Blaming accuracy on the gun mount

might it not be a gps thing probably a script ploy

Dear Radbasa,

I also noticed the inconclusive, half-assed way this scene was handled. Mounting sights/camera lenses on a large calibre weapon would be a meticulous process, as our lethal Jackal surely knew. But these procedures were time-consuming and not necessary to making this scene work, from a cinematic point of view.

Years ago, I built up a high quality, powerful hunting rifle (Winchester .300 Magnum), which utilized a telescopic sight. The first thing I did was "boresight" the rifle, which I did at a pistol range. This was the preliminary alignment of the barrel with the line of vision from the telescopic sight. I oriented the weapon so that it pointed downrange to the bullseye on a paper target @ 15 yards distant. How? I removed the bolt and sighted downrage through the barrel. Second, I adjusted the telescopic sight so that it bore on the same target. Next step was to go to a rifle range and complete the calibrations at known distances. That led to final adjustments. It worked for me.

I did it this way because of my Army training in boresighting the main cannon with the optics on a tank. When I showed up at the pistol range with a large hunting rifle, it caused quite a stir among the 'gun people' there. I quickly explained what I wanted to do; the management was quite cooperative, once they understood what I had in mind.

BTW, I never went hunting. Firing the weapon made my beloved dog lose his hearing for a couple of days. That would not do! I got rid of the rifle.

I really appreciated this movie as an "updated" version of the original. But, the original rules. Regarding the accuracy of the gun mount...this whole complicated "contraption" cost our new Jackal a ton of money. What an inaccurate cinematic joke. With the first shot, any sniper/assassin would have fallen over dead laughing at the "it's off by 'x' millimeters" b.s. At the range the Jackal was shooting (maybe 150 yards)...he could have bought an off-the shelf Ruger, Winchester or Remington rifle that would have performed in a much better fashion. I mean, c'mon guys...the "sniper/assassin" is targeting a pumpkin...maybe 150 yards...with this Rube Goldberg electronic/digital contraption that finds his first shot from a cold barrel off by enough that he not only misses the pumpkin...he "kills" a tree standing FEET, not inches away!!! What a laugh!!!

The inherent innacuracy of this scene should be apparent to any gun-savvy viewer upon watching the first few seconds. There sits the "gun"...covered in a canvas tarp...(it was obviously unloaded, assembled, etc., by our Willis character...yet Willis eventually "unveils" this Weapon of Missed Destruction to the great surprise of the Jack Black character!!! Why was LaMont so surprised to see the weapon?? Didn't he have to watch The Jackal remove it from the truck, assemble it, set it up, "sight" it, etc., etc., etc...??
Continuity people...step up, please!!

Good movie for 15 year-olds who need to join a shooting/hunting club to learn about weapons...bad movie anyone who knows anything about firearms.