Worst Book/Tv/Movie Gun Error?

[MikePGS]

I'm a big fan of Michael Connelly, and lately i've been making my way through his Harry Bosch series. Its not really firearms heavy, but there are a few references to what he carries, which being a firearm enthusiast i like to read, because they give me both a visual image, and sometimes tell you something about the character. That being said, today while reading his novel "Lost Light" there is a reference to what sort of gun he has in his home: A Glock P7 This completely took me out of the book that I was pretty well into at that point. I assume he meant H&K P7M but then a few sentences later he mentions the lack of any sort of safety, which makes it sound more like a Glock (yeah i know, there is a safety) since if he was familiar he would've mentioned the squeeze cocker, as John Sandford does in his novels. Anyways, my point is this completely distracted me and momentarily sapped my enjoyment of this book. So my question is this: Whats the biggest error that completely destroyed your sense of disbelief in a work of fiction?

 

[Hawkn]

Currently reading a James Patterson novel (Pop Goes the Weasel) in which he makes the opposite mistake. Hero says he took the safety off his Glock before he knocked on the door.

I don't know alot about many guns, but I do know what safeties are, and are not on Glocks. That's the main reason I went with XDs.

 

[JimmerJammerMrK]

In the novel Ricochet, Sandra Brown refers to pistol ammunition as "bullets".

 

[CNYCacher]

In "The Mask of Zorro", the old man rides a mining cart down a ramp until it hits the end of the track, sending him flying through the air. Pickax raised high over his head, he hurtles through the air towards the bad guy, letting out a kamikaze scream.
The bad guy shoots him in the air with his pistol, causing the old man to stop in mid-air, do a backflip, and fall to the ground dead.

 

[JimmerJammerMrK]

Triple post.

 

[JimmerJammerMrK]

Triple Post, sorry.

 

[PointOneSeven]

Reno 911

I think it was season 2 where they were trying out the bullet proof vests with the 'desert eagle 50 caliber 357 magnum.' Funny sketches though.

 

[MikePGS]

I also forgot to mention that in the L Neil Smith/ Aaron Zelman (I think?) novel "Hope" they constantly refer to a single gun in different ways. They talk about a Glock 20 .45 (the Glock 20 is a 10mm) then at one point even refer to it as yet another model of Glock. And this is coming from a book thats in full support of firearms, and L Neil Smith is a firearms enthusiast, and i believe Zelman is either the founder or in some other way affiliated with JPFO.

 

[Zundfolge]

Animal Planet made-for-TV movie Rain.

Was about a US Army dog (named Rain) and his handler in the Viet Nam war.

Several gaffs (aside from just real bad writing/directing/acting).

Most of the M16s were A2s ... could swear I saw a couple of M4s. The Unit "Sniper" packed a MechTech CCU with a red dot on it, and in the climactic scene, Rain's handler draws his M9 and points it at the VC Colonel.


Best actor in the whole thing was the dog.

 

[Cougfan2]

Not a specific movie, but in general any of the spaghetti Westerns where every single shot riccochets.

 

[matt87]

Almost already mentioned, but Glock 7 obviously!

Magnificent 7 with the 200-odd-yard shot with a Colt Peacemaker?

The Day of the Eagle with accurate fire from Mk2 Stens from the hip at what, 100 yards +?

Day of the Jackel with a belly-shot from a .22LR causing instantaneous death?

How do we choose?

 

[kurtmax]

I'm pretty sure the mess-ups concerning firearms on Reno 911 are on purpose.

 

[35Rem]

All the westerns based in the pre 1890's that the characters have Winchester 1892's in.

 

[Cosmoline]

The funniest one is in "Sniper 2," where Berenger picks up a Mosin-Nagant 91/30 sniper rifle and announces it's a Mauser, the greatest rifle the Germans ever made! LOL

It's a shame about "Rain" being a poorly made movie. I was in the business of working line GSD's and several customers were Vietnam vets who had GSD's with them over there. The military's treatment of them and their dogs after the war was pretty much on par. The dogs were left behind to be eaten by locals and the vets were dumped on the street to live like dogs. They liked our GSD's because they were of similar build and drive. Not overly large and nervy like so many bred today are.

 

[hrgrisso]

Sk Cell

I love Stephen King. I read his Zombie Book and was really enjoying it. Then I got to the part about "hey my neighbor is a gun guy/nra etc."

"How do you know?"

"He's got an NRA sticker on his truck..."

DANGIT! I go outside and peel mine off my bumper.

That and when they go to raid the gun guys house his wife killed their zombie daughter and herself with a Colt .45 with "a giant cylinder."

***?

I wanted to give King the benefit of the doubt nut I haven't seen Colt Make a .45 except the single action army.

Of course I loved it when the non gunnies steal a full auto AK from this guys basement. They lug all this ammo and when they try and shoot anything the first time with it they can't hit crap!

 

[canopy2k]

I dont know, I always think CSI screws the pooch more than anyone else.

Recently, they (CSI: Miami) found a ".50 caliber bullet fired from a 7.62 caliber PSS handgun", or something like that. Amazing the things they can tell just by looking at a fired slug.

c2k

 

[obiwan1]

1. Every time the news media says "semi automatic machine gun".

2. Years ago I saw a dumb movie in which the "dad" was a detective. The holster was an old inverted vertical holster in which the gun barrel is supposed to be vertical and the butt hangs down - like the holster that Steve McQueen wore in "Bullitt". However this "experienced police detective" wore the holster horizontally with the butt of the gun pointing UP. I don't remember if I finished watching the movie or just turned it off in disbelief.

 

[Cosmoline]

I haven't seen Colt Make a .45 except the single action army.

What about the New Service? It's got a big cylinder. I believe it was their largest frame wheelgun until the Python.

http://www.gunblast.com/WBell_ColtNewService.htm

 

[AZAndy]

Many, many have been the times I've read of an intrepid hero thumbing the safety to "off"... on his revolver. It's so frequent that as soon as I see the word "revolver," I start waiting for someone to use the safety on it. Doesn't add an air of realism, to say the least-- kind of like referring to a spit valve on a piano.

A.

 

[Cougfan2]

kind of like referring to a spit valve on a piano.

Funny! I almost sprayed soda when I read that one!

 

[JKimball]

I recently read a book called, "Train to Potevka" about an American spy in Russia during the end of the cold war. It was supposedly autobiographical with enough information changed to protect sensitive information and keep it interesting. Anyway, at one point the author refers to the 45mm pistol he is carrying. I read that and he and the whole story lost credibility with me. It was a good book if you can get past that though.

+1 on Sniper 2. I saw that scene on TV the other day and couldn't believe it.

 

[testar77]

Or how about on CSI Miami where someone was shot with a Ruger 10/22 that fired a .223 round????

 

[TheDisturbed1]

some flick with steven segal, i only saw the ads on USA, but he was blasting away with an AK, and the safety was on.

 

[Houston Tom]

quick and the dead, or escape from NY with the mac 10 that never runs out of ammo

 

[Geronimo45]

Let's see... in one of the Chuck Norris movies (Delta Force II?) he shoots a guy with a 1911 in slide lock. Or lays down suppressing fire with a 1911 in slide lock.