[GlassWolf]

I guess a guy can't win.

If he carries a 9mm pistol he is now a knuckle dragging idiot hopelessly entwined with Hollywood.

If he carries a .357 Sig or .45 GAP and is not in law enforcement, he is a wanna be cop, and poser who probably can't afford to practice with the gun he carries.

If ge carries a .40 S&W he has a "comprimise" round.

If he carries a 1911 in .45ACP he is old fashioned and out of date with modern technology.

If he carries a Glock he has a "plastic girlie gun".

That's why God invented things like the .41 magnum and .460 Rowland.

 

[Echo_Four]

I can assure you that my choice of 9mm has nothing to do with what I see on a movie. Rather than get into that decision... which for some reason I'm tempted to do I'm going to focus on why movies stick to easy concepts.

We often lose sight of the fact that most people don't have any clue about guns. Heck when I come home with a new gun my wife usually thinks it is a gun I already have. When I tell her it is a new one she thinks I already have the same kind. In her mind there are 4 kinds of handguns. Blue revolver, stainless revolver, black pistol, stainless pistol. Other than those differences she has no clue. If I hand her a Sig 226 and a Glock 17 she will think they're the same thing. As comical as I find the whole thing I'm hard pressed to say that someone that graduated college with a 4.0 and then waltzed through med school without difficulty stupid- so there's something to the fact that people just don't really care enough to know the differences.

All that said most people have heard of a few guns and bullets. The 45 and 9mm along with 38/357 are going to be familiar with most people, so movie makers are going to stick with that. And of course the 45 has to be the Colt government 45. It isn't that the people making movies are stupid, it isn't an agenda they're trying to push. It just doesn't make sense for them to put things into movies that they don't know about or that the average viewer won't know about.

 

[Aceoky]

Nor do most non gun folks have any desire to know

 

[Aceoky]

Well, speaking only for myself, it doesn't matter one bit to me how anyone feels about my choice of 1911

I guess a guy can't win.

If he carries a 9mm pistol he is now a knuckle dragging idiot hopelessly entwined with Hollywood.

If he carries a .357 Sig or .45 GAP he is a wanna-be cop/poser who probably can't afford to practice with the gun he carries.

If he carries a .40 S&W he has a "comprimise" round.

If he carries a 1911 in .45ACP he is old fashioned and out of date with modern technology.

If he carries a Glock he has a "plastic girlie gun".

 

[maxwell97]

I think Hollywood likes to have lots of bullets flying, and 9mm is good for that. Alternatively, they sometimes go with the biggest frackin' gun out there, like .44's or Desert Eagles. It's all about showmanship, and .40 and .45 are more, well, businesslike.

 

[IsaiahM33]

Been in the army for 13 years (infantry) and EVERY MOS I come across, we ALL say "9 mil" Special guys included.

 

[Kilowatt3]

I think Hollywood likes to have lots of bullets flying, and 9mm is good for that...

Heck, in Hollywood, a J-Frame can shoot upwards of 100 rounds without reloading!

 

[StormRhydr]

Id say that the public has it right, as re 9mm. Its a proven round, you get higher capacity, (and no one ever said "Boy, Im glad I dont have more ammo"), its a NATO, and Army round, so availability is normally good.