New article posted from American Cop Magazine

[admin]

I just posted a scan of a couple pages from American Cop Magazine and posted it under the news section of the website.  The article is on the Sidewinder.  What I wanted to bring to your attention is that there is a contest..... You can win a Sidewinder!  Here is the magazine scan: http://northamericanarms.com/press_releases/americancop413.pdf

[Kentucky Kevin]

Great, thanks for the link for a chance to win I'm posting a link of an awesome review.


http://www.gunblast.com/NAA-Sidewinder.htm

[grayelky]

MAN! I gotta have that one!! It comes with 2 barrels! It says so under "Features" on page 3!

[wild bill]

 Hey, does that second barrel point forward or back?   

[TwoGunJayne]

2 barrels?!? A one-of-a-kind custom and we knew nothing about it?

Oh, man! That thing is worth a fortune!

[poncho]

OMG.. I want one 

[CavScout]

It's bad enough when politicos filing bills to limit gun ownership show lack of knowledge about nomenclature... But, when a publication directed toward a readership that carries firearms for daily duty confuses barrels with cylinders, it makes one wonder where the proof readers were taking their nap! 

And... The article states the Sidewinder is one of their "best sellers". Could that be because they've sold every one made so far?

[boone123]

Writing about guns, and being a gun person, can be two different things, and many times that is the case. More often than you would belive.

[CavScout]

That's why I was wagging my finger at the proofreaders, rather than the writers. The proofreaders should catch spelling, grammar, and context... one would hope. 

But then, I've lost all hope that filmmakers might hire knowledgeable Prop Masters, Armorers, and Technical advisers.

There's always the Civil War Era dated intro to a Western, only to see the hero opening a loading gate, and inserting metallic cartridges in his revolver (The Good, Bad, and Ugly). Or  the long legged blonde in Beverly Hills Cop 2 firing a revolver at the indoor range, and have the Foley guys dub in empty cases bouncing on the concrete floor with every shot. 

[TwoGunJayne]

Look closely at the magazine.

[Kentucky Kevin]

I'vr already admitted that I am that dense. What am I looking for/at??

[TwoGunJayne]

HK: Accuracy, Reliability -- Accept no comprimise.

...and their ad pic has rounds loaded backwards in the pistol magazine.

Even HK isn't immune to photographers and journalists screwing it all up. I cringed a bit inside when I first saw this.

For a bit more cringing, google image search for: rounds loaded backwards magazine

[RogueTS1]

Ever notice how movies long ago dealing with guns, swords etc always listed an armorer? Now adays I specifically look to see if an armorer is listed in the credits. I cannot remeber the last time I saw one listed........... I think it has become a bad thing these days to have a weapons expert on the set to help things go right.

[TwoGunJayne]

Oh yeah, I was watching a documentary on how they handled their business back in the old black and white movie days. They interviewed an ancient old man and showed a fairly unimpressive b&w scene of a man next to a window. The glass breaks, you hear gunshots. No big deal, right?

No, not really, except that it was a professional sharpshooter using real bullets that they'd hired to do that scene. Wow. It took GUTS to make action movies back in the days before special effects! The old guy was chuckling about how the actor refused to do another take after he found out what the scene was all about. As I recall, it was some famous actor that had second thoughts about the role of action in the movies. Can't remember offhand which one, though.

[RogueTS1]

Sounds like Humphrey Bogart, could have been James Cagney, but he was supposed to be shooting out of an upstairs building while the enemy, cops or other bad guys, where trying to hose him with a Thompson smg. He refused to stand there while the man shot up the wall and widow with the Thompson.