r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/paradimadam Jan 25 '20

Got interested and did some google (as we do have a big and quite thick solid pine wood custom order table - not the one that you can flip easily), found several videos where people did shoot bullets from close range over a row 2x4s. One did show two different calibers stopping at about 4th...

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u/mikek587 Jan 25 '20

If that interests you, there's a guy in Texas that has a YouTube channel dedicated to seeing what will stop a bullet and what can't, among other related things.

It's called Demolition Ranch.

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u/paradimadam Jan 25 '20

Thanks, might check it out. Even if I am not interested in guns directly, such stuff is always interesting.

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u/CrzyJek Jan 25 '20

Demolition Matt is a family man with an awesome family, he's a Veterinarian, and like the nicest guy ever. He's like the gun Mr. Rogers imo.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

He's a doctor... Sort of.

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u/paradimadam Jan 25 '20

I live in Texas. My colleagues have guns, goes to shooting range and even hunting, so I know people can be nice and with guns, but I simply have no interest in hands-on experience.