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[[Image:Absolutepowercover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Absolute Power (1997)'']] | [[Image:Absolutepowercover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Absolute Power (1997)'']] | ||
'''''Absolute Power''''' is a 1997 thriller directed by and starring [[Clint Eastwood]] as a master thief who while committing a heist unexpectedly witnesses a murder involving the President of the United States. He then finds himself the target of assassins when the crime is covered up. The film was an adaptation of | '''''Absolute Power''''' is a 1997 thriller directed by and starring [[Clint Eastwood]] as a master thief who while committing a heist unexpectedly witnesses a murder involving the President of the United States. He then finds himself the target of assassins when the crime is covered up. The film was an adaptation of the David Baldaucci novel of the same name. | ||
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=Pistols= | |||
==Glock 17== | |||
Motorcycle officers are seen carrying [[Glock 17]]s in their holsters. | Motorcycle officers are seen carrying [[Glock 17]]s in their holsters. | ||
[[Image:Glock17EarlyModel.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Glock17EarlyModel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Glock 17 - 9mm.]] | ||
[[Image:APGlock17-1.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:APGlock17-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Motorcycle officers are seen carrying [[Glock 17]]s in their holsters.]] | ||
==SIG-Sauer P226== | |||
Secret Service Agents Tim Collin ([[Dennis Haysbert]]) and Bill Burton ([[Scott Glenn]]) carry [[SIG-Sauer P226]] pistols, even though the [[SIG-Sauer P228]] was standard at the time for the Secret Service. | Secret Service Agents Tim Collin ([[Dennis Haysbert]]) and Bill Burton ([[Scott Glenn]]) carry [[SIG-Sauer P226]] pistols, even though the [[SIG-Sauer P228]] was standard at the time for the Secret Service. | ||
[[Image:SigP226.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:SigP226.jpg|thumb|none|300px|SIG-Sauer P226 - 9mm.]] | ||
[[Image:APSIGP228-1.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:APSIGP228-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Secret Service Agents Collin and Burton confront Christy Sullivan ([[Melora Hardin]]) with their SIG-Sauer P226s drawn.]] | ||
[[Image:APSIGP226-1.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:APSIGP226-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|While this shot is dark and unfocused, you can see the squared trigger guard and full length barrel, indicating this is a SIG-Sauer P226.]] | ||
[[Image:APSIGP228-2.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:APSIGP228-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Secret Service Agent Tim Collin ([[Dennis Haysbert]]) aiming his SIG-Sauer P226.]] | ||
[[Image:APSIGP226-2.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:APSIGP226-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Secret Service Agent Tim Collin ([[Dennis Haysbert]]) with his SIG-Sauer P226.]] | ||
==Smith & Wesson Model 10== | |||
Seth Frank ([[Ed Harris]]) can be seen with a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] with a 4" barrel in his small of the back holster. | Seth Frank ([[Ed Harris]]) can be seen with a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] with a 4" barrel in his small of the back holster. | ||
[[Image:S&W-Model-10.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:S&W-Model-10.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38spl.]] | ||
[[Image:APS&W10-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Seth Frank with a Smith & Wesson 4" in his holster.]] | [[Image:APS&W10-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Seth Frank with a Smith & Wesson 4" in his holster.]] | ||
=Rifles= | |||
==Remington 700== | |||
Secret Service Agent Tim Collin ([[Dennis Haysbert]]) and hit man Michael McCarty ([[Richard Jenkins]]), having both been assigned to kill Luther Whitney ([[Clint Eastwood]]) (each without the other realizing it) both use take-down [[Remington 700]] rifles with major customizations to improve accuracy. The rifle used by Agent Collins is a similar configuration to the one used by [[Geena Davis]] in the film ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]'' (released a year before). | Secret Service Agent Tim Collin ([[Dennis Haysbert]]) and hit man Michael McCarty ([[Richard Jenkins]]), having both been assigned to kill Luther Whitney ([[Clint Eastwood]]) (each without the other realizing it) both use take-down [[Remington 700]] rifles with major customizations to improve accuracy. The rifle used by Agent Collins is a similar configuration to the one used by [[Geena Davis]] in the film ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]'' (released a year before). | ||
[[Image:APRem700-1.jpg|thumb|none| | [[File:Rem700LTR.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Remington Model 700 LTR with bipod]] | ||
[[Image:APRem700-2.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:APRem700-1.jpg|thumb|none|602px|Tim Collin fires his custom Remington 700 at a man target. Note blank round ejecting.]] | ||
[[Image:APRem700-2-1.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:APRem700-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Collin fires his Remington 700 free-hand, despite having a perfectly good Harris bipod to use.]] | ||
[[Image:APRem700-2-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|The rifle on the right is a Remington 700s.]] | |||
[[Image:APRem700-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|That's a pretty impressive group considering he was shooting free-hand.]] | [[Image:APRem700-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|That's a pretty impressive group considering he was shooting free-hand.]] | ||
[[Image:APRem700-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McCarty's break down Remington 700 in its case.]] | [[Image:APRem700-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|McCarty's break down Remington 700 in its case.]] | ||
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[[Image:APRem700-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Collin prepares to fire.]] | [[Image:APRem700-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Collin prepares to fire.]] | ||
==Sako TRG-S== | |||
One of the two other men at the range has some sort of take-down version of a [[Sako M995 TRG-S]]. It is probably the same rifle used in [[Most Wanted]]. | One of the two other men at the range has some sort of take-down version of a [[Sako M995 TRG-S]]. It is probably the same rifle used in [[Most Wanted]]. | ||
Revision as of 12:35, 12 September 2014
Absolute Power is a 1997 thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as a master thief who while committing a heist unexpectedly witnesses a murder involving the President of the United States. He then finds himself the target of assassins when the crime is covered up. The film was an adaptation of the David Baldaucci novel of the same name.
The following weapons were used in the film Absolute Power:
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Pistols
Glock 17
Motorcycle officers are seen carrying Glock 17s in their holsters.
SIG-Sauer P226
Secret Service Agents Tim Collin (Dennis Haysbert) and Bill Burton (Scott Glenn) carry SIG-Sauer P226 pistols, even though the SIG-Sauer P228 was standard at the time for the Secret Service.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Seth Frank (Ed Harris) can be seen with a Smith & Wesson Model 10 with a 4" barrel in his small of the back holster.
Rifles
Remington 700
Secret Service Agent Tim Collin (Dennis Haysbert) and hit man Michael McCarty (Richard Jenkins), having both been assigned to kill Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) (each without the other realizing it) both use take-down Remington 700 rifles with major customizations to improve accuracy. The rifle used by Agent Collins is a similar configuration to the one used by Geena Davis in the film The Long Kiss Goodnight (released a year before).
Sako TRG-S
One of the two other men at the range has some sort of take-down version of a Sako M995 TRG-S. It is probably the same rifle used in Most Wanted.
