Corrected entry: McClane carrys a Sig Sauer P220, which has an 8 round single stack magazine. In the first shoot scene in the apartment, he reloads twice and then fires over 12 rounds blindly around the corner.
Ian Hunt
21st Dec 2007
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
21st Dec 2007
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Corrected entry: When McClane drives the SUV into the elevator shaft, you can see where the windshield has been "smashed out". There are wavy clean breaks along the perimeter of the lucite used as the glass. In reality, a windshield would shatter but still hold together in one sheet. It's impossible for it to break cleanly like shown in the scene.
Correction: Back in 2003 when I was in Iraq, we had half a windshield shot out in an ambush. Yes, it is Very possible.
21st Dec 2007
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Corrected entry: McClane carries a Sig P220 .45. NYPD only approves the Sig in 9mm, like the P226. You can easily tell it's a .45 due to the single stack magazine, while the 9mm uses a double stack.
Correction: McClane was never one to follow the rules. So using a different gun is not beyond the realm of reality.
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Correction: The gun McClane uses is actually a P226, the P220 is an older version dating from 1975. The P226 has a 12 to 13 round capaticy, thus making it possible to fire more than 8 rounds.