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RBL-M1A2Tanker In reply to ??? [2007-03-10 01:18:35 +0000 UTC]

It's still a Desert Eagle. That's the point. And as I stated before, they used the 9mm version in the Matrix movies. you can tell because the casings are too small for a larger round such as for magnums (it's also cheaper to use 9mm vs the other rounds, even if reloaded).

You're completely off on why universities don't use wikipedia. The information is frequently wrong, poorly cited (if at all), frequently has no sources listed within the articles themselves, has no authors for you to check for credentials of the original writers and research their biases or other works (if there are any), frequently IS biased, and just in general poorly written by people who pretend to be something they're not. See exhibit A: [link] . It has nothing to do with improving study skills. It's a really poor source. You will not find a college or a university department worth it's salt that allows it, and you're now seeing them flat out BAN it. See Exhibit B, and C. [link] [link] Encyclopedias are also bad sources for the same reasons. At the most you can use it for is to read and get a slight start in a direction, but beyond that, it's useless as a source of any kind of information.

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OhMyGaigun In reply to RBL-M1A2Tanker [2007-03-10 02:19:27 +0000 UTC]

I'll admit, wikipedia has some lousy people writing for it, and as for the desert eagle, I guess that means the Remington 870 and the Mavrick 88 are the same thing cuz their both pumps and they both have the number eight in their cerial number. Magnums and pistols are not the same thing, the Desert Eagle is a magnum, the Baby Eagle is a pistol and was first called the Jericho 941, Magnum Research changed the name because it used the same frame style as their popular Desert Eagle, and going off of how big a bullet is in a movie to deturmine its caliber is a stupid idea, I saw a movie trailer once, a guy shot a zombie with a shotgun and pumped it to chamber ther next round, no shotgun shell came out, a freaking .22 long rifle case did.

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RBL-M1A2Tanker In reply to OhMyGaigun [2007-03-10 02:42:59 +0000 UTC]

I didn't say the bullet, I said the casing. Big difference. When it comes to magnums vs standard velocity rounds, the casings are different. Magnum casings are usually longer and thicker to hold the larger bullet and powder. The casings dropped (best example is right after the Agent shot Neo in the first film) is thin and short. A 9mm bullet. I know about those...I fired them all the time in service.

The "baby" DE is still...a DE. As per what the company that makes them and DE's calls them, as you said yourself. Hence...it's a DE. It's a product line. Magnums are still...guess what?...a PISTOL. Trying to say they're not is incorrect. Also trying to compare a Remington 870 with a Maverick 88 by saying "well, they both have 8's in them must make them the same too!" is incorrect as you're trying to compare two totally different companies! Your analogy fails from the start, and is a horrible example to use.

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OhMyGaigun In reply to RBL-M1A2Tanker [2007-03-10 04:28:09 +0000 UTC]

You are not listening to me, I said that you can not, repeat, can not deturmine a gun's caliber by the size of the bullet, same with casing, in movies because people dont know shit about guns, I made a mistake, no case of anykind was ejected from that shotgun, I even went and dug the stupid thing up. [link] Now teach yourself the stupidity and ignorence of Hollywood.

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