of the actual prop guns in my articles, if I can find them (see for instance, my work on ''[[I Am Legend]]'', for which I found pictures of the actual AR15 carbine and Mark-23 that were used in the movie).
Although I'm big into guns, movies, and guns ''in'' movies, I don't do much shooting in real life. I used to shoot skeet when I was in high school, but that was years ago now. I also go to the pistol range sometimes, but this, too, is pretty rare. Usually, I just buy guns for collector value...I have a very expensive pre-1989 Poly Tech AK which I've fired a total of ''4'' times in my basement. I am thinking about getting more into shooting once I graduate and I'm not in an environment where guns are frowned upon.
So that's that. Any other questions, please drop me a note on my "discussion" page.
==Guns I Own==
* Poly Tech AKS-762 (Chinese-made semi-auto [[AK-47#AKM|AKM]] clone) - this is my baby
* [[Smith & Wesson 4506]] - it actually belonged to my grandfather, but he gave it to me.
I also used to own a [[Taurus PT92]] which I have since sold (it was a very old and well-used example) and a Ruger Mark III (another of my grandfather's guns which I sold).
==Images (of myself + guns)==
[[Image:IMG 0910.JPG|thumb|none|500px|Firing a rented SIG P226R at Red's Indoor Range in Austin, TX.]]
[[Image:IMG 0926.JPG|thumb|none|500px|A close-up of the P226 in my hand (yes, I know I should have kept my finger off the trigger).]]
[[Image:MT4506 (2).jpg|thumb|none|500px|Firing my S&W 4506 at the Durham Wildlife Club. This is an old picture, taken about 3-4 years ago, I think.]]
[[Image:MyAK (2).jpg|thumb|none|500px|My pre-ban Chinese Type 56S AK imported by Golden State Arms, here fitted with the PLA-issue bayonet that came with the gun.]]
== My Favorite Firearms ==
(please note that I haven't fired or even held all of these necessarily - I just like the way many of them look in movies)
* [[AK-47]]/[[AK-47#AKM|AKM]]/[[AK-74]] series rifles - I am a Kalashnikov historian and well-versed in the different foreign-made derivatives. I'm particularly fond of Chinese Norinco examples (which probably isn't surprising because I own one) and Hungarian versions such as the AK-63 and AMD-65.
* [[Barret M82]]
* [[Benelli M4 Super 90]]
* [[Beretta M92F|Beretta 92]] and [[Taurus PT92]]-series pistols - let's face it, these are quite possibly the most beautiful-looking semi-automatic pistols ever designed. Personally, I like the Taurus better because I like the frame-mounted safety, as opposed to the Beretta's less-accessible slide-mounted safety.
* [[Browning M2]]
* [[FN F2000]]
* [[FN Minimi]]
* [[Glock]] variants
* [[Heckler & Koch G36]] series
* [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] series
* [[Heckler & Koch USP]]
* [[Jericho 941]]
* [[M16 rifle series]] (I especially like the look of the shorty 11.5-inch barrel models, like those used in ''[[Heat]]'')
* [[MP40]]
* [[Makarov PM]]
* [[Mossberg 500-series shotgun#Mossberg 500 Bullpup|Mossberg M500 Bullpup]]
* [[PK machine gun|PK]]/[[PK machine gun|PKM]] machine gun series
* [[RPG-7]]
* [[SIG Pro]] SP2022
* [[SPAS 12]] and [[SPAS 15]]
* [[Sig Sauer P220 pistol series]] (especially the P220 and P226)
* [[Steyr AUG]]
* [[Tokarev TT-33]]
* [[Uzi]] series (especially the Mini)
* [[Walther P99]]
==Articles to which I've contributed include:==
==Articles to which I've contributed include:==


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* ''[[2 Fast 2 Furious]]''
* ''[[2 Fast 2 Furious]]''
* ''[[44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-out]]''
* ''[[44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-out]]'' (this page has since been extended by many other contributors)
* ''[[A History of Violence]]''
* ''[[A History of Violence]]''
* ''[[Air Force One]]''
* ''[[Air Force One]]''
* ''[[Alien vs. Predator: Requiem]]''
* ''[[American Dragons]]''
* ''[[American History X]]''
* ''[[American History X]]''
* ''[[Armored]]''
* ''[[Blood Diamond]]''
* ''[[Blood Diamond]]''
* ''[[Blown Away]]''
* ''[[Blown Away]]''
* ''[[Blue Streak]]''
* ''[[Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, The‎|The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day]]''
* ''[[Cloverfield]]''
* ''[[Colors]]''
* ''[[The Corruptor]]''
* ''[[The Corruptor]]''
* ''[[Darkman II: The Return of Durant]]''
* ''[[Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008)|The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)]]''
* ''[[Deep Rising]]''
* ''[[Deep Rising]]''
* ''[[The Departed]]''
* ''[[The Departed]]''
* ''[[Baader Meinhof Complex, The (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)|Der Baader Meinhof Komplex]]''
* ''[[The Devil's Own]]''
* ''[[Executive Decision]]''
* ''[[Enemy of the State]]''
* ''[[Enemy of the State]]''
* ''[[Far Cry (2009)]]''
* ''[[Fracture]]''
* ''[[Godzilla (1998)|Godzilla]]''
* ''[[Godzilla (1998)|Godzilla]]''
* ''[[Goldeneye]]''
* ''[[GoldenEye]]'' (this page has since been re-done by [[User:AdAstra2009|AdAstra2009]])
* ''[[Hard Boiled]]''
* ''[[Green Zone]]''
* ''[[Hackers]]''
* ''[[Half Past Dead]]''
* ''[[Hard Boiled]]'' (this page has since been re-done by [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]])
* ''[[Hard Target]]''
* ''[[Harsh Times]]''
* ''[[Hitman (2007)|Hitman]]''
* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''
* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''
* ''[[I Am Legend]]''
* ''[[The Hurt Locker]]''
* ''[[I Am Legend]]'' (this page has since been extended by many other contributors)
* ''[[Icarus]]''
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (2008)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (2008)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' (this page has since been extended by many other contributors)
* ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]''
* ''[[Kiss The Girls]]''
* ''[[Lord of War]]''
* ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'' (this page has since been re-done by [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]])
* ''[[The Matrix]]''
* ''[[Lord of War]]'' (this page has since been re-done by [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]])
* ''[[The Matrix]]'' (this page has since been re-done by [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]])
* ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''
* ''[[Maximum Risk]]''
* ''[[Menace II Society]]''
* ''[[Murder At 1600]]''
* ''[[The Negotiator]]''
* ''[[The Negotiator]]''
* ''[[Patriot Games]]''
* ''[[Patriot Games]]''
* ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''
* ''[[Point Break]]''
* ''[[Push]]''
* ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (actually, I didn't do all that much on this one)
* ''[[Rampage]]''
* ''[[Raw Deal]]''
* ''[[Raw Deal]]''
* ''[[Reindeer Games]]''
* ''[[The Replacement Killers]]''
* ''[[The Replacement Killers]]''
* ''[[RoboCop]]''
* ''[[RoboCop]]'' (this page has since been re-done by [[User:Ben41|Ben41]])
* ''[[Romeo & Juliet]]''
* ''[[RoboCop 2]]''
* ''[[Romeo & Juliet]]'' (again, I didn't do that much on this one)
* ''[[The Siege]]''
* ''[[The Siege]]''
* ''[[Snatch]]''
* ''[[Soldier]]''
* ''[[Snatch]]'' (another one that I didn't do that much on)
* ''[[Spawn]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man‎]]''
* ''[[Strapped]]''
* ''[[Training Day]]''
* ''[[Training Day]]''
* ''[[U.S. Marshals]]''
* ''[[Trespass]]''
* ''[[Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]''
* ''[[Underworld: Evolution]]''
* ''[[U.S. Marshals]]'' (this page has since been re-done by [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]])
* ''[[Where Eagles Dare]]''
* ''[[XXX 2: State of the Union]]''
* ''[[XXX 2: State of the Union]]''
* ''[[You Don't Mess with the Zohan]]''


=== Television ===
=== Television ===


* ''[[24: Redemption]]''
* ''[[Andromeda Strain, The (2008 Miniseries)‎|The Andromeda Strain]]''
* ''[[The Beast]]''
* ''[[Chuck]]''
* ''[[The Closer]]''
* ''[[CSI: NY]]''
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' (this one's since been deleted after we decided not to include cartoons)
* ''[[Harry's Game]]''
* ''[[Harry's Game]]''
* ''[[Harsh Realm]]''
* ''[[Harsh Realm]]''
* ''[[Jeremiah]]''
* ''[[Jericho (TV series)|Jericho]]''
* ''[[Level 9]]''
* ''[[Millennium]]''
* ''[[The Sentinel (TV series)]]''
* ''[[Seven Days]]''
* ''[[Outer Limits, The (1995)‎|The Outer Limits]]''
* ''[[Ultimate Force]]''
* ''[[Ultimate Force]]''
* ''[[Viper (TV series)‎]]''


=== Guns ===
===Video Games===


* [[AK-47]]
* ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2]]''
* [[FN Minimi]]
* [[Glock]]
* [[MAC-10]]
* [[RPG-2]]
* [[Sig Sauer P220 pistol series]]
* [[Taurus PT92]]

Latest revision as of 12:58, 1 October 2022

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