I doubt I'll ever get my question answered because it's such an old film, but I'll ask anyway.
During the meeting between Luther(the thief), and his daughter(Laura Linney), there are two sharp shooters(Dennis Haysbert and Richard Jenkins) waiting to kill Luther.
As they lie in wait, I noticed they blew on the rifle bullet prior to loading.
Could someone explain why? Is this some type of good luck thing sharp shooters/riflemen do?
After rewatching this movie, I was also curious about this practice. I couldn't find much discussion on this. Someone on Quora said the following:
"It gets the dust and water off.
"Squeezing dirt between a bullet and your rifles barrel is like running sandpaper down the barrel. It can permanently damage the polished interior of the barrel, ruining future accuracy.
"Water can be a hazard as well, as it is not compressible. If you have a layer of water between the bullet casing and the rifles chamber, and then subject it to 50,000 psi or more, it's possible to damage the chamber wall. Corrosion can also be an issue.
"It's best to subject the insides of a gun to as few contaminants as possible.
"EDIT: Not sure if water is actually as much of a hazard, as I remember seeing guns fired underwater without any damage (as far as I know)."
maybe out in the field. taking clean bullets out of a clean case it's sort of pointless. maybe to show they both were ex-snipers.
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