Mismatched firearms

[DanGunner]

I was watching an episode of a reality crime show, The New Detectives, which focuses on the role of forensics in solving crimes. It mentioned that a Remington Model 66 .22 rifle was the weapon in a murder, but the re-enactment used another Remington model, a tube-fed semiauto. That wasn't as bad as some episodes, which show ejected cartridge casings at the crime scene, but use a revolver in the re-enactment. Good show overall, but very deficient in firearm casting.

[aeromech]

This is the case with most tv shows and movies. My background is in commercial aviation and I can't tell you how many errors are made. Most people wouldn't know the difference. Like when watching medical or law shows I'd be clueless.

[stormvet]

Yeah I agree, that’s why most LE people can’t watch procedural cop tv shows. You just spent the whole episode rolling your eyes.

['ol shooter]

Hooray for Hollywood, where the actors are as fake as the stories and the sets.

[AR22]

My favorites are the old Cowboy Movies I enjoy watching..There will be a Western set in the west during the Civil War, And in 1864 the Cowboys are carrying 1873 Winchester Lever Guns and 1873 Colt Revolvers out west..

I think John Wayne made most of his movies using late 1892 Winchesters that could not have even been made yet..The Rifleman also carried a 1892 Winchester, long before they were even produced..There was something about the later Winchester that made using blank cartridges easier in that model if I am remembering correctly..

Then you have The Bounty Hunter Josh, Steve McQueen that could fit and fire ten rounds of a 45-70 with a very short button magazine in his Mares leg..,LOL

[echo1]

This is the case with most tv shows and movies. My background is in commercial aviation and I can't tell you how many errors are made. Most people wouldn't know the difference. Like when watching medical or law shows I'd be clueless.

"12 O'clock High" cut to P47's guns blazing shown as ME 109's strafing the B17 air group. And of course, there's the endless bullet supply in old westerns. PAX