Sniper Collector's Box Set: Sniper, Sniper 2, and Sniper 3
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Actor: Tom BerengerBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 280 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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DVD Review: Sniper II: a glaring technical error about rifles.
Summary: 2 Stars
I felt sorry for Tom Beringer as I watched Sniper II. At one point his character, Beckett, starts praising the military rifle he's just been handed as a substitute for his customary precision rifle that he's just lost. Beckett explains the various virtues of the Model 98 Mauser. He states that things could be a lot worse than to be handed a German Mauser, examining the rifle in his hands.
But wait...the rifle in his hands is not a Mauser. Beckett, our skilled old-school sniper and presumed military rifle expert, is holding a Mosin Nagant. It's probably Russian, most likely a Model 91/30. You can tell the difference from 10 or 20 feet away: the 98 Mauser has an internal magazine that's hidden inside the stock, and the Mosin Nagant has an external magazine that sticks out almost 2 inches from the stock and is about 5 inches long, right in front of the trigger guard. For an old-school sniper, steeped in the knowledge of bolt action rifles, to misidentify that rifle would be unthinkable.
The Mauser is an 8 mm, the Mosin Nagant uses 7.62 X 54R, and the 8mm ammo wouldn't even come close to chambering in the Mosin Nagant. As I watched the movie from that point on, I could almost imagine that Beringer, who strikes me as thoughtful and complex, knew the script he had to work from was bogus. It almost seemed like he went through the motions as a wry statement about just how miserable his life as an actor could be, as though he was telling us "Just look at the garbage I have to put up with."
Maybe the worst part of this technical error is that the Mosin Nagant is about twice as accurate as the Mauser, if you compare off-the-rack service rifles in good condition, firing standard issue ball ammo, like the rifle Beckett had in his hands. Therefore, a sniper like Beckett would have not only known about that difference, but he'd also be happy and smiling, commenting on the fabled accuracy of the Mosin Nagant, praising the brilliant spring and follower mechanism in the Mosin Nagant's magazine, and complaining about the awkward bolt handle, protruding sideways, that everybody complains about. Only Mosin Nagant sniper rifles have a turned-down bolt, and that isn't what Beckett had in his hands. There are scenes where he's hunched down behind this rifle, and it's obviously a Mosin Nagant front sight and muzzle configuration, not that of a Mauser.
Sorry, people, but it's a mistake the character Beckett would never have made. It's also a mistake about rifles that a "Sniper movie" shouldn't have made.
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