Comments on: Top gun mistakes movies make

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:41:00 +0000

Wolfwood, LOL

By: Wolfwood

Wolfwood — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:39:54 +0000

I’ve noticed the one-shot-then-slide-lock thing, too; “24″ is horrible on this. I want to walk up to the propmaster and say “Here’s a snap cap. I know you think you only need one round, but put this one in first. Your producer will thank me later.”

By: Windy Wilson

Windy Wilson — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:20:43 +0000

Well, if it’s a single-action revolver, you need to cock it before you can pull the trigger, and if someone were to draw quickly on someone else with the intent to threaten them, they’d have to cock it as they bring the gun to bear, so there would be some clicking going on as the gun is drawn.

As long as we’re complaining about mistakes, isn’t it a gun sight the homies ought to be looking down, not a gun site?
We could refer to this blog as a gun site, but the little bits of metal on the rifle is a gun sight. I should drink more, I’m getting too pedantic.

By: mockum

mockum — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:49:30 +0000

I hate it when every time somebody touches a gun or raises it up, it makes this metallic click sound like something was just engaged.

By: BigBore

BigBore — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:36:20 +0000

Silencers on revolvers. Arrrrggggg.

By: guy

guy — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:43:52 +0000

“My favorite is the where the shooter fires 1 round from a semi auto pistol and then slide locks back.”

I was just watching “Road to Perdition” and noticed Tom Hanks was able to fire one more round at Jude Law AFTER the slide locked back.

By: Federalist

Federalist — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:22:14 +0000

That list is not good. E.g.,

#2: Semi-autos can easily end up empty with the slide forward if the shooter’s thumb accidentally bumps or holds on the slide catch. I have big hands and this has happened to me during tactical drills.

#3: A good sniper would dial in his scope for the known distance. Only reason to not center his crosshairs on the target would be to hold-over for movement or gusts.

Try my recent complaint on Hollywood gun mistakes here.

By: Nooky

Nooky — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:25:12 +0000

What I like the most is when a sniper shoots and the camera follow a whole cartridge getting out of the canon instead of a bullet.

By: dogon1013

dogon1013 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:33:19 +0000

I always get disturbed when a gun of some type is shot until it’s empty (usually a machine gun), and then the actor keeps pulling the trigger and it keeps going click-click-click when it’s clearly a single action gun which would not make any noise past the first click.

darn sound effects guys wanted something to do I guess

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:22:10 +0000

Steve, I believe EzGoingKev’s whole point was that Glocks do not have hammers, and yet still, in the movies people thumb cock said non-existent hammers all the friggin’ time.

I could add my own gripes about firearm mistakes, but trust me, we would be here until tomorrow morning… Perhaps I should just go and watch Way of the Gun one more time?

By: kp

kp — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:22:51 +0000

there’s a caveat to the first “flaw.” There are some rare revolvers that can take a supressor and fire on a sealed chamber. :}

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:32:09 +0000

My favorite is the where the shooter fires 1 round from a semi auto pistol and then slide locks back.

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:24:09 +0000

Surrendering your firearm to a criminal/terrorist/etc piss me off the most.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:04:05 +0000

EzGoingKev, it wouldn’t be done on a Glock as they use an internal striker, not a hammer, but I know what you mean. It really gets me.

By: EzGoingKev

EzGoingKev — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:57:06 +0000

One of my favorites is when the actor is pointing his Glock at another actor and he “pulls the hammer back” for effect.