In this topic: You name the guns you can't ever identify right.

[ManiacallyChallenged]

Pump Action Shotguns.
The page about telling them apart helps a bunch, but it causes the problem where I'm checking the page for the right gun, and it wasn't one of the big three.

Revolvers also, especially when one shows up that has abnormal grips that lead me to ID it wrong.

And M16A1/A2. I can't tell when an A1 has A2 handguards. I really can't.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by ManiacallyChallenged

And M16A1/A2. I can't tell when an A1 has A2 handguards. I really can't.

It's really easy; just look at the receiver and the barrel. The A2 receiver has the adjustable rear sight and brass deflector, which the A1 doesn't have. Also, the A2 barrel is much thicker and heavier. Compare our pictures side-by-side:

Originally Posted by ManiacallyChallenged

Okay, a new one.
Glock 17 versus Glock 19.
The angles guns are usually shown at(ie, nearly head on) in most TV shows makes it hard to determine slide length.

I think the Fringe page may have some mis-identified Glocks 'cause of that.

The 3rd Gen models are easier; on the G19, the distance between the little horizontal cut on the frame (which is part of the accessory rail) and the muzzle is shorter than the G17. But admittedly, it's harder with 2nd Gen Glocks (which are still the most common models seen in Hollywood).

[Excalibur]

I have a hard time telling on Glock to another, unless I get a good look at them, which usually we don't get them

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

I have a hard time telling on Glock to another, unless I get a good look at them, which usually we don't get them

Yeah, sometimes I still confuse them myself, but overall, I usually find Glocks pretty easy to tell apart. Or at least, I find it pretty easy to tell full-size Glocks from compacts and sub-compacts. Or a G17L from a G34.

What I can't do - and what is really hard - is telling calibers. Generally, I assume a Glock in a movie is a 9mm (unless I have inside information on the particular show), but there are some Glocks that look like .40-caliber models and I have difficulty being sure.

[k9870]

a few members identifies glock 20s, which seems strange theyd actually be in a show. 10 mil and all.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by k9870

a few members identifies glock 20s, which seems strange theyd actually be in a show. 10 mil and all.

I think they're probably wrong. I might be wrong myself, but I'd really be surprised if there are any Glocks in 10mm in any prop houses' inventories. Probably 95% of the Glocks they have in their armories (and that you've seen in your favorite movies and TV shows) are 9x19mm models, with maybe a handful of .40-caliber and .45 ACP models.

[ManiacallyChallenged]

10 bucks says more glocks in 10mil than .45 GAP though.