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Custom-Made Sniper Rifle. The Jackal uses a custom made sniper rifle in .22 caliber created by an Italian gunsmith as part of his plan to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. The rifle is fitted with a suppressor, telescopic sight, and is disguised within a set of crutches.
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The Jackal is a 1997 American action thriller starring...
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In The Day of the Jackal (1973), the assassin code-named The Jackal ( Edward Fox) commissions a custom-made sniper rifle for his latest "job", designed to break down into slender parts, including a suppressor and telescopic sight, that can be concealed inside (or disguised as) the parts of a set of crutches.
Mar 31, 2022 · #1 · Mar 28, 2022 (Edited) Hi. I have seen a few old threads on this forum and other places about this cool rifle from the book 1971 and movie 1973 ' The Day of The Jackal'. I have been a big fan and never could imagine I would take on the project. From the web I know : 1) there were 2 actual functional rifles used in the movie.
Jul 30, 1973 · The Day of the Jackal: Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel. In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Fred Zinnemann
- 1973-07-30
The Jackal travels to Genoa and commissions a custom rifle from a gunsmith, and fake identity papers from a forger, whom the Jackal kills when the man tries blackmailing him. In Paris, the Jackal duplicates a key to a sixth-floor flat overlooking the Place du 18 juin 1940.
Jun 30, 2023 · A still from The Day of the Jackal (1973) Fox is given a similar role. He is the designer of his own rifle, and when the need arises, he can even spray paint his Alfa Romeo in the middle of a forest.
