Rare Suppressor Construction in a Movie

[SharpsDressedMan]

Just sitting here watching "The American", with George Clooney (I know, I know!), but was pleasantly surprised at the accuracy and detail offerd in the movie of making a suppressor. Right down to the probably metric, left hand threading of the barrel. I do not want to get into a big movie discussion, but any NFA buff ought to check this out. About as close as the cinema will ever get to the subject.

 

[Taurus44]

When he was picking out the pipe and washers in the mechanic's shop, I looked at my wife and said, "He going to use that to build a can." Sure enough, a few minutes later in the movie and he's hammering washer baffles on the kitchen table!

The movie was downright boring in some parts, but I agree, gun/NFA geeks would get a kick out of some scenes.

 

[One-Time]

an overall forgetable movie, that made little sense and felt like 1/2 a book and a bad book at that, but that part was decent

 

[srkavanagh6621]

I thought it was the worst movie I have ever seen, there was barely and talking and NO PLOT what-so-ever. It was a bad movie, as for the suppressor who cares the movie was so boring.

 

[Ranb]

While the method he used for making flat washers into slightly conical baffles was good (and used by some that do not have a lathe), it did not show how he threaded the tube or the end caps.

Other than that, they did a decent job of making an evil back-shooting SOB (the American) into the protagonist. The nicest person in the last 90 minutes of the movie was the whore he was running around with. That kind of ruined the movie for me.

Ranb

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

I was trying to avoid overall movie reviews and keep it NFA related...............

 

[Gryffydd]

We could talk about the Mini 14 being used as a sniper weapon

 

[LiquidTension]

He must have watched "Ghost Dog" before picking his gun platform

 

[MrCleanOK]

That was one expensive Mini-14.

 

[P30shtr]

Whoever made that movie owes me 2hrs of my life back... IT SUCKED . All the firearms bits were cool but the rest...damn. And the previews made it look like it was gonna be so cool, I guess that's what they're supposed to do huh. Hah Sucker- that's me


I was trying to avoid overall movie reviews and keep it NFA related...............-OP post #6

Sorry bout that, couldnt help myself. Yes all the NFA stuff was cool.