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Originally posted by Redlava:
I am probably over thinking this but here goes.

Here are the two ways I think it could have went down. Most of looks that Jayne gives (ie. when Dobson makes his offer, the sniper rifle, ect.) were for dramatic effect. To keep you guessing on what was going to happen. So I will throw those out.

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Originally posted by USMCHellraiser:
I don't understand the "Sniper Rifle" comments, but if they are about how Jayne was looking at Mal through his scope, well that is just what you do when your long-distance sighting device is attached to a weapon. Even as much as Marines try to avoid pointing weapons at each other ("flagging"), we use our scopes (called ACOGs or RCOs) to look at anything far away, including our own people. You would have to let go of your weapon to use binos, and if your setting up a shot with friendlies near enemies, you sight off of your friendlies to use them as a TRP (target reference point) and gain a frame of reference as to which bad guys to shoot (ie- closest to your guys, best line of sight on your troops. etc...)

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Originally posted by DonCoat:

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Originally posted by USMCHellraiser:
I don't understand the "Sniper Rifle" comments, but if they are about how Jayne was looking at Mal through his scope, well that is just what you do when your long-distance sighting device is attached to a weapon. Even as much as Marines try to avoid pointing weapons at each other ("flagging"), we use our scopes (called ACOGs or RCOs) to look at anything far away, including our own people. You would have to let go of your weapon to use binos, and if your setting up a shot with friendlies near enemies, you sight off of your friendlies to use them as a TRP (target reference point) and gain a frame of reference as to which bad guys to shoot (ie- closest to your guys, best line of sight on your troops. etc...)

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While I have no doubt that's all true, I question whether the typical TV viewer (or scriptwriter) would be aware of that. To most of us, that scene says, "Hey, Jayne has Mal in his sights! Maybe he's going to shoot him!"

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Originally posted by ShinyLetsBeBadGuys:

Haha the sniper moment was one of my favorite ones in that episode. I think that it was just Jayne being Jayne

I dont think he was going to shoot him at all just entertaining the idea in his head. One of those 'all i gotta do is pull the trigger' moments. Sort of like how they say when people are on top of something REALLY high they wonder what it would be like to jump off.

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