I don't have Amazon Prime, so I haven't been watching The Grand Tour. Somehow, some snippets popped up YouTube. This reminds me what it was about Top Gear I liked.
That was a pretty good episode - he didn’t hit crap but it was fun to watch
June 06, 2020, 04:03 PM
ChuckFinley
Pretty sure he missed everything for comic effect.
They are great fun to watch. Hopefully the Madagascar episode can come out soon. (Currently blocked from completion due to shut-down)
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June 06, 2020, 04:48 PM
Balzé Halzé
Yeah, I love those guys, and that episode was hilarious. But yeah, that was likely all scripted and probably shooting blanks. I have to wonder how far those .50 cal rounds would travel at the angle up he was firing.
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June 06, 2020, 04:53 PM
RogueJSK
They truly did miss everything, because... they were shooting blanks.
The downrange effects were mostly added with CGI in post-production, though some of the ones with the M2 were practical effects. (Like the "pre-2000s-war-movie-style" dirt squibs, going off in a line along the ground right in front of the target.)
An easy way to tell is the lack of recoil, the fact that bullets don't spark when they impact wood, and the realization that there's zero chance their insurance would allow them to be firing real bullets from a real gun while bumping around in the back of a pickup flagging themselves and the driver and launching rounds all over the countryside by firing wildly into the air.
June 06, 2020, 06:36 PM
IntrepidTraveler
The A-Team! I love it when a plan comes together!
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June 06, 2020, 07:17 PM
Valpo Fz
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé: Yeah, I love those guys, and that episode was hilarious. But yeah, that was likely all scripted and probably shooting blanks. I have to wonder how far those .50 cal rounds would travel at the angle up he was firing.
Depending on which TM, 6700 meters is often the maximum range of an M2.
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June 06, 2020, 08:08 PM
280nosler
It used to be so good, and went down hill so fast.
June 06, 2020, 09:07 PM
nhtagmember
Check out his episode on “skeet shooting”
June 06, 2020, 09:56 PM
ARMT Guy
Hilarious!
A good demonstration of how many, real life urban drive by shootings actually turn out.
On the M2, the barrel recoils slightly during firing/cycling, so another give away there.
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June 07, 2020, 08:48 AM
Blume9mm
They had to be shooting blanks there is no way in heck I would have been behind the camera on that shoot.
