Movie gun myths
A pretty good video:
There are several others. I liked that they donated significant time to the fact that guns are really, really, really loud.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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August 9th, 2016 at 7:42 pm
Not bad at all. It’s good to see people taking this on. Thanks for the post.
August 9th, 2016 at 8:02 pm
And… the first scene of the “silencer” myth was from ‘The Manchurian Candidate’.
“What is that in your hand?”
“It’s a pistol, sir.”
“No it’s not, it’s a revolver. Is that a silencer on your revolver?”
“Yes sir.”
“You do know that, unless that’s a Nagant M1895, it won’t do a damn thi”BANG!
August 9th, 2016 at 8:28 pm
He is correct about 4 of the myths. The last one about silencers (or suppressors) is actually true for most pistols and submachine guns simply because the rounds are sub sonic. Most pistols with a suppressor attached will only have the action of the pistol audible. Mythbusters tested movie sounds , and were amazed by how much the suppressors limited the sound.
August 9th, 2016 at 10:22 pm
Remember reading somewhere about a suppressed .45. Subsonic rounds and it has a a latch that could prevented the action from cycling. Apparently it was very close to silent. Course, you only got one shot and then had to make noise manually cycling it.
August 10th, 2016 at 3:21 am
Having fired suppressed weapons ranging from .22lr up to .223 and bigger (I think, I am not 100% sure if I have fired .308 suppressed or not). And having fired them from single shot, semi-auto and full-auto weapons, I can tell you that in some cases the shots are VERY quiet.
A Ruger 22/45 suppressed is quiet enough that you dont need hearing protection. As is an MP5 in 9mm using subsonic rounds. For most .22s that I have fired suppressed, the sound of the action cycling is louder than the sound of the shot.
August 10th, 2016 at 5:18 pm
The nit I’d pick is the “exploding” gun powder making a noise. Since smokeless powder burns rather than explodes that wouldn’t make all that much noise.
August 11th, 2016 at 8:08 pm
Hooeywood, uh, Harreywood, uh, Hokeywood, uh, Hooleywood, uh, Whateverwood, should be stabbed to death by a deranged Hillary Clinton while she’s wielding an icicle dagger that she plunges repeatedly into its ice-cold, no longer beating heart. I confess, I would be amused. Clint Eastwood might even be seen to grin, though briefly. The chatter elsewhere in the world would be heard to rise, as if in anticipation, though that would amount to nothing.