5 Ways Movies Get Gunfights Wrong (Based on Experience)

Cracked.com ^ | September 07, 2014 | Robert Evans, Greg Spyridis

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Everybody knows action movies are fake, but that doesn't change the fact that they're responsible for approximately 100 percent of our education on the subject of guns and combat. That's why the average person's knowledge of those things is hilariously, sometimes fatally, wrong.

To sort out fact from fiction, we interviewed two decorated combat veterans who also have experience working in Hollywood. Matt Wagner is a former Army Ranger who saw combat all over the world, including Africa, South America, and Afghanistan, then was a technical consultant for a number of Hollywood productions, including Stargate SG-1 and The Colt. Jerry McFakename (not his real name) was a private military and security contractor who worked throughout Central and South America and spent time as a stuntman and fight choreographer. They told us ...

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WARNING: Foul language, bad jokes. It's Cracked.com, whaddaya want?

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[JRandomFreeper]

He's holding that auto-cat backwards.

/johnny

[ClearCase_guy]

Also, when getting hit by a 9mm, people don’t usually go flying back about 8-10 feet. It’s a physics thing.

[Gefn]

I like that kitty gun better than a hello kitty gun.

[FlingWingFlyer]

[Brother Cracker]

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Also, when getting hit by a 9mm, people don’t usually go flying back about 8-10 feet.

Of course not - that's what Dirty Harry gave us .44 Magnums for.

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Depends what ammo you’re using.

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Leslie Nielsen RIP. You were a funny guy.

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Very Zen.

[JRandomFreeper]

With my catz, the breech is the dangerous end.

/johnny

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I like that kitty gun better than a hello kitty gun.

Harder to find a sling for, though.

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Understood, but with my little hairball factory the opposite applies. (Name withheld to protect the guilty.)

[Calvin Locke]

Ah, the BFK-10000.

[Kirkwood]

Hairball ammo.

[Temujinshordes]

I get a kick out of Hollywood’s sparking bullets. They shower sparks when they “hit” about anything, including sheetrock, glass, wood, etc.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Yup! I can still remember the first time I saw this on Police Squad! In Color. I couldn’t stop laughing. Got the DVD of the entire first (and only) season. All four episodes. Funny stuff.

[chargers fan]

I saw Mythbusters show that doesn’t even happen with a shotgun.

[dainbramaged]

You don’t see it too often, but a movie or TV program showing a silencer on a revolver used to drive my Dad through the roof.