why so many 9mm guns in movies/tv

[k9870]

Wow i noticed about every fired handgun in 24 is a 9mm. why! I want to see one cool guy taking out terrorists with a good old 45 or 357. Sig 228, usp, glock 19...ugh.

[Phoenixent]

Originally Posted by k9870

Wow i noticed about every fired handgun in 24 is a 9mm. why! I want to see one cool guy taking out terrorists with a good old 45 or 357. Sig 228, usp, glock 19...ugh.

You have to understand from the Propmasters point of view. They might have a crew that's maybe versed in firearms but not very experienced so it is a lot easier for them if the handguns use all the same ammo. The show is about the story if you are noticing only the firearms maybe the show is not that great. Several here like myself have taken care of shows with multiple caliber weapons with no problem. But it does make it easier on us or the prop crew having a single type of pistol ammo to deal with.

[Gunmaster45]

That's what I've always hated about blank guns. They don't have recoil like a real gun, so the realism is cut down in the film even more. I like how people like Clint Eastwood fake the recoil, which is something I always thought was cool about him.

One question for the armorers, how come M60s in all those 80s films like Rambo: First Blood and Platoon had recoil when firing? Did the 7.62 bottleneck rounds produce kick somehow?

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

That's what I've always hated about blank guns. They don't have recoil like a real gun, so the realism is cut down in the film even more. I like how people like Clint Eastwood fake the recoil, which is something I always thought was cool about him.

One question for the armorers, how come M60s in all those 80s films like Rambo: First Blood and Platoon had recoil when firing? Did the 7.62 bottleneck rounds produce kick somehow?

Blanks don't have kick. In large guns, it's the motion of the bolt carrier that rattles the gun back and forth.

[Gunmaster45]

I know blanks don't have kick, so that's what confused me about the M60. Now I understand.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

What I liked about Crank was that it had a lot of those guns in it. Perhaps they added these guns for the reasons mentioned. Mix it up a bit.

I just watched that movie tonight (finally). Man, it was, um, absurd...

[Gunmaster45]

Yeah, it was an insanely... insane movie but good on guns. The DVD quality is incredible too, the caps I took are almost like Blu Ray!

In most cases, if Jason Statham is in a movie, don't expect it to be an oscar winner. In fact, don't expect anything, just shut your brain off and enjoy the crazy stuff that never happens in real life.

[MT2008]

I was mostly referring to the scene where he bangs his GF in the middle of Chinatown, especially while a whole bus full of naive Chinese schoolgirls were watching. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard at a sex scene in a movie.

As far as gunplay goes, it was neat seeing the Springfield XD in action. So far, this is the first movie or TV show in which I've seen that gun appear.

[Gunmaster45]

Yeah, that's what usually comes to mind when I think of how crazy the movie is.

[k9870]

There's actually a sequel coming out in a few months. It was confirmed it has another public sex scene.