Really bad T.V. dialog/gun knowledge

[PavePusher]

Tucson, Cox Cable, 2100, CSI: Miami.

Caine: "5.7 by 28 mm." (While holding up what was obviously NOT an AP round, good close-up.)

Detective: "Yeah, that's a monster caliber. Can penetrate up to 48 layers of Kevlar."

Bwaaaaaa hahahahahahahahaha! :banghead:

Callie: "That has significant wounding potential."

Thank God at least she's hot.

 

[ylapirrynag]

Wow, that calls for lawls. I remember thinking why would you need such a tiny round, but then I found out it pierced kevlar so I figured it was useful for some applications. This, is truely a monster round and has actual SERIOUS wounding potential:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.700_Nitro_Express

 

[PTK]

Was it a blue-tip round? I carry that stuff every day in my FNH USG 5.7 pistol.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

Whew, that was close. We almost hit 8 days since the last CSI bashing thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=365190

Thank goodness the frustrated gun experts will have another thread in which to lament the lack of accuracy in television shows!

 

[TAB]

One of my favs was from "la femme nikita" they replaced 50 cal with 50 mm...

 

[ylapirrynag]

:O
Holy crap, I wonder how they made that error?
(that round would be rougly 2 inches O_O)

 

[Brass Rain]

I saw that same episode today and was going to make a thread. I'm fairly sure he said "four to eight" not forty-eight.

But yeah, wrong either way.

 

[TonyB]

old law and order,the one cop says the perp used a 25mm pistol...that would be huge.

 

[McCall911]

I'm trying very hard to remember when I've heard any good gun dialog which even remotely seemed knowledgeable. And I just can't come up with any!

 

[Old Fud]

Track down the "Jesse Stone" movies (Made for TV, Tom Selleck starring).

Mr. Selleck demonstrates OUTSTANDING behavior, talk and moves.
(The bad guys in "Cold Stone" don't, but what the hey.)

 

[Treo]

They absolute worst I ever saw was an old episode of Ironside, he's holding a 1911 IN HIS HAND & calling it a revolver.

That and every copshow that makes refference to the gun being "registered" .

 

[Fat Boy]

My all time favorite was when living in Miami, FL years ago, and the lady news anchor identified a gun as a "three hundred fifty seven" caliber handgun...I don't think I would want to shoot that one...

 

[Just Jim]

It's TV, you don't expect to see the truth on it.

jj

 

[brighamr]

CSI Miami - you might as well watch the VPC videos on youtube... their neck and neck for gun related accuracy.

 

[Just Jim]

Makes you wonder how accurate they are on the rest of the CSI stuff.

jj

 

[Homerboy]

I recall the episode when Jesse gets shot and Callie says it was a .223 from a Ruger 10/22.

 

[230RN]

Single factory loaded .700 Nitro cartridges are available, typically at $100 each, although they have been sold on the internet for as little as $50.

Darn, I'd have to buy a set of dies for my Prairie Rat hunting.

AFAIK, I never commented on TV stuff, choosing to crack a faint bemused smile when I spot a boo-boo. Sorta like when a child spills his/her milk.

 

[McCall911]

Makes you wonder how accurate they are on the rest of the CSI stuff.

I would guess it has a fact-to-fiction ratio of 3:7. And that's giving the TV shows the benefit of the doubt.

In real life, investigators spend a good deal of their time on the scene wondering where the coffee is.

(It's just a joke, guys! )

 

[Crow1108]

I like Law and Order Criminal Intent, but one episode had me shaking my head.
The coroner extracted a bullet from a body and said it was a "baloon-head" type of bullet, and that it wasn't widely used anymore. They later determined the weapon used was an "M-11". The weapon is later recovered, and is not either a Sig P228, or a M-11/9, but a 1911.

 

[elrod]

We almost hit 8 days since the last CSI bashing thread:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=365190

Well, it is only aired (non-rerun) once a week.

 

[Quoheleth]

Makes you wonder how accurate they are on the rest of the CSI stuff.

Buddy of mine is an HPD officer. He & I were talking about CSI (tv) vs. the real world. His comment, as far as what the TV show gets right was, "The breathing looks pretty real to me. Other than that, it gets pretty thin."

Q