We had this as a stage at WA IDPA state championship. 6 shots.. Vickers..
2nd place for the stages at 4.00s..
Stage description: With gun hand, slap away arm of first target, draw and engage with two shot to the torso followed with one to the head. Engage second target with two to the torso. Fire third shot to the head of target on the ground.
Thanks for sharing this! Did anyone else notice the front of the barrel hood looks shaved or ground down? I wonder if this was done as some requirement for blank rounds.
Love the movie, love HKs, and love the alleyway scene. Anyone else notice "Tweaker #2" "Mexican carried" his gun; which got stuck in his belt? This gives Vincent extra time to finish guy #1 and transition to guy #2. The scene taught me two things: 1) always have good holsters and practice smooth draws regularly and 2) when fighting multiple assailants, there is a large element of luck involved -- no matter how good you are you're probably going to get shot unless guy #2 doesn't have a clue.
Huh. I always thought ( I guess I heard) that it was an HK 45c - but it seems it was an USP 45 full size? Not that it really matters . . . well, maybe it does since we're fans of the fine points here . .. .
I haven't seen JW yet, but we had taken a class from LAV this summer. Basically my friends told him the same thing. When he sees JW he'll appreciate the technical shooting aspects of the film.
I was amazed at the technique Tom Cruise had in Collateral. You could tell he spent a massive amount of time training. John Wick is great as well, but it's a bit more "fancy" where I felt Collateral was a bit more realistic.
Collateral is a great movie ... Cruise definitely put in time to make it look realistic .. Also love Michael Mann movies, great guns and plenty of action .. Don't forget James Caan in the thief, gotta love his 1911 long slide
Just watched this for the first time and don't know how I haven't seen this before. Good actors, nice guns and action make it worth having. Between this and John Wick I need another HK to go with my Tactical 45.
I own both movies....John Wick and Collateral and I watch them on the regular cause I love seeing the HK's in operation. I'm actually watching John Wick now. Both Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise do an AWESOME job in these movies portraying their hitman characters. Interesting thing about these movies is that they both have a "Club" scene demonstrating their shooting skills.
Can't wait, looks like the same directors so it should be good, just now they'll get a bigger budget to play with, or at least I'm assuming since some of the filming is taking place in Italy.
That's funny. The other day I was at the local gunshop and started talking HK's with the owner and he brought up Collateral and seemed downright offended that I have never seen it (Or even heard of it)
I bought it a couple hours ago and plan on watching it tonight.
If I were Vincent , I would just shoot the two guys in the back and be done with it. It made no tactical sense to call out to them and get in an armed confrontation. It may not look badass but it would be the right way to do it.
I do love that scene because it shows the real life is far more dramatic than Hollywood.
If I were Vincent , I would just shoot the two guys in the back and be done with it. It made no tactical sense to call out to them and get in an armed confrontation.
The stainless would have looked better with Cruise's light grey suit and hair! Cruise's character (Vincent) reminded so much of DeNiro's character (Neal McCauley) in "Heat". McCauley used a USP9 and Glock (ahem!).
Im glad they used the standard full sized USP 45 in black, it looks more impressive in flat black, a shiny gun reminds me of a pimp's gun
Vincent was a highly trained former operator of some type? like a ex SEAL or Special Forces an expert in hand to hand combat and small arms, so it made more sense he used a standard combat sized gun.
Vincent was a highly trained former operator of some type? like a ex SEAL or Special Forces an expert in hand to hand combat and small arms, so it made more sense he used a standard combat sized gun.
It's never stated if Vincent served at all. However, in the making of the film documentary on the DVD, Michael Mann (the film's director), does state that Vincent is former Special Forces. And there was a former SAS operator who trained Tom Cruise how to use the USP45.
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