Chicago Jimmy
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We enjoyed it. It's much better than Mob City.
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I've personally held one of the rifles used to off Bonnie and Clyde, it's in a collection of a guy I know in the South (was told not to say who/where/which gun though). I'm not a spiritual person at all, yet it did feel odd to hold it, somehow...
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As for the lack of Thompsons in that ambush, I concur that there weren't any documented uses of them. Frankly, I have always felt that the use of Tommy guns in crimes wasn't nearly as common as hollywood would have had you believe. I know that shotguns were a very common weapon noted in many mob crimes back then.
I've personally held one of the rifles used to off Bonnie and Clyde, it's in a collection of a guy I know in the South (was told not to say who/where/which gun though). I'm not a spiritual person at all, yet it did feel odd to hold it, somehow...
I've shot several Thompsons in the past. Your father was right, they are very hard to control. My late Uncle accidently fired one inside a building in WW2, and it was almost pointing straight up by the time he managed to get his finger off the trigger.My Dad shot a Tommy gun before going overseas for WW2 (as a weatherman). He said that they're hard to steer at best.
I have too & they are almost as hard to control as it is to not smile when & after you're shooting it!I've shot several Thompsons in the past. Your father was right, they are very hard to control. My late Uncle accidently fired one inside a building in WW2, and it was almost pointing straight up by the time he managed to get his finger off the trigger.
I have too & they are almost as hard to control as it is to not smile when & after you're shooting it!
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My Dad shot a Tommy gun before going overseas for WW2 (as a weatherman). He said that they're hard to steer at best.
If memory serves, and if the writer was correct, both Bonnie and Clyde were shot in the head by the Frank Hamer using a fairly low powered semi-automatic rifle. A Model 8 Remington according to a Bonnie and Clyde sight. The sight doesn't mention a caliber though. Frank shot the two criminals, while everybody else shot the car to death several times over.
I'd think that holding a gun used to kill someone, especially someone you know about, would be a little odd to hold. I know I don't like to go to places where I know someone was killed (like the sandwich shop near my old house).
Peter Hathway Capstick, a noted Safari writer, did some calculations and worked out that a model 12 shooting number 1 buckshot had more weight of lead in the air at the same time than did a MAC-10 in 9mm. That little statistic makes the whole shotgun idea look pretty darn good at close range.
Later Y'all
I've shot several Thompsons in the past. Your father was right, they are very hard to control. My late Uncle accidently fired one inside a building in WW2, and it was almost pointing straight up by the time he managed to get his finger off the trigger.
I'd DVR'd it. Struggling to get ½ way through Part II.
Man, given they had this thing on no less than THREE networks, one woulda thunk it was going to be top-notch.
I kinda like the guy "Clyde" and Hurt is really good, but otherwise, it's been painful to watch most of it.
I DVR'd it as well. However, I enjoyed it thoroughly. I also have to admit, I found the "Bonnie" actress pretty hot. Kinda like the Donna actress on "That '70s Show."
I share your confusion. I can only guess it's because a movie based strictly on facts wouldn't give viewers a sense of who Bonnie and Clyde (or whoever is the subject of any particular movie) really were as people. So filmmakers "fill in the blanks" with speculative fiction, and "tweak" the facts to tell the story they want to tell.I enjoyed the show also.
But the real story had so much to it. That I cant understand why a film cannot be made that is based only on fact????
In my opinion, the real problem with movies like this is that people will watch them and think they know all there is to know about Bonnie and Clyde (or whoever), and very few will do any further research on their own, so the fiction eventually becomes fact. :eusa_doh:
Thanks for posting that, Rusty.
This tendency of ours to glamorize criminality and gunplay really needs a reality check. I say "ours" because I include myself in that number. I'm fascinated by Prohibition and Depression era gangsters and robbers (and more recent ones), too, just as youngsters these days glorify their swaggering "ganstas." But it's a miserable life, and often a short one. And the characters are usually quite stupid, too. Those rare smart crooks are the ones you never hear about.