^^^ loaded at too low a pressure - so is all old mil stuff, but 7x57 it makes up for it with high BC projies avail.

:)

kelly's heroes
the deer hunter
the eagle has landed
generation kill
love all the other ones you guys have posted as well.

edit, forgot the big red one.

Mark _australia said...
^^^ loaded at too low a pressure - so is all old mil stuff, but 7x57 it makes up for it with high BC projies avail.:)

now I need a head scratching smiley
so your 7 x 57 outwallops a 200 grain boat tail wandering along at a tad over 3000fps (military issue ammo)......from a M44 carbine.

I use this baby for everything from rapidfire short range mad minute matches, targets out to 600 yards and the occaisional fox- with the original military sights and no fancy recoil pads or bipods, just using whats left of my shoulder
(probably explains why my shoulder is getting rebuilt next week)

Granted, my reloads are a bit more civilised, taipan 150 grain at 2800fps for targets and a bit of hunting, and 180 grain cast lead with traiboss powder for no-recoil loads for kids (and temporarily- me)
Also- flat base projies are better in military spec. barrels, twice the barrel life- and almost always more accurate than boaties- unless you are going over 700 to 800 yards.

stephen

Starship Troopers!

Dambusters! Yes! Classic British stiff upper lip! Great music and restrained, British (wooden) acting.

The real Guy Gibson who led that raid was 24 at the time! 24! A mere boy!

Just to name a few.

longwinded said...
Das Boot.

+1

and the deer hunter !

Pearl harbour! I think that was a war or perhaps just a slaughter, dunno!

You're missing one of the most important pieces.

Cross of Iron, it's a Sam Peckinpah classic that introduced a few new things to action scenes that are all "de rigeur" now.

Also interesting in that it's not the allies.

Great Escape
Red Tails (2012)
The Right Stuff - Not really war but testing war planes.

All time Favorite.......Memphis Belle

paddymac said...
Kelly's Heroes. Donald Sutherland as Sgt Oddball was brilliant

Agreed! One of the best quirky roles in a war movie.



All Quiet on the Western Front.

Hunt for red October

in no way the best but, we were soldiers, the lighthorsemen i loved, followed by pear harbour and memphis belle ,plenty of airplane action.

mmm now I think about it I am not sure of the best,

but the worst must surely be :

Any GoPro hero filming themselves kiting in the Pond at Safety Bay and posting it on Seabreeze.

It must classify as a war film as it is a real battleground over there.

War Horse

and best war musical

War Horse the musical



or that Quentin Tarantino one with the Germans and Jews in france