Pet Peeve

[mrmatt2you]

Has anyone ever noticed when you see a book cover where they are showing a bullet that is "shot" but still in the casing flying thru the air?  Do these book companies not have any editors to catch that?   
Another one is when you are watching a tv show and you see people loading a gun and they are using FMJ instead of hollow point?   That just drives me nuts.   Do the tv shows not have any technical advisors to catch this?  Sorry had to vent. 

[m25operator]

Some have technical directors, and some have good technical directors, this happens all the time and more fun for us, stupid acts on screen that are fundamental to us are oblivious to them....

[tombogan03884]

 For a while H&K was using an ad photo Showing a pistol with a loaded magazine beside it.
The bullets were backwards in the mag. 

[Ichiban]

[billt]

I had heard that H&K didn't catch it until it went to print and thousands were printed and many distributed.  Bill T.

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[BAC]

How about the people in movies or TV shows constantly racking the slide?  I've seen some of these people do it 2 or 3 times in a scene, but you never see a round being ejected.

[WatchManUSA]

I guess the H&K Marketing Department didn't have any gun people employed.  I suppose in Germany (assuming Germany handled the catalog development) gun people are hard to find.

[fightingquaker13]

Its the Brady's latest safety requirement, rear loading mags. Anyone wonder why their CS sucks?
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[SwoopSJ]

I attempted to watch "The Replacement Killers" a couple of days ago and was amazed at the lack of firearm knowledge being displayed in an action movie.  The lead character was going to attempt a sniper style assassination using what appeared to be an AR platform chambered in 9mm.  I don't claim to be an expert, but if you're a professional killer, wouldn't you choose a better platform than the AR for distance work, as well as a round other than 9mm?  Seems like any gun wrangler worth his salt could have advised them as to how little sense this setup made.

Swoop
 

[fightingquaker13]

True, but, unless you're trying to do a realistic cop/war movie, who really cares? Its about looking cool. Hell, if it were realistic our hero would would be dead or in jail in the first 15 minutes. But, having said that, having that one little nit to pick after the movie is value added.
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