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| − | 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) | ||
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| + | ==About Me== | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | 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). | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | So that's that. Any other questions, please drop me a note on my "discussion" page. | ||
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| + | |||
| + | ==Guns I Own== | ||
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| + | * 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. | ||
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| + | 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]] | ||
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| + | ==Articles to which I've contributed include:== | ||
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| + | === Movies === | ||
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| + | * ''[[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]] | ||
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| + | == Articles I'm Working On Now == | ||
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| + | === Movies === | ||
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| + | * ''[[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)