Stupid TV/Movie gun mistakes??
I am watching an episode of Lost. One guy is holding a Glock pistol at another, in an intense moment of the dialogue, you hear the glock cock. The actor actually moves his finger as if he is cocking it.
List some you have noticed.
List some you have noticed.
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Too numerous to mention, but in general many of the older western movies used Colts, but mostly Winchesters, that were not manufactured until after the period depicted in the movie. They were keen on entertainment, not historical accuracy. 0 -
that new "shooter" movie with mark wahlberg.
There's a scene where they're in a cemetary giving a gun salute. All you can see are the barrells of the M16s. After each shot is fired, they have the sound effect of the honor guards cycling bolt actions.
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Pretty much any pistol on tv or movies will be "cocked" according to the sounds, whether or not it really ever would be cocked like that. 0 -
way to many, revolvers with suppressors appear often, allot of the older movies you would also see a revolver in one scene then a semi auto in the next, 1911's with the hammer down
the original matrix neo was shooting a mp5 9mm with .223 brass hitting the floor0 -
quote:Originally posted by fishermanben
that new "shooter" movie with mark wahlberg.
There's a scene where they're in a cemetary giving a gun salute. All you can see are the barrells of the M16s. After each shot is fired, they have the sound effect of the honor guards cycling bolt actions.
Ben
are you sure they where not cycling blanks0 -
In the movie S.W.A.T., the press release after the bus attack says it was two men armed with AK47s, even though it was a silenced pistol and a MAC10 used in the assault... 0 -
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
quote:Originally posted by fishermanben
that new "shooter" movie with mark wahlberg.
There's a scene where they're in a cemetary giving a gun salute. All you can see are the barrells of the M16s. After each shot is fired, they have the sound effect of the honor guards cycling bolt actions.
Ben
are you sure they where not cycling blanks
Yeah I think you're right, 1911. A firing detail normally has to cycle the blanks manually as the blanks won't cycle an M-16 without the ugly BFA or blank firing adaptor.0 -
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
quote:Originally posted by fishermanben
that new "shooter" movie with mark wahlberg.
There's a scene where they're in a cemetary giving a gun salute. All you can see are the barrells of the M16s. After each shot is fired, they have the sound effect of the honor guards cycling bolt actions.
Ben
are you sure they where not cycling blanks
It definitely was not the sound of a ar/m16 action. but now I'm going to have to listen again because you have put doubt in my mind!
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quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
Too numerous to mention, but in general many of the older western movies used Colts, but mostly Winchesters, that were not manufactured until after the period depicted in the movie. They were keen on entertainment, not historical accuracy.
"The Rifleman" is a good example. I saw one where someone died and they had 188- on the tombstone.W/Lucas standing there w/92 Winchester in his hand.
"The Thin Red Line" (A movie I HATED) comes to mind. Shows everyone armed w/M-1 Garands. From my understanding, very few M-1's on Guadalcanal. Mostly 03 Springfields.0 -
I always injoyed Bonanza as a kid, but when I got older one question always came to mind. How did they get those modle 1873 colts and 1892 winchesters in the 1850's? 0 -
There's a scene in Red River (John Wayne/Montgomery Clift) that I noticed a few weeks ago---as many times that I have seen this movie, I've never noticed it before. It's not a mistake; but, after the dude that loves "sugar" causes a stampede which results in Harry Carey, Jr. being killed, John Wayne takes a bullwhip to whip the guy. Montgomery Clift and John Wayne are standing near each other and you can see Montgomery Clift pulling his gun from it's holster. The guy that's about to be whipped argues with John Wayne and begins to draw his gun then Montgomery Clift shoots him causing him to, of course, drop his gun. It appears Montgomery Clift out drew the guy when, actually, he already had his gun drawn and in his hand. 0 -
Noticed in "The Hills have Eyes 2" that one of the soldiers was fireing an M-16 that ejected to the left. However, moments before it was ejecting to the right. I thought it was interesting enought to comment about it to my wife. 0 -
I saw them shoot tommy after tommy with 50 round drums with no jams (King King, Below)! [:D] 0 -
The movie Predator where jesse ventura is firing a mini-gun of some sort from the hip. 0 -
of course there is always the never ending magazine that must hold at least 100 rounds. 0 -
What bugs me is the tense moment, with the hero or heroine inching up on the danger, and every few minutes they cycle the action again. After about 11 levers that '92 is gonna be empty, right? Directors love that sound, though.
Actually, so do I. Which is why my home defense gun is a single action 1911, and the shotgun behind the door is a pump. Gotta use that sound to your advantage.0 -
I had a Mexican Army Lieutenant, ten feet away, aim an ivory handled 1911 right between my eyes, and rack the slide back. What a sound!
I assure you, he had my undivided attention.0 -
Television could almost be called 'murdervision' nowadays, what with so many satellite channels showing shows involving murder and how they're commmitted then solved.
One thing many of them have in common, is the re-enactment, where the crime is acted out by actors and shown time and time again during the episode.
Watching one the other day, where a 13 year old boy shoots his friend, over a girl, then claims it was an accident....shows him firing a .357 magnum revolver WITH NO RECOIL. And it sounded about as loud as an old fashioned cap gun.
.357 magnums, in my experience, have recoil, sometimes fierce, and every one of them I've ever heard, is LOUD.
Sahagan0 -
quote:Originally posted by Mk 19
I always injoyed Bonanza as a kid, but when I got older one question always came to mind. How did they get those modle 1873 colts and 1892 winchesters in the 1850's?
If you haven't already noticed, all their holster/belt rigs have no cartridge loops. That was their concession to reality due to the period being 1850s, even though they had the wrong guns.
I noticed once while watching CSI (somewhat entertaining show but not much reality) one of them was holding a bullet supposedly removed from the victim talking about the caliber,etc., and I could easily see the lube still in the groove.0 -
In Pulp Fiction when Samuel Jackson shoots the guy on the couch the slide never moves and the gun doesn't recoil. It's so shocking that you don't notice it the first time, but there it is.
Also, when the kid comes charging out of the back bedroom to shoot them, the bullet holes are already in the wall behind them. Look closely and you'll see it.
In Grosse Point Blank somebody cocks a Glock.
In Dog Soldiers (English soldiers in the country side attacked by werewolves) one of the brutal officers holds a pistol at a fellow's head, and it's obvious that there's no magazine in it.
In one of those Tom Clancy movies one of the Marines in the jungle is carrying a M16 with a 9mm adapter.0 -
I always like the shows/movies where they are using Glocks and they blow it two ways
1. you hear them "cock" the pistol as they are holding it on someone
2. you hear the repeated clicking as it runs ammo dry (with the slide closed) like with a revolver
Come on directors...do a LITTLE research [:D]0 -
Recently on an episode of CSI, they determined someone was the shooter of a pistol because they they found his DNA on the hammer, presumably when it fired and the hammer came back, pinching the flesh between his thumb and index finger. When they showed a photo of the pistol later, it was obviously a 1911.
I don't own a 1911, but as far as I know, it is nearly impossible to fire it where that portion of your hand is susceptible to injury. Doesn't that part of your hand HAVE to be pressing on the beaver tail (is that the right terminology) in order for the trigger to depress? That guard prevents both firing AND the supposed injury to the hand.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Fatstrat
quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
Too numerous to mention, but in general many of the older western movies used Colts, but mostly Winchesters, that were not manufactured until after the period depicted in the movie. They were keen on entertainment, not historical accuracy.
"The Rifleman" is a good example. I saw one where someone died and they had 188- on the tombstone.W/Lucas standing there w/92 Winchester in his hand.
"The Thin Red Line" (A movie I HATED) comes to mind. Shows everyone armed w/M-1 Garands. From my understanding, very few M-1's on Guadalcanal. Mostly 03 Springfields.
It's been awhile since I watched "The Thin Red Line", but weren't they Army troops and not Marines?? The Marines originally landed armed with their '03s, but when the Army came in months later to clean up, they were armed with M1's.0 -
seeing shows and movies on tv were people shoot a semi-auto pistol and the slide is locked in the back position. to top it off its played in slow mo 0 -
The Good Bad and the Ugly has got to be the worst! [:D] 0 -
Nothing to Lose
It's been a few years since I saw it (10?) but I remember they had a pump shotgun and cycled the action 7-8 times without a round leaving it.0 -
I recall watching an old B&W western with an outdoor scene.
As the horse and wagons were speeding down the trail, you could see the contrails of a jet in the background sky.0 -
quote:I don't own a 1911, but as far as I know, it is nearly impossible to fire it where that portion of your hand is susceptible to injury. Doesn't that part of your hand HAVE to be pressing on the beaver tail (is that the right terminology) in order for the trigger to depress? That guard prevents both firing AND the supposed injury to the hand.
For years my dad would get "bit" by his 1911 because the web of his hand would ride high enough up the grip safety that the hammer would pinch him between the top of the beaver tail and the hammer spur.0 -
Really? I just don't see how it's possible. I've fired a 1911 on only one occasion, so I guess my perception is incorrect. Or maybe because I have smaller hands. But wouldn't your hand have to be waaaaaaaaaay up and over the beaver tail? I thought the top of that tail completely blocked the hammer spur. 0 -
Many DAO pistols cocking the hammer that isn't there. In the Punisher they have some SxS shotguns that have no recoil. And in several when they're walking with a shotgun with a chambered round they rack it before the action. And I love the ones where someone has a pistol or revolver in movies and they dub in the shotgun sound. 0
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