Nathaniel Firethorn
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And did you ever see a stovepipe anywhere?
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Rediculous gun stereotypes that are Hollywood induced?
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TheLastBoyScout
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I remember seeing a JAG episode where Harm went into a room, shot 1 or 2 bad guys, and continued clearing the room with a stovepiped case in his M9 (it was the ep where the US ambassador's wife in some south american country got caught up in smuggling drugs, IIRC)
It must have been an editing error, because I'm pretty sure there was no stovepipe immediately after he fired the last shot, and when the case was stuck he just continued clearing the room as if his gun was still functional.
I remember seeing a JAG episode where Harm went into a room, shot 1 or 2 bad guys, and continued clearing the room with a stovepiped case in his M9 (it was the ep where the US ambassador's wife in some south american country got caught up in smuggling drugs, IIRC)
It must have been an editing error, because I'm pretty sure there was no stovepipe immediately after he fired the last shot, and when the case was stuck he just continued clearing the room as if his gun was still functional.
Dain Bramage
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You can shoot down aircraft, AND get a great group to boot, using a 2" snubbie revolver (The Rockford Files). 
Another Jag mistake, one time they were being held hostage on an airplane by someone with a stainless Sig, and even though the slide was back, the BG was able to (A) fire the weapon and (B) Threaten naval officers without them noticing. Then someone else pulls a mouse gun and kills 2 or 3 bg's, making them fly backwards.
cool45auto
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Ooh! Ooh! Yes, I actually saw a stovepipe in "Way of the Gun" in Benicio's shotgun coming out of the doctor's office! He just cleared it and kept firing.
twoblink
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Don't forget, shotguns (which don't need to be aimed, but will reach 100 yards even with 00Buck) will blow the gun through 2 doors.
Glocks "click"..
When a GG is serious, he will make the Glock do a cocking sound..
Also..
James Bond can't tell the difference between a gun with 10 rounds in it, and one with none as far as weight
If a BG sprays with an uzi, he hits nothing. If a GG sprays with an Uzi, he hits everybody..
Your body convulses repeatedly when you are shot..
A regular school-table or a chair is sufficient cover against a 308 round..
Bolt actions fire as fast as semi-autos..
a 30 round mag from an uzi will last over 2 minutes in the hands of a GG, but only 2 seconds in the hands of a BG.
Glocks "click"..
When a GG is serious, he will make the Glock do a cocking sound..
Also..
James Bond can't tell the difference between a gun with 10 rounds in it, and one with none as far as weight
If a BG sprays with an uzi, he hits nothing. If a GG sprays with an Uzi, he hits everybody..
Your body convulses repeatedly when you are shot..
A regular school-table or a chair is sufficient cover against a 308 round..
Bolt actions fire as fast as semi-autos..
a 30 round mag from an uzi will last over 2 minutes in the hands of a GG, but only 2 seconds in the hands of a BG.
Kamicosmos
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Actually, yes! In the first Jurassic Park, he drops that shotgun (SPAS12?) and it's bolt is held open by a stovepiped 12 gauge shell. I thought that was pretty good. But, Spielberg is a bit more gun conscious than most directors.
Zundfolge
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Most rediculous gun stereotype I've seen come out of Hollyweird is; GUNCONTROL WORKS
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Tamara
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Guy came into the shop today with an 8 3/8" 629. Asked if he could get the gunsmith to look at it, as the cylinder wouldn't turn, nor could he unlatch it.
Had a hunch what it was on first glance, but fetched the 'smith, as he has stronger thumbs than I. Sure enough, the ejector rod had backed out a tad, binding the gun. The 'smith tightened it up, we gave him the standard "don't you dare loctite it!" lecture, and then we wandered back to the shop to continue working on fixing a scad of milsurp pistols for an importer.
I'm sitting there, tearing down another few dozen guns while the customer hangs out up front and raps with the owner. I hear a distinctive noise and, wiping cosmoline off my hands with a rag, rush back to the front of the shop. Sure enough, there's Joe Customer vigorously spinning the cylinder of his N-frame and snapping it shut (still spinning) with a flick of the wrist.
"I'll be back to see you guys soon!" he says.
"Sooner than you planned to, if you keep doing that," says I. "Snapping the cylinder shut with a wrist-flick can spring the crane, especially on a gun with a big, heavy cylinder, like an N-frame," I cautioned further "also, snapping it shut with the cylinder spinning can bend the hand like a banana and peen the bolt stop something fierce."
"Really?" he replied.
"Really," says I "I hate to talk us out of further big bucks on repair jobs, but that's God's Own Truth."
Had a hunch what it was on first glance, but fetched the 'smith, as he has stronger thumbs than I. Sure enough, the ejector rod had backed out a tad, binding the gun. The 'smith tightened it up, we gave him the standard "don't you dare loctite it!" lecture, and then we wandered back to the shop to continue working on fixing a scad of milsurp pistols for an importer.
I'm sitting there, tearing down another few dozen guns while the customer hangs out up front and raps with the owner. I hear a distinctive noise and, wiping cosmoline off my hands with a rag, rush back to the front of the shop. Sure enough, there's Joe Customer vigorously spinning the cylinder of his N-frame and snapping it shut (still spinning) with a flick of the wrist.
"I'll be back to see you guys soon!" he says.
"Sooner than you planned to, if you keep doing that," says I. "Snapping the cylinder shut with a wrist-flick can spring the crane, especially on a gun with a big, heavy cylinder, like an N-frame," I cautioned further "also, snapping it shut with the cylinder spinning can bend the hand like a banana and peen the bolt stop something fierce."
"Really?" he replied.
"Really," says I "I hate to talk us out of further big bucks on repair jobs, but that's God's Own Truth."
twoblink
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Tamara..
But all the Russian roulette players do that!!
One too many cowboy movies I recken'...
But all the Russian roulette players do that!!
One too many cowboy movies I recken'...
BHPshooter
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Or, if it's a full auto, the BG will hold the trigger, which emits a *clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick*...
Point in case: The Bourne Identity.
What, is it battery powered?Wes
Or, in the old (early 1960's) Superman tv show, when the BG was shooting bullets from his revolver at Superman, he just stood there as the bullets bounced off his chest. But when the BG ran out of bullets and threw the gun at Superman in disgust, Superman ducked out of the way of the gun!
txgolfer45
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Unlimited ammo in a semi-automatic handgun. I saw a movie the other night where the bad guy takes a shot at someone, you can see the slide lock back. Then you hear 4 - 5 additional shots. No mag change or anything. Gun shot sounds just continue... lol
Scott
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I don't remember the name of it but it was a Clint Eastwood movie. That hag he married was also in it. They were in a house and the local LEO's shot so many rounds into the house that is actually collapsed. They escaped through a drainage ditch that was under the house.
At the end of the movie they took a bus to city hall and cops were lined up on both sides and fired about a million rounds into the bus and nobody was killed.
i just remembered the movie -- The Gauntlet
At the end of the movie they took a bus to city hall and cops were lined up on both sides and fired about a million rounds into the bus and nobody was killed.
i just remembered the movie -- The Gauntlet
ahhh..yess
nobody aims
all good guys can shoot like rob leathem
no bad guy can shoot, and if he can, he gets shot my good guy at beginning of movie
mister "martial arts guy" takes a gun from mister "gun guy" and them beats him up......I'm sorry, but I'm a "martial arts guy" and if I disarm somebody...I have a gun, and they don't....I don't need to beat them up...I have a GUN......!!!??
for some reason, the phrase "7.62" is supposed to make me afraid.
The good guys guns look "purdy", while the bad guys guns look "normal" ( See the movie bad boys two, where Will smith makes a head shot while diving and not aiming, with his custom glock)
nobody aims
all good guys can shoot like rob leathem
no bad guy can shoot, and if he can, he gets shot my good guy at beginning of movie
mister "martial arts guy" takes a gun from mister "gun guy" and them beats him up......I'm sorry, but I'm a "martial arts guy" and if I disarm somebody...I have a gun, and they don't....I don't need to beat them up...I have a GUN......!!!??
for some reason, the phrase "7.62" is supposed to make me afraid.
The good guys guns look "purdy", while the bad guys guns look "normal" ( See the movie bad boys two, where Will smith makes a head shot while diving and not aiming, with his custom glock)
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