You Know You Might Be A Gun Nerd

[stngray713]

So the other day I was watching the movie the American. It got to a point where the guy was going to build a rifle for some lady, she specified it must be 5.56mm. So the guy goes home and start building the rifle. He brings out the upper receiver and barrel and I'm thinking man that looks like a Ruger to me. I have no idea why it jumped out as Ruger but that was my first thought. Then he pulls out the foregrip and I'm like yup mini 14. He puts it all together and sure enough it's a mini 14. when he delivers it to the lady and he calls it an M14. I'm screaming NOOO not M 14 mini 14 dummy.

Everyone else I know thinks I'm odd for doing it and I do it in every movie I see I like to point out which kind of gun they have. Most times the gun hunt is more fun than the movie itself. But you know you might be a gun nerd when you Identify the weapon in the movie while it is being assembled and you are mad when it is called by the wrong name.

Sorry to ramble I just got a chuckle out of it. I would love to hear any other times you realized you may be a gun nerd

[TlWheatley]

Bruce Willis used a Glock 7 in Die Hard ll. Glock 17but thats what he called it.

[eagleeyes]

never was a gun nerd but i'm learning what i need to know to handle my business

[Kalamity023]

In the movie SWAT, the police LT claimed the bad guys used AK47's in the bus scene; when in actuality they had a Tec-9 and a suppressed pistol.

[JohnD13]

I think my favorite was always the revolver with a "silencer", as seen in so many old secret agent movies. How's that working for you double O? Then and now, a lot of people in the entertainment business don't know much about firearms. And books are even worse!

[WellPopper]

I can't give any specifics off the top of my head but I too pick movies apart. What Hollywood does even worse than the mis-identification of firearms is the injustice they do to the Military of these United States!

[localgirl]

This one. SO awesome.

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[Treo]

I always liked the opening of Louis L'Amour's How the West Was Won his hero, Linus Rawlings, fires three shots in under 10 seconds with a muzzle loader

[ToddR]

I watch movies for entertainment and don't "pick" then apart but do notice some errors.

Just saw The Avengers this past weekend and realized Nick Furry was holding an M&P. Not enough of a gun nerd to know what caliber it was though.

[BigSlick]

In the movie SWAT, the police LT claimed the bad guys used AK47's in the bus scene; when in actuality they had a Tec-9 and a suppressed pistol.

According to the lame stream media every rifle used by a bad guy is an AK47.