Myths section

[Gunmaster45]

Originally Posted by Vangelis

Volgin fires them just like in Shoot 'Em Up several times during the game, holding them between his fingers and using his powers to make them cook off. That's why he has those belts of ammo in the first place.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. My bad. My PS2's been broken for almost a year, and I'm too broke to buy a PS3. One day I will play MGS4!

[Ace Oliveira]

There was a old thread made by MPM that said that he wanted to make a "Myth" Page. I say we do it. Explain all the gun errors in Movies and Videogames. Don't forget Television too.

[LoneSniperJim]

Is it possible to prevent a pistol from cycling by holding down the slide?

[Gunmaster45]

Yes, but it'll hurt like hell. My mom accidentally did that with her Remington 1100 20 Gauge once. She rested her thumb on the bolt when she fires.

But there's also the chance the slide breaks your finger first. Like my friend claims a guy once shot a Glock, and rested his thumb on the flat back of the slide. He claims it broke his thumb, and it sounds somewhat believable.

[LoneSniperJim]

Oh another 1 often seen in movies is that a gun goes off when you drop it. (i.e: in true lies)

[Gunmaster45]

Are you kidding? I think the chance of a MAC-10 going off when falling down a flight of stairs is VERY likely, it is a cheap open bolt gun. I doubt it would kill all the Crimson Jihad in real life though.

It rarely happens, but guns DO go off when dropped. It's just not as common as we see in movies.

[Yournamehere]

Yeah most of 'em have drop safeties nowadays, but old single actions and open bolts are just waiting to fall and pop. I've dropped my empty 1911 on my carpet before (wearing these stupid cotton gloves that slip like hell in order to avoid rust) and when I picked it up the hammer had fallen.