How much do gun goofs in books bother you?

[dmass]

We've all seen the endless parade of film gun goofs. In a similar vein, if one reads enough fictional works, well gun goofs will be encountered. I've seen them in both mainstream, successful authors and more obscure writers.
For example, I recently read the first of the Dirty Harry novels (not novelizations, different stories) and started a second before wandering back to the nonfiction stack. (Oh, they are utter pulp trash, but that is one of the appeals.) What was odd for a quintessentially "gun guy" film and book series, there was a lot of goofs. And I don't mean just the wacky ones like a gigantic .44 Magnum revolver with an equally huge silencer hanging off it. Naturally, there are others, often in the horror genre, that I read from time to time.
But I've meandered enough. Do the goofs ruin the book for you? Or, nah, no biggie? What were some authors and genres you found surprising to find such therein?

 

[cohunt]

I always like the 10 or 12 shots fired in a row from revolvers in the old western movies -- they don't bother me too much but I do notice them

 

[tribb]

I always like the 10 or 12 shots fired in a row from revolvers in the old western movies -- they don't bother me too much but I do notice them

Yep

 

[Harry Knutz]

I can't remember the movie but the female actor said "308 Win Mag" Made me chuckle. There was another movie where the Actor was obviously holding a Mosin Nagant and he says. "7.92 Mauser the greatest battle rifle ever made" Or something to that effect. You would think they would look this stuff up before making themselves look like total idiots!

 

[lancetkenyon]

Any gun goof in a movie drives me nuts.
Books as well.

 

[Morrigan 508]

We've all seen the endless parade of film gun goofs. In a similar vein, if one reads enough fictional works, well gun goofs will be encountered. I've seen them in both mainstream, successful authors and more obscure writers.
For example, I recently read the first of the Dirty Harry novels (not novelizations, different stories) and started a second before wandering back to the nonfiction stack. (Oh, they are utter pulp trash, but that is one of the appeals.) What was odd for a quintessentially "gun guy" film and book series, there was a lot of goofs. And I don't mean just the wacky ones like a gigantic .44 Magnum revolver with an equally huge silencer hanging off it. Naturally, there are others, often in the horror genre, that I read from time to time.
But I've meandered enough. Do the goofs ruin the book for you? Or, nah, no biggie? What were some authors and genres you found surprising to find such therein?

it depends on the gun goof. the guy that writes the Reacher novels is so bad about it I finally quit trying to read his stuff. Things like "I could see that it was a Winchester 12 gage he had pointed at me but I couldn't tell if it was a pump or an auto. (bad guy is a cop) There's so much wrong with this, I just don't know where to start. Three or four of these in a book, along with cop procedure stupidities that would NEVER happen, and the book got flying lessons.

 

[FEENIX]

It does not bother me, they are made/written for entertainment value.

 

[257X50]

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series
45 Colt Magnum
16 guns is an arsenal

 

[Morrigan 508]

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series
45 Colt Magnum
16 guns is an arsenal

in Europe, 16 guns IS an arsenal. In most of the western US, it's a good start.

 

[Okanogan]

Hard to get too upset though with entertainment goofs when we have a president who states a 9mm will blow the lungs right out of a person and the supposed journalists go right along with it.

 

[Fedwell]

Hard to get too upset though with entertainment goofs when we have a president who states a 9mm will blow the lungs right out of a person and the supposed journalists go right along with it.

Right on!!! The guy is a total Moron.

 

[dennisinaz]

You see in the Reacher series where he says the killer must be a Pro, used a 9mm with 95 grain bullets, " those are subsonic "...

 

[Mike Matteson]

I always like the 10 or 12 shots fired in a row from revolvers in the old western movies -- they don't bother me too much but I do notice them

Rambo special. Or the 5 minutes grenade. Throw all you want then run. I don't know if their been any changes on time or not. It was 4.5 second from the time of letting the spoon fly to exploitation. Better take some time off of them too, before pitching. I watch some Marine on the news pitching grenades. They did it right. Cooked the grenades down by about 2 sec before sending them over the wall. Not enough time to send it back to you.

 

[Ckgworks]

They only bug me because I know whoever made the goof also votes with the the goofs in there thoughts....fully semi auto comes to mind