Top 5 Gun Myths That Hollywood Taught Us 

you know what drives me crazy about firearms in movies and tv? the random clicking noises they all make whenever they're aimed or even moved.

Silencers not only silence the gun, but the victim as well. No one ever screams in pain when shot with a silenced weapon, they die instantly, and fall into something soft.

#6 - CONSTANTLY pumping a shotgun without shooting it. Drives me crazy every time.

unlimited ammo until you fight the big guy and randomly find another gun

Here's another gun myth: Each magazine contains hundreds of rounds. You can spray bullets at full-auto, w/o having to reload.

- 6 rotary barrels machine gun: *misses every shot* - 6-shots revolver: *kills 18 bad guys due to penetration*

The biggest myth is people flying 10 feet backwards from being hit by gunfire. Not that much force transfers.

"Headshots are easy" - Every character on The Walking Dead.

The double action hammer noise when someone points a glock 17 drives me nuts

That's why they are actually called " suppressors " not " silencers ".

“Pillows can't make a gun silent” (puts a silencer and pillow on a pistol gun) silenced :)

I was a police firearms instructor for 20 yrs. Even with the best hearing protection my hearing was damaged.

Pumping the shotgun at unnecessary times, rocket launchers having kick.

The most annoying mistake is calling the magazine a clip.

My favorite is the “endless magazine”. Hollywood always shows weapons with standard magazines shooting hundreds of rounds without the shooter ever having to reload.

There's a myth you missed at the end, handling guns is easy. Either holding two guns in one hand, the recoil of sub-machineguns being able to be compensated with one hand, or the ever popular holding the gun sideways and still hitting a target.

A couple things about silencers, that I'm sure someone in the other 4,000 comments has mentioned 1. Some bullets are subsonic, meaning they don't break the sound barrier. The .45 acp is a good example of this; it's a very large bullet, but it travels really slowly, about 200 fps or so less than the average 9mm. Subsonic bullets are much easier to suppress. 2. Suppressors simply don't work on revolvers. There is a gap between the cylinder and the barrel, and when the bullet is fired, burning gasses escape from the gap, so you will still hear the gunpowder exploding regardless of whether the gun has a suppressor or not.

Myth number 6, you can hit people with a perfect headshot with pistol at a range of 25 yards or more everytime.

Love how unlimited ammo isn’t on here because if people really knew how little a 30 round mag was nobody would care to ban it.

What about a handgun used to take down a helicopter? lol

I have a silenced rpg and you are right it is still kinda loud

Unlimited Ammunition

Another myth based off the number one and that scene with the suppressed revolver. The vast majority of revolvers cannot be effectively silenced, since the mechanism is mostly open. If it has the gas sealing system of the Nagant revolver, where the cylinder Is being pushed forward upon cocking the hammer, it creates a gas seal and that revolver can be effectively suppressed. It's the basis for the revolvers in the Metro series, which was an intelligent move on 4A's part.

When someone (Hollywood version) is firing a pistol, the magazine is emptied and, and the slide is locked in the rearward position, they pull the trigger several more times, and a double-action (dry-fire) sound is dubbed in. AAAAAAHHHHH !! Don't movie sets have weapons consultants ???

How the fuck is NO RECOIL NOT ON HERE!!! In every movie guns apparently have no recoil whatsoever. (I know they are blanks but still)

The one that pisses me off the most is the "click" sound you hear when the person keeps pulling the trigger but the slide/bolt of the handgun/rifle is back due to the gun being out of ammunition. In almost all cases either the hammer is held back and can't move forward or the striker is already in the forward position and most striker fired guns are SAO. There are a few exceptions, but they're rare. Oh yeah, I also lose it when a movie shows someone cocking a shotgun, not shoot it, and then cock it again for intimidation purposes but a shell doesn't come out. Annnnd another one... they're called magazines or mags. *NOT FUCKING CLIPS!!!!* Unless it's an M1 Garand in a WWII movie... Or a SKS... OK again there's a few exceptions but also again they're rare.

Drives me nuts whenever in a movie someone opens the cylinder of a revolver and spins it and you hear the ratcheting/clicking sound. Yeah revolvers don't do that when the cylinder is open. Also hearing the sound of hammers cocking when you can clearly see the people in the movie have Glocks like at the beginning of The Matrix.

They forgot about a major factor like recoil. Also yes a subsonic round with a suppressor is about as loud as a airsoft gun.

Who else was excited to see DemolitionRanch on here

what about the 10 ft throw back when one gets shot ?

did you forget the following five, or shall there be a sequel? 1 Unlimited ammunition 2 cops can't hit a shot 3 Guns are hard to shoot because of the power, and people with who have pistols never once get affected by backfire 4 Hero never gets shot even when everybody is shooting at them 5 Being throw back by a bulelt

A few more: 1. Sound suppressors ("silencers") slow down or make the bullet less effective. The only thing related to sound suppressors that could result in that is if one is used in conjunction with switching to subsonic ammo. The suppressor itself doesn't negatively affect the bullet's velocity. In fact, the suppressor actually acts as almost a barrel extension, allowing for a more complete burn of the powder, actually giving the bullet a very slight (but negligible) muzzle velocity INCREASE. But movies and games seem to make it seem that if all other factors remain the same (firearm, ammo, etc.) the moment you lock in a suppressor all of a sudden your range is shortened or the bullets do not impact with as much velocity. We're talking about modern suppressors as shown in movies and games and not the old-school contact disc type that basically isn't used anymore. 2. The gun makes the slide cocking sound everytime it's unholstered. Seriously, this annoys the bejeezuz out of me... 3. Calling a magazine a "clip." 4. Guns have almost no recoil so anyone can rapid fire accurately. Movies tend to go one of two routes. Use blanks or CGI the muzzle flash. Both of these do not give as much of recoil back to the shooter as the real thing. So you either get what looks like really obvious fake recoil action done by the actor or the gun doesn't seem to move at all despite the actor holding the gun all wrong... ugh... 5. All guns give off crazy muzzle flash. Shorter barrel firearms tend to give more muzzle flash, but typically if you're using the correct ammo for the type of gun you're using muzzle flash should be very minimal. Furthermore, most military-style rifles would have muzzle devices that are specifically designed to reduce muzzle flash. Aptly called flash hiders. For example, the Smith Enterprises Vortex Flash Hider I like to use virtually eliminates any visible muzzle flash when using a 16 inch barrel or longer, and in shorter barrels it greatly decreases it to almost not noticeable. Even the standard "birdcage" muzzle devices that are standard on standard-issue military rifles help to decrease muzzle flash. Muzzle flash looks cool in movies but is actually a bad thing in real life. First, it gives away your position. And secondly it destroys your night vision. I'm not talking about NVG's, but if your eyes are acclimated to low-light because it's night-time or something, if the gun really gives off that huge flaming muzzle flash when you shoot it, guess what, your eyes are no longer acclimated to the low-light, making you effectively blind for the remainder of the fight. 6. All headshots are fatal. Except for a few exceptions, it seems to be a common myth that anytime someone is shot in the head, he/she will die instantly. That's not true other than for the small area called the brainstem. There are a lot of circumstances where someone could be shot in the head and still survive, even if only for a little while. 7. The urgency to "get the bullet out" after someone is shot. Yes it's probably best not to leave a big chunk of lead in your body forever, but the movies make it seem like the bullet itself gives off some kind of "death" radiation or something. You see it all of the time where someone is shot and he looks like he's about to die, then they dig into his body and after what looks like all hope is lost they finally retrieve the bullet, and all of a sudden the person who was shot seems to immediately feel better... Actually if someone is shot, do what you can to control the bleeding, don't ever go digging for the bullet, that's the absolute worst thing to do. And even in a hospital setting, controlling the bleeding would be the number one priority. Removing the bullet would be something that would be done at a later time once the person's condition has stabilized... 8. This isn't really a gun myth but it's something done in a million movies that really shouldn't be done (which The Equalizer, Collateral, and the new Mission Impossible showed perfectly), and that is putting a gun right up against someone's head or body. Holding someone at gunpoint that way is actually really dumb, because that person can snatch that gun out of your hand or at least deflect it away quicker than your reflexes can realize it and decide to pull the trigger. 9. Hammers on semi-autos that need cocking even after a firearm has been fired before. This is done mainly for dramatic effect, but it irks me all the same. How many times have you seen a scene in a movie where a character is angry at another, or is threatening another character. He/she has a semi-auto handgun with an external hammer pointed at the other person. And somewhere in the middle of the conversation to "show he/she is serious" that individual reaches up with his/her thumb and cocks the hammer back... Firstly, if that gun has been used before, that hammer should already be back unless that individual is using a gun with a decocker and the character actually decocked the gun prior to that. Secondly, if it's a single-action handgun such as a 1911, what did that character expect to do with the gun before cocking the hammer? Because single-action handguns are basically useless if the hammer is in the forward position. So in those cases basically the person was pointing a firearm that wasn't even in a shootable state for the entire conversation right up until he/she decides to cock the hammer...

Most of these are common sense if you have ever shot at all.

my favorite is how movies will lead you to believe that virtually anything is bullet proof. tables, upholstered furniture like chairs and sofas, walls, appliances, etc.

Theres no such thing as bullet proof armor theres only bullet resistant armor

I've fired a 45 submachine gun with a silencer. It made almost no noise. It was just the slide running back and fourth. A 22 with a good silencer makes about as much noise as someone crashing their knuckles. Not all bullets break the sound barrier, and silencers work well with most common hand gun calibers.

I think the funniest google search is *should* you use a gun to pierce your nose?

any firearm experienced person will criticize Hollywood firearm crap.

"Too much metal for a little bullet to make it thru" Shows Demolition Ranch clip of an engine getting shot by a 50BMG out of a Barret

"Go for a swim". In Mogadischu. In the desert. Argh...

"Can you use a gun to pierce your nose?" Really? That takes a special kind of stupid from someone who's never encountered a gun in any context.

Trained police man: misses every shit Main hero in the movie first time shooting a gun: direct hit every time

The last Action Hero is criminally underrated.

If your enemies fire automatic weapons from very close at you, they will still miss every single shot!!

I love the shoutouts to Demolition Ranch!

Another myth for you: one shot in the chest area always kills.

To silence a weapon you have to go subsonic and add a suppressor. Take a .22 pistol detune the round.

If you get your firearm education from movies, you probably believe that all you need to do to hit someone from long distance, is to put the crosshair on them, and pull the trigger. This is one of my favorites. Guy shoots someone at 100 yards, and another at 500 yards, with the same reticle placement.

Racking a shotgun when there is already a shell in the chamber and it doesn't eject the shell. Drives me fucking crazy.

The myths I think of are not exactly about the firearm itself. One is the person running across from one side to the other in front of a guy firing a machine gun and the machine gunner can't quite turn the weapon as fast as the other guy is running. Consequently the bullets strike surfaces right behind the running man. The other one is when two people point pistols at each other at point blank range at exactly the same time. Neither shoots as though it is a stand off. All either has to do is pull the trigger and the other guy, and his pistol, are no longer a threat.

No we do not use steel plates in our vests in the Army. We use woven Kevlar plates. Steel would be way too heavy to function in overseas.

0:32 John Wick disapproves

mojo with almost pro gun approach. Xmas must be early

dude top 1 should be that guns have infinite ammo

The thing that really bothers me in a lot of movies is when someone gets shot, and then proceeds to do something very action intensive for a long time like a fight or run. It’s true that you can still do something from the adrenaline of the moment, but it’s not nearly as easy as the movies make it out to be, even if the wound is superficial. I saw one movie where a guy gets shot in the abdomen, and just patches it up with some gauze and then hikes over a huge mountain in the following next days. An injury like that would cause so much physical trauma and inflammation that it would completely immobilize you from the pain, and not to mention bleeding out. It’s very frustrating a lot of times when characters walk off gunshot wounds in movies because it makes it hard to suspend disbelief.

I love how he says that the engine is just too hard for any little bullet to go through at 1:47, in the video, matt was shooting a .50 cal😂 that’s no little bullet😂😂

you forgot the biggest one, when the action star shoots and kills someone up to 300 yards away with a pistol

The silencer thing is more complicated than that. If you attach a modern, highly efficient silencer to a bolt action .357 rifle and shoot a subsonic bullet, it will be spooky quiet. They never make that "pew pew" noise from the movies, but if you can eliminate the sonic crack and the action noise, and if you are using a very good silencer, the sort of "whiff" sound of the bullet passing through the air and the "thud" of it impacting down range is all that's left.

"Next time you're getting chased by a helicopter, go for a swim."

Some of my most favorite movie clips ever. Great Video!

Piercing your nose with a gun? Really internet? xD

"Next time a helicopter chases you, go for a swim" *THEY ARE IN THE FUCKING DESERT!!!*

I love how the diesel exploded in 2:17. Was not even gas, but gave a bigger BOOM!

Ayyyy Demolition Ranch was featured 🔥

A silencer with sub sonic ammo is pretty quiet though...

you forgot the infinite size of magazines. if you shoot a full automatic gun for 2-3 seconds, you have to reload!

The obsession with 5.56 ammunition and the M4 being so lethal! Ever see a real sniper using anything smaller than 7.62? Also let's not forget how awesome 9mm pistols and submachine guns are at hundreds of metres.

A desert eagle no kick can fire in full auto with a suppressed weapon

Hey look Matt(demotion ranch ) got in the vid .

Myth #6 "silencers" the truth is there's no such thing as a "silencer" only a "suppressor"

Next you're getting chased by a helicopter go for a swim Me:have you ever heard about missles

Mojo: you can’t get shot behind a car Me: explain armor piercing rounds then

You forgot the most important one : '' Bad dudes being blown away 10 meters in the back when geting shoot '' :)))

Another gun myth: Being thrown backwards by a bullet hitting you.

To be fair, the Judgement Day scene is more realistic than most. The fuel tank managed to take direct hits, to the point that it was leaking fuel everywhere, and didn't explode. Once there is something to ignite that fuel though, there's going to be an explosion.

You missed the classic myth. The bad guy is shot, flies backwards with such force he breaks through a plate glass window and falls to his death. Being shot will NOT hit you with so as much force that you'd fly backwards at any speed. If that was true, for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction, so why doesn't the shooter fly backwards?

What about how Hollywood guns have crazy muzzle flares

biggest myth of all GUNS, AND HIGH CAPACITY MAGS KILL

gun myths in hollywood 1) you can flip a revolver and the cylinder just snaps into place 2) even outside of the revolver frame, turning the cylinder makes a 'buzz' sound

1:47 ‘too much for a little bullet to make it through’ *shows video of demolition ranch shooting the engine with a .50 bmg* Yeah little bullet for sure

You forgot bout the endless submachine gun clip that shoots 50-75 rounds before it is out.

More movie gun myths that I hate: (1) Handguns are accurate at a distance, even on moving targets. (2) Bullets from handguns can actually push someone backwards. (3) 1 bullet = 1 kill EVERY TIME (except for the good guys, of course). (4) 10 rounds in a 5 shot revolver, 30 rounds in a 10 round semi-auto, 100 rounds in a small fully-auto.

Two other common inaccuracies regarding firearms in movies: 1. Characters casually handling their guns with their index finger on the trigger when not in a gunfight (e.g. patrolling soldiers). Any trained professional knows you keep your damn finger outside of the trigger if you're not about to shoot. 2. Gangsters firing a handgun sideways. That's not really wise, it can hurt your wrist very badly.

I enjoy how you used Hard Target for the thumbnail, because that was the movie I thought was hilarious when I was learning about firearms

I hate how every time someone aims a gun in a movie, you hear a click. Even though you can clearly see that they haven't cocked back the hammer, you still hear a click noise lol!

Myth #6 Top ten channels are based on facts.

Hollywood never taught me a thing about guns. My Marine Corps war vet Dad did. He was and still is a Colt .45 1911 believer. I broke the trend. My first handgun purchase was .357 magnum revolver and I was dismayed when I took it out shooting for the first time and realized it didn't shoot 23 rounds without reloading like Hollywood showed.

Good choice referencing Demolition Ranch! Love that channel!

If you roll around on the ground it makes you much harder to hit, even with a machine gun. Being hit by a pistol bullet will pick you up and hurl you bodily across the room. Most gunshot wounds to the torso are instantly incapacitating. No one ever bleeds to death or goes into shock from a wound that isn't instantly incapacitating. Most gun stores stock full auto weapons in a special room in the back. How many more can we think of?

Some bullets are sub-sonic, so they will be quieter with a "silencer", still not as quiet as in the movies. The biggest movie myth you missed is that getting shot blasts you across the room. Physics tells you the force of the bullet leaving the gun is applied equally and oppositely to the shooter and no more force than this is applied to the person getting hit, so if there was enough force to blast the victim across the room, the shooter would also have gone flying in the other direction. Apparently in adrenaline-fueled situations people sometimes don't even notice they've been shot until later.

Facts: A gun make a loud noice even with a suppresser. John Wick 2: "We don't do that here".

Real annoying when a bullet somehow makes a human flip

"Can you peirce your nose with a gun?" I tried. I can't smell anything.

and myth #1, getting shot wont kill you instantly.. sometimes it can take a day or two or even a week after your shot to die

you missed a very important myth that a lot of movies do, after disarming someone and removing the magazine the gun is considered safe and they can toss it a side and just leave it even thou they never checked if the chamber was empty

4:28 I've always liked No Country For Old men's punchy suppressor sounds, it really captures the power of the weapon Chigurh is holding, especially when he forces that guy sitting in the bed to *un-hand* the gun.

Guns don't kill people, nu-uh. I kill people, with guns. (Bang)

If you shoot subsonics with a suppressor it can be pretty quiet.

Also, about the silencers, they don't make that "pew pew" high pitch sound, which Hollywood REAAAALY LOVE. Also, gun recoils almost never look realistic in Hollywood. This is understandable because it's probably hard to do this.

So you’re telling me Minecraft PvP is more accurate than Hollywood movies when it comes to aquatic shootouts, and Minecraft doesn’t even have guns.