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MT2008

Guns I Own

Golden State Arms-imported Chinese Type 56S AK - this is my baby
Smith & Wesson 4506 - it actually belonged to my grandfather, but he gave it to me.
SIG-Sauer P226

These are only guns that I've either purchased myself, or which were given specifically to me. I also used to own a Taurus PT92 which I have since sold (it was a very old and well-used example) and a Ruger Mark III (another of my grandfather's guns which I sold). My Dad has a much larger collection which includes a large number of black-powder pistols and revolvers (his favorite is his LeMat), and a Colt SAA replica.

Images (of myself + guns)

My West German-manufactured SIG-Sauer P226, with a magazine full of Speer GoldDot 115 GR. 9mm rounds nearby.

My pre-ban Chinese Type 56S AK imported by Golden State Arms, here fitted with the PLA-issue bayonet that came with the gun.

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Firing my S&W 4506 at the Durham Wildlife Club. This is an old picture, taken about 3-4 years ago, I think.

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Firing a rented SIG P226R at Red's Indoor Range in Austin, TX.

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A close-up of the P226 in my hand (yes, I know I should have kept my finger off the trigger).

Articles to which I've contributed include:

Movies

2 Fast 2 Furious
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-out
A History of Violence
Air Force One
American Dragons
American History X
Blood Diamond
Blown Away
Cloverfield
Colors
The Corruptor
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
Deep Rising
The Departed
Executive Decision
Enemy of the State
Fracture
Godzilla
Goldeneye
Hard Boiled
Hard Target
Harsh Times
Hitman
Hot Fuzz
I Am Legend
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Kiss The Girls
Live Free or Die Hard
Lord of War
The Matrix
Mars Attacks!
Murder At 1600
The Negotiator
Patriot Games
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raw Deal
The Replacement Killers
RoboCop
RoboCop 2
Romeo & Juliet
The Siege
Soldier
Snatch
Training Day
Trespass
U.S. Marshals
Where Eagles Dare
XXX 2: State of the Union
You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Television

Video Games

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

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 ==MT2008==
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-*'''Name:''' Matt
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-*'''Age:''' 23
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-*'''Home Town:''' Originally from Chapel Hill, NC; currently living in Austin, TX
-*'''Occupation:''' Semi-employed at the Austin branch of a major law firm; hoping to start Master's in the fall.
-==About Me==
-After losing my entire account and all the contributions I made to this site, I have finally returned. I'm still extremely upset that I lost everything I did (lesson: back everything up yourself, since you can never count on webmasters to do it for you), but fortunately, I have lots of screencaps and too much time on my hands, so I'm back. In addition to working on articles I had edited prior to the great crash, I'm also working on lots of new ones.
-Anyway, I'm a recent graduate of a particular college in Maine (I was a History/Government major) who now has way too much time on his hands. I'm sort of a wannabe movie-gun librarian, and I love watching movies and seeing what types of weapons are in it. To be fair, I don't know as much about the classics, mostly just contemporary movies ([[Rafa]], on the other hand, seems to be good with older films). Sometimes, I will buy movies on DVD, even terrible movies, if the guns are worth looking at - which sounds crazy, I know. Additionally, I tend to look for "behind the scenes" information on the guns in a movie - the company that supplied the weapons for the production, the armorers who built/handled the prop weapons on set, etc. I frequently use pictures of the actual prop guns in my articles, if I can find them (see for instance, my work on ''[[I Am Legend]]'', for which I found pictures of the actual AR15 carbine and Mark-23 that were used in the movie).
-Although I'm big into guns, movies, and guns ''in'' movies, I don't do much shooting in real life. I used to shoot skeet when I was in high school, but that was years ago now. I also go to the pistol range sometimes, but this, too, is pretty rare. Usually, I just buy guns for collector value...I have a very expensive pre-1989 Poly Tech AK which I've fired a total of ''4'' times in my basement. I am thinking about getting more into shooting once I graduate and I'm not in an environment where guns are frowned upon.
-So that's that. Any other questions, please drop me a note on my "discussion" page.
 ==Guns I Own==
 * Golden State Arms-imported Chinese Type 56S AK - this is my baby
 * [[Smith & Wesson 4506]] - it actually belonged to my grandfather, but he gave it to me.
+* [[SIG-Sauer P226]]
-I also used to own a [[Taurus PT92]] which I have since sold (it was a very old and well-used example) and a Ruger Mark III (another of my grandfather's guns which I sold).
+These are only guns that I've either purchased myself, or which were given specifically to me. I also used to own a [[Taurus PT92]] which I have since sold (it was a very old and well-used example) and a Ruger Mark III (another of my grandfather's guns which I sold). My Dad has a much larger collection which includes a large number of black-powder pistols and revolvers (his favorite is his LeMat), and a Colt SAA replica.
-* UPDATE: I'm now the proud owner of an original West German-made [[SIG-Sauer P220 pistol series#SIG P226|SIG-Sauer P226]]. (screw Picatinny rails!)
 ==Images (of myself + guns)==