Reloading in the Movies

[rebel]

Just watched the 2017 movie Wind River (set in Wyoming in modern times) and was surprised to see the reloading scene. In it, a Wyoming Fish & Game officer, played by Jeremy Renner, is seen chamfering a case, weighing a charge on a scale, pouring the charge into a case, and seating a bullet. It's a long straight-walled case that I'm guessing is a 45-70. His rifle is a stainless lever-action gun which is probably either a Marlin 1895 or Henry 45-70, but I could be wrong about that. Seems like an odd choice for the wide open spaces of Wyoming, but the shooting scenes seemed well done. Anyone else seen the movie?

Wind River is a really good movie. Not sure if a 45/70 would knock folks around like that but it sure was dramatic!

 

[Heavy Metal 1]

The Mountain Men----Brian Keith & C. Heston

 

[DRNewcomb]

Werewolf movies have the silver bullet reloading scenes.

In the SciFi TV series, Falling Skies, they had to make bullets from salvaged alien metal in order to kill the alien machines.

 

[Defty]

When I was a KID (mid 40s) we would go to the "Hitching Post" theater (Santa Monica, Calif) for the Saturday Westerns. Hoppy Long Cassidy , Tom Mix, Gabby Hays etc.
All the Boys had to "CHECK" their cap guns and holsters at the gun booth next to the popcorn stand. OH FOR THE GOOD OLD DAYS

 

[dkhunt14]

I think there was reloading in the movie Sniper (1993) with Tom Beringer. It was a good movie. Matt

 

[slm9s]

Wind River is a really good movie. Not sure if a 45/70 would knock folks around like that but it sure was dramatic!

Almost as bad as in the last Rambo, get shot with a Barrett 50 and the bad guy would absolutely fly off the screen.

 

[steve123]

It was funny to me when Swagger was looking at the can through the scope at 1 mile and the can in reality looked like it was 75 yards away.

The shot with the 22rf out of the boat was a good one.

The old hillbilly Gunsmith played his part well.

 

[M-61]

The old hillbilly Gunsmith played his part well.

As he always did. Levon Helm. Aside from his music he was a great character actor. Chuck Yeager's friend Jack Ridley, and Helm was also the narrator through that movie (The Right Stuff) with that haunting voice of his. Although a brief role in The Shooter he was great.
"Still have the shovel."

 

[KevinThomas]

Or they keep racking the slide on pistol or shotgun and no rounds/hulls eject.

Friend of mine in a neighboring city handled a homicide a year or two back. Officers and detectives arrived on that scene to find where one of the participants in the shootout had stood, only to see a 50/50 mix of live rounds and expended cases. Took them a while to realize that this idiot had fired a round, racked the slide, fired a round, racked the slide, etc.. Apparently he really had learned to shoot by watching movies and/or TV.

Who says that these things aren’t educational?

 

[Davidb187]

I think there was reloading in the movie Sniper (1993) with Tom Beringer. It was a good movie. Matt

No. He was "pointing" his bullets with a file though

 

[grovey]

How about Mel Gibson in the patriot ? Pretty fitting casting round balls from his son's toy soldiers. A front loader is loading, but not reloading. Still cool...

 

[perazziguy]

In the movie Tremors, the Dillon vibratory case cleaner attracts the giant worm that busts through Bert Gummer’s basement wall knocking over his reloading bench

Underground GD monsters!

 

[ebb]

I think he was pointing his bullets with his pocket knife?????

 

[jonbearman]

Quigley down under is one of the finest movies Mr Selleck made. That movie will live forever.

 

[Monte F]

I remember a movie long ago (38 yrs.) that the main hero was filling hollow points with mercury. Then sealing the tips with wax or lead if I remember correctly. Apparently when he shot the bad guys they would cause a lot of damage by sending the mercury if all directions. I can not think of the title, was not a very good movie. Probably a Golin and Globus production.

 

[theMadAlaskan]

I remember a movie long ago (38 yrs.) that the main hero was filling hollow points with mercury. Then sealing the tips with wax or lead if I remember correctly. Apparently when he shot the bad guys they would cause a lot of damage by sending the mercury if all directions. I can not think of the title, was not a very good movie. Probably a Golin and Globus production.

That might have been The American starring anti-gun nut George Clooney. As I recall he crafted a highly accurate super powerful Mini 14.

 

[Bc'z]

That might have been The American starring anti-gun nut George Clooney. As I recall he crafted a highly accurate super powerful Mini 14.

Oh the hypocrisy!
Hates guns but needs them for making a living.

 

[Davidb187]

I think he was pointing his bullets with his pocket knife?????

You may be right. It's been a long time. The small nail file was for his trigger finger lol.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

I was watching "Hap and Leonard" Last nite. Reloading scene in there..

 

[ebb]

It has been a long time that's why I put all the question marks??? Ive tuned up some Remington pointed soft points that I have hunted with that have been in and out of the rifle many times and were beat up.