What I learned from the Movies and TV
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cool45auto
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Elmer, there were way too many good ones in that to single out! Great post!
campergeek
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I can't believe the most important safety technique ever has, so far, been sorely overlooked!
If you are in possesion of a family heirloom or treasured gift which is made of metal (snuff box, etc.), ALWAYS keep said item in your front shirt pocket. On that occasion when a BG scores a body shot, the metal item will attract and stop the bullet, saving your life.
If you are in possesion of a family heirloom or treasured gift which is made of metal (snuff box, etc.), ALWAYS keep said item in your front shirt pocket. On that occasion when a BG scores a body shot, the metal item will attract and stop the bullet, saving your life.
BowStreetRunner
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I love in spiderman when the bad guys are robbing the armored car, and right before the hapless guard gets a gat stuck in his face you hear a slide go back, was this what they were thinking?
"Dan, remember, the Glock has no external safety, so pull the slide back to chamber a round right in the guard's face, that will intimidate him into no resistance, and its safer to carry the gun that way"
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Or perhaps in the bad movie I just watched, City by the Sea, Roberto Dinero takes a police sniper bullet in the arm and shrugs it off like it was .22 short........uuuummm yeah
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"Dan, remember, the Glock has no external safety, so pull the slide back to chamber a round right in the guard's face, that will intimidate him into no resistance, and its safer to carry the gun that way"
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Or perhaps in the bad movie I just watched, City by the Sea, Roberto Dinero takes a police sniper bullet in the arm and shrugs it off like it was .22 short........uuuummm yeah
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notbubba
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To stop a brawl in a saloon you draw your Colt, raise it just above your shoulder and fire off a round.
1)This will instantly stop the fight.
2)This will not kill anyone upstairs.
3)This will not blast the side of your face and eyes with powder.
4)This will not blow out your ear drum.
1)This will instantly stop the fight.
2)This will not kill anyone upstairs.
3)This will not blast the side of your face and eyes with powder.
4)This will not blow out your ear drum.
modifiedbrowning
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The hero can carry an unlimited number of weapons and ammo and not be burdened. Think Arnie in Commando,he carries a pistol, shotgun, Dragunov, M16 and a rocket launcher.
The Hero can kill over a hundred men firing at him with Full auto M16's and suffer only a bullet to the shoulder. Arnie in Commando again.
The Hero can be a tough ex military and CIA Phoenix Force operative and shoot smiley faces on targets, but when he does so he blinks and flinches like a frightened child. Riggs in Lethal Weapon.
The Hero can kill over a hundred men firing at him with Full auto M16's and suffer only a bullet to the shoulder. Arnie in Commando again.
The Hero can be a tough ex military and CIA Phoenix Force operative and shoot smiley faces on targets, but when he does so he blinks and flinches like a frightened child. Riggs in Lethal Weapon.
Feanaro
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The hero can be shot at by eight hundred bad guys with AKs while standing behind a sheet of clear plastic and never be hit. He can also jump between plastic sheets/pillars, dodging more bullets than three oxen could carry and still hit fifty BGs with two bullets.
The hero can then hide behind the plastic sheet/pillar while the BGs keep firing, never moving forward or using covering fire while the others advance. If they do use such tactics the hero can kill every BG as soon as he comes within range even if he happens to be a thousand feet away, under a rock, wearing a ghille uniform and not moving. And did I mention Kevlar is useless again a Beretta?
The hero can then hide behind the plastic sheet/pillar while the BGs keep firing, never moving forward or using covering fire while the others advance. If they do use such tactics the hero can kill every BG as soon as he comes within range even if he happens to be a thousand feet away, under a rock, wearing a ghille uniform and not moving. And did I mention Kevlar is useless again a Beretta?
JPM70535
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8 3/8" 44 Magnums conceal perfectly under a light jacket and are perfectly suited to being fired one handed under high stress situations.
GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY!
GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY!
BerettaNut92
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Full auto strafing always cuts in a perfectly horizontal line in walls and cars.
Two days? The hero can climb mountains immediately after being wounded!
Unless I missed it, everyone's missed the most important movie rule:
Never carry you semi-auto with a round in the chamber. Wait until danger is imminent then rack the slide. Rack the slide again every time you enter another room. Shoot bad guys then rack the slide again just for good measure. This also applies to pump action shotguns.
Mark Tyson
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Anti-gun Hollywood films and their atrocious gun handling skills on screen have hurt the cause of gun safety far more than the vilified "gun lobby".
Mike Irwin
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Hey, you forgot flicking your wrist to either slam open or closed the cylinder on your revolver!
Wayne D
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Yes, but the wound hasn't healed yet! This is usually done with a bloody bandage wrapped around the wound. Usually the bandage is a piece of the heroine's skirt, transforming it from business length to mini-skirt length and a couple of sizes tighter around her butt.
Wayne D
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And if you do fall, you will fall five stories into a open dumpster or a slow moving open truck filled with something soft.
bobs1066
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Rebeldon, at the end of Jaws, the sheriff shot the air tank with a Garand. Yes, I am a gun geek........
A friend at work loaned me this awful movie called The Transporter. In one scene, the BGs were firing through stone walls with AUGs & other assorted 5.56mm arms and the hero & the female lead had to dodge the bullets. A couple of scenes later, the hero is cornered & holds up the body of a BG in front of him. A miracle happened, the rifles that were shooting through stone walls just minutes before were unable to send a projectile through a human body.
A friend at work loaned me this awful movie called The Transporter. In one scene, the BGs were firing through stone walls with AUGs & other assorted 5.56mm arms and the hero & the female lead had to dodge the bullets. A couple of scenes later, the hero is cornered & holds up the body of a BG in front of him. A miracle happened, the rifles that were shooting through stone walls just minutes before were unable to send a projectile through a human body.
Mike Irwin
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Another thing I learned in the movies, and just this evening...
A .38 S&W and a 9mm Glock offer ROTTEN stopping power against flying demonds from hell called the Tooth Fairy.
Obviously they should have used .45s. But then the movie would have been over midway through.
A .38 S&W and a 9mm Glock offer ROTTEN stopping power against flying demonds from hell called the Tooth Fairy.
Obviously they should have used .45s. But then the movie would have been over midway through.
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I noticed a difference in black and white from days of yore vs the new color, high tech stuff.
Jump onto a train: b/w one keeps the gun--color, they always drop it off the side.
b/w reloads --color one can shoot all day without reloading( even revo's)
b/w one shot , one kill, color, spray and pray
b/w people eat, drink--color movies , people go for days without eating and drinking.
b/w people skills, dialog -- color, bling bling, fancy moves , need tactical and cool to make a movie.
b/w historical accounts kept more true, --color, pc and think-police
No wonder kids in respective eras turned out the way they did.
Jump onto a train: b/w one keeps the gun--color, they always drop it off the side.
b/w reloads --color one can shoot all day without reloading( even revo's)
b/w one shot , one kill, color, spray and pray
b/w people eat, drink--color movies , people go for days without eating and drinking.
b/w people skills, dialog -- color, bling bling, fancy moves , need tactical and cool to make a movie.
b/w historical accounts kept more true, --color, pc and think-police
No wonder kids in respective eras turned out the way they did.
TonyB
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Guns have no recoil,and 2 handed shooting is better than one.
BerettaNut92
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Or taking a dump. Ever see Red Dawn? Jeez!
Justin
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Something I learned from Hong Kong action movies.
If you flick you wrist in a whipping motion while firing a handgun you can give the bullet some extra velocity.
If you flick you wrist in a whipping motion while firing a handgun you can give the bullet some extra velocity.
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