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==MT2008== | |||
After losing my entire account and all the | '''Name:''' Matt | ||
'''Age:''' 22 | |||
'''Home Town:''' Chapel Hill, NC | |||
'''Occupation:''' Student (soon to graduate to...unemployment, most likely) | |||
'''Future Plans:''' Grad school (maybe), law school (less likely) | |||
==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 soon-to-be graduate at a particular college in Maine (I was a History/Government major). 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). | |||
== 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]]/[[AK-74]] series rifles - I am a Kalashnikov historian, and I'm particularly fond of Chinese Norinco examples (which probably isn't surprising because I own one) | |||
* [[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. | |||
* [[Browning M2]] | |||
* [[FN F2000]] | |||
* [[FN Minimi]] | |||
* [[Glock]] variants | |||
* [[Heckler & Koch G36]] series | |||
* [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] series | |||
* [[Heckler & Koch USP]] (one of these will probably be my next purchase) | |||
* [[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) | |||
* [[Tokarev TT-33]] | |||
* [[Uzi]] series (especially the Mini) | |||
* [[Walther P99]] | |||
==Articles to which I've contributed include:== | |||
=== Movies === | |||
* ''[[44 Minutes]]'' | |||
* ''[[American History X]]'' (an all-time favorite of mine, not so much for the guns but the story and Edward Norton's performance) | |||
* ''[[Blood Diamond]]'' | |||
* ''[[Deep Rising]]'' (one of my "guilty pleasure" favorites - I love monster movies) | |||
* ''[[Goldeneye]]'' (one of my favorite Bond movies) | |||
* ''[[I Am Legend]]'' | |||
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' | |||
* ''[[Lord of War]]'' | |||
* ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' | |||
* ''[[Romeo & Juliet]]'' | |||
* ''[[Snatch]]'' (love this one) | |||
* ''[[XXX 2: State of the Union]]'' (terrible movie, great guns) | |||
=== Television === | |||
''[[Harsh Realm]]'' (under-appreciated TV series which I recently re-discovered on DVD) | |||
=== Guns === | |||
* [[AK-47]] | |||
* [[FN Minimi]] | |||
* [[Glock]] | |||
* [[RPG-2]] | |||
* [[Sig Sauer P220 pistol series]] | |||
* [[Taurus PT92]] | |||
== Articles I'm Working On Now == | |||
=== Movies === | |||
* ''[[A History of Violence]]'' | |||
* ''[[Hard Boiled]]'' | |||
* ''[[Raw Deal]]'' | |||
* ''[[RoboCop]]'' and ''[[RoboCop 3]]'' | |||
=== Video Games === | |||
* ''[[Half-Life]]'' |
Revision as of 17:26, 4 May 2008
MT2008
Name: Matt Age: 22 Home Town: Chapel Hill, NC Occupation: Student (soon to graduate to...unemployment, most likely) Future Plans: Grad school (maybe), law school (less likely)
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 soon-to-be graduate at a particular college in Maine (I was a History/Government major). 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 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).
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/AK-74 series rifles - I am a Kalashnikov historian, and I'm particularly fond of Chinese Norinco examples (which probably isn't surprising because I own one)
- Barret M82
- Benelli M4 Super 90
- Beretta 92 and Taurus PT92-series pistols - let's face it, these are quite possibly the most beautiful-looking semi-automatic pistols ever designed.
- Browning M2
- FN F2000
- FN Minimi
- Glock variants
- Heckler & Koch G36 series
- Heckler & Koch MP5 series
- Heckler & Koch USP (one of these will probably be my next purchase)
- 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 M500 Bullpup
- PK/PKM machine gun series
- RPG-7
- SIG Pro SP2022
- SPAS 12 and SPAS 15
- Sig Sauer P220 pistol series (especially the P220 and P226)
- Tokarev TT-33
- Uzi series (especially the Mini)
- Walther P99
Articles to which I've contributed include:
Movies
- 44 Minutes
- American History X (an all-time favorite of mine, not so much for the guns but the story and Edward Norton's performance)
- Blood Diamond
- Deep Rising (one of my "guilty pleasure" favorites - I love monster movies)
- Goldeneye (one of my favorite Bond movies)
- I Am Legend
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Lord of War
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Romeo & Juliet
- Snatch (love this one)
- XXX 2: State of the Union (terrible movie, great guns)
Television
Harsh Realm (under-appreciated TV series which I recently re-discovered on DVD)