We never get tired of watching movies, but we often watch scenes play out that aren’t realistic. Their approach is believable, but the way they go about solving problems defies logic, engineering, and sometimes physics. Take deadbolt locks as an example. When a character shoots a deadbolt lock, it disintegrates and the door busts wide open. It looks good on screen, but what happens when you shoot a deadbolt in real life? [More]
And here I was thinking nobody knows guns like Hollywood.
Jeez, the next thing you’re going to be telling me is experienced operators don’t rack the slide to load a round into the chamber for effect right before springing into action…
At least tell me Angelina Jolie can really curve bullet trajectories…?
Anyway, the featured article with the accompanying video was interesting and fun. If they ever do a follow-up, I’d like to see them address why they shot from a bench at a distance instead of, like TV cops always do, from a couple of inches away.
The author evidenced a distinct fear of “ricochets and shrapnel” so that would be my guess.
No shortage of Master Lock vs Bullet commercials on YouTube.
Long story short, the lock looks a little worse from the abuse but it does not open.
battery powered sawzall, or even a skilsaw, with carbide toothed blade. Far quieter, make a couple of cuts around the doorlock area, and kick.
OR, locate the hinges and saw round them.
I use these tools to cut up car bodies after extracting the saleable parts. After the first time I wondered why I had wasted the time and taken the risk of using cutting torches for so long. Have yet to find a car body these tools did not quickly take care of. Nope Not even an Audi or Ford truck.