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IIRC, this was covered in another thread by someone else:

Sgt York, of WW1 fame, used a 1911 in real life to kill many advancing Germans.

But when they made the movie about him, they could not get .45 blanks to fire properly in a 1911.

So they switched out his gun to be a Luger P08 for the movie. Incorrect assumptions then began about
what he had used that day.

SIA

One of my pet peeves is when a sniper is supposed to be getting the drop on someone and his rifle is totally
exposed, sticking out the window.

In real life "hides" our snipers are located further back in a room. They don't expose themselves by sticking the barrels out the windows.

SIA

Wysiwyg101 wrote: Something that always bothered me is when they do run out of rounds, sometimes they then throw the gun at the other shooter?

This used to happen all the time in the cheesy 1950's Superman TV series.

The bad guys would shoot at Superman's chest without effect, but when they threw the snubbie, Superman had to duck!

SIA

We all know at some level that to enjoy a movie we have to suspend our disbelief.

But what really annoys me is when the BG's are chasing the GG's, all in vehicles.
The BG's are spraying automatic weapons fire at the GG's car, which is just a few car lengths ahead.
Bullets may hit the trunk, but they never hit the GG. So ridiculous.

Bad guys in movies are the absolute worst shots in the world.

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How about when the GG uses a pistol to drop a BG who's a football field away?
It's possible, but not too likely.

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Just watched "Thelma and Louise". Susan Sarandon has a Smith and Wesson (or similar) snubbie
and gets the drop on a New Mexico State Trooper who pulled her over for speeding.

She disarms the trooper, who has a gunbelt similar to the cowboy gunbelts, with all the little separate
loops for each bullet. The next thing you know she's waving his 1911 around. She makes a comment about
using his ammunition for her gun. To make this work, he would have had to had the 1911 and a .38 Special BUG.

If I replayed this, I might have sussed out just what he had on his belt prior to being disarmed.

SIA