Talk:692: Dirty Harry - Revision history

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	People actually do do that. Because many revolvers are not built with a safety, often people carry with the chamber empty, so that any accidents cannot set off the weapon. Some people do this with handguns as well, though this is somewhat less popular. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.45\|172.70.178.45]] 20:46, 2 February 2022 (UTC)		People actually do do that. Because many revolvers are not built with a safety, often people carry with the chamber empty, so that any accidents cannot set off the weapon. Some people do this with handguns as well, though this is somewhat less popular. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.45\|172.70.178.45]] 20:46, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

−	Speaking of counting shots, deadpool's opening has his shots with numbers on them, which is worth mentioning	+	Speaking of counting shots, deadpool's opening has his shots with numbers on them, which is worth mentioning {{unsigned ip\|125.168.140.13808:04, 12 June 2025}}

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	People actually do do that. Because many revolvers are not built with a safety, often people carry with the chamber empty, so that any accidents cannot set off the weapon. Some people do this with handguns as well, though this is somewhat less popular. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.45\|172.70.178.45]] 20:46, 2 February 2022 (UTC)		People actually do do that. Because many revolvers are not built with a safety, often people carry with the chamber empty, so that any accidents cannot set off the weapon. Some people do this with handguns as well, though this is somewhat less popular. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.45\|172.70.178.45]] 20:46, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Speaking of counting shots, deadpool's opening has his shots with numbers on them, which is worth mentioning

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	I removed the sentence, "It should be noted that revolvers don't actually use the 6th slot for reasons of safety" because it's funny but people might think it's true when as far as I can tell it's completely silly. 5 & 7 round capacity revolvers exist, but they're designed that way from the get go--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.23.27\|172.69.23.27]] 18:07, 27 July 2018 (UTC)		I removed the sentence, "It should be noted that revolvers don't actually use the 6th slot for reasons of safety" because it's funny but people might think it's true when as far as I can tell it's completely silly. 5 & 7 round capacity revolvers exist, but they're designed that way from the get go--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.23.27\|172.69.23.27]] 18:07, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
−	People actually do do that. Because many revolvers are not built with a safety, often people carry with the chamber empty, so that any accidents cannot set off the weapon. Some people do this with handguns as well, though this is somewhat less popular.	+
		+	People actually do do that. Because many revolvers are not built with a safety, often people carry with the chamber empty, so that any accidents cannot set off the weapon. Some people do this with handguns as well, though this is somewhat less popular. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.45\|172.70.178.45]] 20:46, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

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	I removed the sentence, "It should be noted that revolvers don't actually use the 6th slot for reasons of safety" because it's funny but people might think it's true when as far as I can tell it's completely silly. 5 & 7 round capacity revolvers exist, but they're designed that way from the get go--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.23.27\|172.69.23.27]] 18:07, 27 July 2018 (UTC)		I removed the sentence, "It should be noted that revolvers don't actually use the 6th slot for reasons of safety" because it's funny but people might think it's true when as far as I can tell it's completely silly. 5 & 7 round capacity revolvers exist, but they're designed that way from the get go--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.23.27\|172.69.23.27]] 18:07, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
		+	People actually do do that. Because many revolvers are not built with a safety, often people carry with the chamber empty, so that any accidents cannot set off the weapon. Some people do this with handguns as well, though this is somewhat less popular.

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		+	This could be (or share) the inspiration for a running joke in Archer where the title character has this same partial savantism for counting bullets (see S04E08 for an example) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.49\|172.68.189.49]] 21:31, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
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	There's "instantly" twice in a sentence. Because I'm not a native english speaker, I don't know if this is acceptable, and for the same reason I'll not edit it. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.212.196}}		There's "instantly" twice in a sentence. Because I'm not a native english speaker, I don't know if this is acceptable, and for the same reason I'll not edit it. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.212.196}}
	:You were correct, it isn't. Actually that whole sentence bothers me, but I suppose it gets the point across well enough. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.50\|108.162.221.50]] 07:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)		:You were correct, it isn't. Actually that whole sentence bothers me, but I suppose it gets the point across well enough. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.50\|108.162.221.50]] 07:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

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	::Plus, rather than firing individual bullets, it would shoot a steady beam. That way there's nothing to count. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.77\|108.162.238.77]] 17:03, 6 May 2017 (UTC)		::Plus, rather than firing individual bullets, it would shoot a steady beam. That way there's nothing to count. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.77\|108.162.238.77]] 17:03, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
	Nice try, title text; clearly you have yet to meet The Borg. Bonus points for shields annoying Rainman by adapting to plot velocity instead of total count. [[User:Elvenivle\|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle\|talk]]) 03:46, 1 December 2015 (UTC)		Nice try, title text; clearly you have yet to meet The Borg. Bonus points for shields annoying Rainman by adapting to plot velocity instead of total count. [[User:Elvenivle\|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle\|talk]]) 03:46, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
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		+	I removed the sentence, "It should be noted that revolvers don't actually use the 6th slot for reasons of safety" because it's funny but people might think it's true when as far as I can tell it's completely silly. 5 & 7 round capacity revolvers exist, but they're designed that way from the get go--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.23.27\|172.69.23.27]] 18:07, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

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 *Technically even directed-energy weapons would run out of shots eventually, since they tend to have batteries, and batteries don't last forever. I suppose you could get around this by using solar power or something, but you would need solar panels larger than the gun itself, most likely. [[User:Jake|Jake]] ([[User talk:Jake|talk]]) 15:27, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 ::It's not that it would have an unlimited amount of shots, it's that they wouldn't be limited in the same way that conventional existing firearms are. Most guns you can find out how many bullets are in them, even with made up firearms you can make an educated guess, based on the size of various things about the gun. With an energy weapon you could hypothetically have a gun with five shots or five hundred shots in the same size battery, depending on whatever factors your sci-fi bothers with (although pretty much all guns in media have [plot] number of shots regardless). -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162|108.162.250.162]] 06:49, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 Nice try, title text; clearly you have yet to meet The Borg. Bonus points for shields annoying Rainman by adapting to plot velocity instead of total count. [[User:Elvenivle|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle|talk]]) 03:46, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

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	*Technically even directed-energy weapons would run out of shots eventually, since they tend to have batteries, and batteries don't last forever. I suppose you could get around this by using solar power or something, but you would need solar panels larger than the gun itself, most likely. [[User:Jake\|Jake]] ([[User talk:Jake\|talk]]) 15:27, 11 May 2015 (UTC)		*Technically even directed-energy weapons would run out of shots eventually, since they tend to have batteries, and batteries don't last forever. I suppose you could get around this by using solar power or something, but you would need solar panels larger than the gun itself, most likely. [[User:Jake\|Jake]] ([[User talk:Jake\|talk]]) 15:27, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
	::It's not that it would have an unlimited amount of shots, it's that they wouldn't be limited in the same way that conventional existing firearms are. Most guns you can find out how many bullets are in them, even with made up firearms you can make an educated guess, based on the size of various things about the gun. With an energy weapon you could hypothetically have a gun with five shots or five hundred shots in the same size battery, depending on whatever factors your sci-fi bothers with (although pretty much all guns in media have [plot] number of shots regardless). -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162\|108.162.250.162]] 06:49, 20 July 2015 (UTC)		::It's not that it would have an unlimited amount of shots, it's that they wouldn't be limited in the same way that conventional existing firearms are. Most guns you can find out how many bullets are in them, even with made up firearms you can make an educated guess, based on the size of various things about the gun. With an energy weapon you could hypothetically have a gun with five shots or five hundred shots in the same size battery, depending on whatever factors your sci-fi bothers with (although pretty much all guns in media have [plot] number of shots regardless). -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162\|108.162.250.162]] 06:49, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
		+	Nice try, title text; clearly you have yet to meet The Borg. Bonus points for shields annoying Rainman by adapting to plot velocity instead of total count. [[User:Elvenivle\|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle\|talk]]) 03:46, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

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 :You were correct, it isn't. Actually that whole sentence bothers me, but I suppose it gets the point across well enough. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.50|108.162.221.50]] 07:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 *Technically even directed-energy weapons would run out of shots eventually, since they tend to have batteries, and batteries don't last forever. I suppose you could get around this by using solar power or something, but you would need solar panels larger than the gun itself, most likely. [[User:Jake|Jake]] ([[User talk:Jake|talk]]) 15:27, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
-:It's not that it would have an unlimited amount of shots, it's that they wouldn't be limited in the same way that conventional existing firearms are. Most guns you can find out how many bullets are in them, even with made up firearms you can make an educated guess, based on the size of various things about the gun. With an energy weapon you could hypothetically have a gun with five shots or five hundred shots in the same size battery, depending on whatever factors your sci-fi bothers with (although pretty much all guns in media have [plot] number of shots regardless). -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162|108.162.250.162]] 06:47, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
+::It's not that it would have an unlimited amount of shots, it's that they wouldn't be limited in the same way that conventional existing firearms are. Most guns you can find out how many bullets are in them, even with made up firearms you can make an educated guess, based on the size of various things about the gun. With an energy weapon you could hypothetically have a gun with five shots or five hundred shots in the same size battery, depending on whatever factors your sci-fi bothers with (although pretty much all guns in media have [plot] number of shots regardless). -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162|108.162.250.162]] 06:49, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

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	:You were correct, it isn't. Actually that whole sentence bothers me, but I suppose it gets the point across well enough. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.50\|108.162.221.50]] 07:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)		:You were correct, it isn't. Actually that whole sentence bothers me, but I suppose it gets the point across well enough. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.50\|108.162.221.50]] 07:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
	*Technically even directed-energy weapons would run out of shots eventually, since they tend to have batteries, and batteries don't last forever. I suppose you could get around this by using solar power or something, but you would need solar panels larger than the gun itself, most likely. [[User:Jake\|Jake]] ([[User talk:Jake\|talk]]) 15:27, 11 May 2015 (UTC)		*Technically even directed-energy weapons would run out of shots eventually, since they tend to have batteries, and batteries don't last forever. I suppose you could get around this by using solar power or something, but you would need solar panels larger than the gun itself, most likely. [[User:Jake\|Jake]] ([[User talk:Jake\|talk]]) 15:27, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
		+	:It's not that it would have an unlimited amount of shots, it's that they wouldn't be limited in the same way that conventional existing firearms are. Most guns you can find out how many bullets are in them, even with made up firearms you can make an educated guess, based on the size of various things about the gun. With an energy weapon you could hypothetically have a gun with five shots or five hundred shots in the same size battery, depending on whatever factors your sci-fi bothers with (although pretty much all guns in media have [plot] number of shots regardless). -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162\|108.162.250.162]] 06:47, 20 July 2015 (UTC)