Gun Myths and Legends

[Sky]

This chicken plate will stop a .51 cal ( Body armor worn by some Army Aviators )

Gun manufactures make all their own parts.

Agent Orange is not harmful to humans

Depleted Uranium rounds (D.U.s) do not produce microscopic radio active particles/dust and cause 12 times the cancer rates and birth defects among those who work around them. It has to be something else.

They would never do that

Someone much smarter than you and I figured out how to make this thing work!

 

[Vyacheslav]

wow, thanks for that, really, we need more CoD players on gun forums

I personally apologize to you on behalf everyone on this forum who enjoys playing video games, though i don't know what is wrong with it

 

[jeepmor]

A 223 with the same energy as a 45-70 will penetrate just as much and is entirely the same in effectiveness on bear.

 

[ljnowell]

Hit an engine block in the right place between the cylinders and ...crack...

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Afterfire]

Never fired a .357/44mag at an engine block but I put 8rds of .45 230gr. fmj into the side of a chryco 3.3 v6 block, nearly vaporized the bullets.

I bet a couple 250gr hardcast .45lc in the right spot could do it, but I'm just speculating.

 

[ljnowell]

Never fired a .357/44mag at an engine block but I put 8rds of .45 230gr. fmj into the side of a chryco 3.3 v6 block, nearly vaporized the bullets.

I bet a couple 250gr hardcast .45lc in the right spot could do it, but I'm just speculating.

I dont doubt that someone could damage an iron block with a large handgun, if shot in just the right spot, but the 357 isnt a block splitter. That myth has been "shot down" time and time again.

 

[Sport45]

but the 357 isnt a block splitter.

But it could drain the oil or water pretty fast.

If you shoot someone in the THUMB with a .45ACP it will knock them down.

I've actually heard my dad say that. He's a WWII veteran and from what I can tell, the DI's preached that about the .45acp in basic. He was in a B-29 and never carried a 1911 in combat. So he really had no basis for not believing the instructor at the time.

He's long since realized the silliness of the idea.

 

[Afterfire]

To reach the heart or lungs (2" below the surface) you need a bullet with at least 18" of penetration.

Are you talking about your typical Americans anatomy, 2" below the surface only if they've never heard of the Mickey d's dollar menu. You should see some of the steam rollers I work with, and I'm not talking about our equipment.

 

[Prion]

Are you talking about your typical Americans anatomy, 2" below the surface only if they've never heard of the Mickey d's dollar menu. You should see some of the steam rollers I work with, and I'm not talking about our equipment.

Sad but true.

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

That a .50cal round whizzing next to you will rip your arm off.

"If you leave a magazine loaded the springs will wear out"

I have to second that one. It still travels throughout military units like the plague. I can't count how many times I have had to explain compression cycles and metal fatigue to fellow soldiers.

 

[David G.]

A 9mm will put someone in the hospital for a couple of weeks but a .40 cal will drop someone dead like that.

I had that one thrown at me 4 days ago at a gun show as to why I should buy some person's glock 27. Then again it was a gun show.

 

[mcdonl]

"I would buy a used S&W for the same price as that Hi-Point"

Good luck with that one.

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

A 9mm will put someone in the hospital for a couple of weeks but a .40 cal will drop someone dead like that.

I had that one thrown at me 4 days ago at a gun show as to why I should buy some person's glock 27. Then again it was a gun show.

The problem with all of the caliber war arguments, is that people seem to always start with the premise of hitting the bad guy exactly once, and judging the caliber from that. No one ever seems to factor in what a miss with a .45 vs four hits with a 9mm will do.

 

[oldfool]

single most dominant gun myth, leastways on gun forums
all liberals hate guns, all conservatives love guns

(all I know is that every wild eyed liberal I know thinks I am a conservative, and every nut-job conservative I know thinks I am a liberal... and they all are probably right.. which mebbe makes me a schizoid wild eyed nut job, I dunno.. but I take solace in the enjoyment of owning and shooting about 40 firearms.. which mebbe proves nobody is truly all bad)

but the knockdown power of caliber X, magazine springs wearing out from being kept loaded, the infernal lock being a sin against god and nature, the demise and/or obsolescence of the modern day revolver, lever action, and/or bolt action... all surely deserve a high place somewhere on the short list !

 

[jimmyraythomason]

Generally, carrying only 5 or 6 rounds is deliberately handicapping yourself, should a violent encounter actually occur.

 

[Bubba613]

A 1911 is an antiquated obsolete design.
Glocks are totally reliable
Revolvers are totally reliable


Oh wait, those are actually all true.

 

[Prion]

every wild eyed liberal I know thinks I am a conservative, and every nut-job conservative I know thinks I am a liberal

Haha! Sounds familiar! Under the radar, that's the way to fly!

 

[Sevenfaces]

Playing video games with guns in it means you now have experience with said guns.

 

[dirtymike1]

Playing video games with guns in it means you now have experience with said guns.

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While I will admit that I do play CoD a bit, it always makes me laugh when I tell the other people that I'm playing with that I'm leaving to go to the range and they act dumb founded when I tell them I enjoy shooting my AK then playing a video game shooting an AK.

My myth (more so a lack of knowledge) has to be the guy that wanted to report me the the police for owning said AK (it's a Saiga but I've grown tired of trying to explain that to the common Joe that think's I'm a crook for even owning it)


Also, no way no how is it legal to own a full auto or silencer in the US.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

I will admit that I do play CoD a bit

Help me out please. I do not know what CoD is.

 

[dirtymike1]

Call of Duty, 99% of the people say that when referring to the lastest game is the series which is Modern Warfare 2.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

Okay,thanks. I'm not into computer/video games so please forgive my ignorance.

 

[dirtymike1]

haha it's alright!

 

[essayons21]

Help me out please. I do not know what CoD is.

It is a very realistic game (as far as video games go), with a slew of modern weaponry, portrayed quite realistically as well. Iron sight pictures are more or less correct, reload procedures, general weapons characteristics.

Most of the questions you see here or on other forums about the ACR, SCAR-H, M-21 EBR, are from CoD gamers who are interested in the real thing.

Personally I think its a great game, and is generating interest in non-gunnies in becoming real shooters.

 

[Nashanthra]

Yeah 2nd essayons21, it is called Call of Duty!