Ruger 10/22 in .223

[Redheadedstranger]

Anybody catch CSI:Miami last night? I normally like the show and overlook the firearm goofs. I would really like to get my hands on the "Ruger 10/22 in .223" that the shooter used last night. It was also impressive how he used the folded bipod as a foregrip while leaning across the car hood. Not exactly an earth-shattering revelation about the show, just kind of humorous and annoying. Why let the facts run a good story.

 

[2TransAms]

Didn't watch it, was it really a 10/22 or did they call a Mini-14 a 10/22?

 

[ScottsGT]

Naa..It was a 10/22. This was a major screw up for a show that is usually pretty accurate on firearms info. At least nothing as glairing as this. Even the bullet she was looking at on the screen was a .22, not a .223.

 

[MCgunner]

Well, the 10/22 is the better firearm... I don't got much use for mini 14s. My SKS is as reliable and MORE accurate at 1/3 the price. I never really understood the mini 14 thing. I think, too, they were a lot more popular before the SKS started getting imported by the boxcar load. JMHO, though.

Regards to the CSI thing, well, it's hollywood, ya know. I liked that show I saw once where the BG had a Contender, one that fired rapid repeat shots. ROFLMAO! I don't even remember where it was on, but I think it was an episode of "Murder She Wrote". The Contender is rather mean looking to a HCI volunteer, I reckon, and who on EARTH would know that it's actually a single shot? I mean, NO ONE in America supports gun ownership, ya know. That's what they tell us anyway, gun control is overwhelmingly popular with the masses, etc, etc. I think they believe their own BS.

 

[hksw]

I don't know what it is about these shows that gun folks watch them often enough. I can't remember if it was a CSI or a 24 when I was surfing and happened on a discussion on identifying a spent case. Figured I'd give the show a chance to see how accurate they are.

The characters spoke about (paraphrasing) 'markings on the back of the shell'. I'm thinking the microscopic lines imprinted onto the case under recoil from the face of the bolt. Nope, they were talking about the headstamp. They go on to discuss how the headstamps are imprinted on to the case. Their explanation? EDM (electrical discharge machine). EDMed headstamps! The show goes onto a computer generated animation of the EDM process making the headstamp on a case.

I laughed and never bothered with those shows again.

 

[gezzer]

They were correct the bullet of a 22lr shot by a 10-22 is .223 diameter.

A .223 remington or 5.56mm is a .224 diameter.

The edm is incorrect and typical of the lack of research of the writers.

 

[rockstar.esq]

CSI Miami is guilty of the most frequent and flagrant violations of good researching principles where guns are concerned. They once referred to the Ruger GP100 as a "rare" gun! If Ruger didn't intend to call it the "General Purpose" gun, I'll nominate that alternate meaning to their moniker! They also had a show about a sniper who "made his own bullets" no good folks, he didn't cast, he was a handloader. That "sniper" went on to make six rapid hits on moving people at 2500yds using a .308 Winchester! But in case you were worried that it was a little to realistic, that sniper did all his shooting from the top of a skyscraper angling down to the ground below a mile or so away! Oh and before I forget, they once had a .25ACP which was fired, a conversation occurred then a person picked up the fired brass case searing his flesh to the brass in the process! CSI or CSI New York make no such errors and are immeasurably superior for a number of reasons. Chief of which is the absence of "Horatio Caine's" cheesy one liners.

 

[OK-gobbler]

I saw that as well and commented to my wife that the 10/22 doesn't come in 223.