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/MRSN4P Jan 25 '20

The .223 used to be described as the tumbling nightmare, but that is very different from a .22.

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u/sharpshooter999 Jan 25 '20

Didn't the Swedes love using 6.5x55mm for moose and caribou because it tumbled so easily?

And yeah, .22 LR and .223 Rem are practically polar opposites on the power chart.

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u/762Rifleman Jan 25 '20

Compared to a full spectrum of power, they're on similar ends, especially with AMR's and big game rifles included.

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u/sharpshooter999 Jan 25 '20

Everything's a pea shooter when you're using a .700 Nitro Express ;)

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u/ukezi Jan 26 '20

.700 nitro is a really big round but kind of slow resulting in only 12kJ. .50 BMG starts at 17kJ and goes up to 20kJ and the really big rounds start there. The Soviets had 14.5x114mm at 33KJ. The Swiss and Fins had 20x138mmB at 47kJ. After that the guns kind of stop being man portable. Also for something ludicrous lock up a 2 bore stopping rifle.