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Continuity error:

posted 8 years ago by jwljr1966
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The rifle was bolt action. No round would eject unless the shooter cycled the bolt. The sound the casing made was too soon, as if fired from a semi-automatic weapon. This alleged sniper character would never allow the casing to touch the ground. The two-finger grab is standard upon cycling bolt to eject round. The flag used for calculating wind speed and direction is an incorrect size and type as well. The term, "minute of arc", is incorrect as well. It is, "minute(s) of angle", or MOA.
This is still an entertaining episode.

[–] film_flam_man 8 years ago

In future, please identify the season and episode in your post.

[–] spayer 7 years ago

There are quite a few instances of incontinuity regarding guns...some, highly discussed.

What episode and gun are you talking about?

[–] skip-49816 7 years ago

I think OP is referring to S4E09, Kill Shot. We never saw the sniper shoot, so it may have been bolt-action, but the point is irrelevant because of that. The other comments are nitpicky, too.

[–] mhansen-25806 7 years ago

Castle always had problems depicting guns. It seemed every time one of our heroes drew his or her Glock, there was a clicking sound. Carried ready for use semi-autos don't make a noise.

The largest continuity error IMHO, was when Beckett was shot at Captain Montgomery's funeral. Shot in the chest without a vest by a rifle? She would have been dead before she hit the ground. Like the old saying goes, "Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story."

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." - Grouch

[–] skip-49816 7 years ago

Except, she wasn't shot in the part of her chest with any vital organs. The aiming point of the telescope's reticle was at the upper part of her chest, just below the knot in her tie. That's not a kill shot. I guess they showed it that way exactly so they could save her life.

Edit: I realize in later episodes they placed her scar lower on her chest, just at the top of her cleavage. One could argue that it was high enough to miss the mass of her heart.

Glocks do not have safeties. The clicking noise is operating the slide to chamber a round, which wouldn't normally be in the chamber for safety reasons. That we don't hear the sound every time a Glock is pulled is the only continuity error.

[–] mhansen-25806 7 years ago

The clicking noise is operating the slide to chamber a round, which wouldn't normally be in the chamber for safety reasons.

Wouldn't the person be shown racking the slide?

PS: I'm a 1911 guy myself, used to "cocked and locked." 

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." - Grouch

[–] skip-49816 7 years ago

I suppose they could show that, but it's a minor technicality. Turns out Glocks have a safety mechanism provided with the trigger. Supposedly, the guns also have a drop safety. NYPD probably carries them with a round chambered. I guess I have no useful explanation for the noises we hear. My apologies.

My Walther is typically locked, but not cocked.

[–] mhansen-25806 7 years ago

My apologies.

No need. 

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." - Grouch

[–] Utpe 7 years ago

Edit: I realize in later episodes they placed her scar lower on her chest, just at the top of her cleavage. One could argue that it was high enough to miss the mass of her heart.

That always annoyed me, and it vanishes in certain episodes when her cleavage is clearly visible.

It is rather apparent in After the Storm (2012). I suppose the makeup department didn't do such a good job.

[–] cls-27 7 years ago

The other thing that always bugged me about Kate's scar is that there is no scar from the extensive surgery required to save her life after the shooting. I have always appreciated that the show was written with a wink to the audience and never too itself too seriously, but this just seemed off. It was part of a serious story line, which they usually handled pretty well. Speaking of the makeup department, her scar looked like it came from a stick-on scar pack!

Eschew obfuscation

[–] skip-49816 7 years ago

RIGHT! Never realized it before. I have a friend who had heart surgery, and she has a very prominent scar on her chest. I guess the producers figured a single bullet-hole scar was enough dramatic impact. Since it hasn't come up before (that I'm aware), I guess they were right.☺

[–] IonaSt_Mojo 7 years ago

If you watch the episode where she has the surgery after getting shot, you'll see that they cut her somewhere under the arm, on her side, not where the bullet hit her in the chest. Don't know if that is how you would perform that surgery but at least they have an explanation for why there's no surgery scar on her chest.

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[–] paulkersey-31019 7 years ago

I can tell anyone here I know guns pretty good and its horribly sad the errors they have through the series. They constantly cock hammers that aren't there and rack slides when a cop would always have a loaded chamber. Done for effect but it treats the audience as if dumb enuf to need blatently fake sound effects. Also holstering is exaggerated

[–] paulkersey-31019 7 years ago

Glocks do not have safeties or hammers so theres nothing to click. I like the show a ron but the add are just needless & make everything less authentic