Best and Worst Guns from 'Die Hard'
In yet another Die Hard themed Christmas special, James Reeves continues his unhealthy obsession with the famous 1988 Christmas movie starring Bruce Willis as John McClain and Carl Winslow as Sergeant Al Powell. This year, we go over the best and worst guns from the movie, ranking then from last to first. Do you agree with this list? Sound off in the comments, and merry Christmas you filthy animals.
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It's not Christmas till I see Hans Grubber fall from the nakatomi plaza.
@Ohiotrucker1
Жыл бұрын
@@HawaiiFoodAndFun still counts
@jurassicturtle3666
Жыл бұрын
Funfact, Alan Rickman improvised that scene and they liked it so much that it made the final cut. Mostly because the fall killed him and he wasn't available for reshoots.
@bobusan_duuuugnut-oh
Жыл бұрын
Watched it with the family today. It's a home staple for Christmas. Hope you see him fall soon!
@benjamingamache6441
Жыл бұрын
They say every time Hans Gruber falls an angel gets its wings.
@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers
Жыл бұрын
Or a plane full of terrorists blowing up
Watching this is the hospital right now and the sorely needed holiday cheer cannot be understated. Thanks James.
@tfbtv
Жыл бұрын
Get well soon
@docgillygun9531
Жыл бұрын
get well man.
@TheRealBobBasher
Жыл бұрын
Dude...2022 has been a medical shit show for me. Three major surgeries. With you, hope 2023 finds you in better shape.
@darksu6947
Жыл бұрын
@@TheRealBobBasher We're glad you're still around to bitch and complain. Merry Christmas dude.
@Cityoftrees1911
Жыл бұрын
I hope the staff has some cuties at least. Get well bro!
Prior to the invention of the Nielsen device, the HK P7 was one of the few semi-automatic pistols that would cycle reliably with a suppressor mounted. At the time Die Hard was filmed, the P7 was a good choice for Hans.
@kevinmorrice
Жыл бұрын
plus its german engineering at its finest, cant go wrong with that
@kmieciu4ever
Жыл бұрын
fun fact: Nielsen deivice was invented by none other than Leslie Nielsen !
@kennethfharkin
Жыл бұрын
If I recall the P7 was also incredibly durable. I believe LFI torture tested one for a ridiculously long period without failure back in the 90s/80s.
@Defender78
Жыл бұрын
4:50 bad trigger discipline from Hans
The Eggn AUG joke gave me cancer
@saucybaka4439
Жыл бұрын
Your comment gave me cancer
Als kill count is two.... Dude...you did Al dirty. Lol. Kid had a Ray Gun...pretty dangerous stuff. Marvin the Martian has one.
@jaycee30865
Жыл бұрын
It looked real enough.
@johnnytyler5685
Жыл бұрын
Al is lucky that he was a cop in 1980's America. If he was a cop today and the same thing happened, he'd die in prison.
@kennethfharkin
Жыл бұрын
@@johnnytyler5685 SJWs only show up if the victim fits the required demographic and ideally the cop falls into their despised demographic. Al already has one going for him.
@smsfte4699
Жыл бұрын
Oh his second kill was the kid? But that didn’t happen in the movie.
@natwolf687
Жыл бұрын
@@johnnytyler5685 If he was a cop today he would have known it was a ray gun and smoked him anyway.
Next year, what you should do is this. Imagine the original Die Hard was being remade. What modern firearms would replace the old ones in a new one?
@matthewandrews3883
Жыл бұрын
That's a great idea
@caseypleasant1922
Жыл бұрын
What he said
@afd19850
Жыл бұрын
Based!!! Do it
@proguninc4080
Жыл бұрын
First of all, Die Hard should never be remade. Thats a terrible idea. Die Hard is perfect, leave it the way it is. And secondly, I like the guns in Die Hard more than any gun you can name from today, so you can leave the guns alone too.
@proguninc4080
Жыл бұрын
@@matthewandrews3883.... No its not.
Literally laughed out loud on the squeeze cocker Christmas party line. Merry Christmas TFB Crew
@boldie24
Жыл бұрын
Funny because true... Merry Christmas!
I bought myself an MP5 a few weeks ago just so I could have one to LARP with while I watched Die Hard this Christmas Eve. I've got it on the desk next to me as I type this comment, and I'm going to go put the Die Hard Blu-Ray in after I spend some time with James Reeves this Xmas Eve by watching this vid. That said, I realized too late that I also needed an MP5K in order to properly LARP while watching Die Hard 2...which is also a Christmas movie. I always end up watching all three Die Hard movies after watching the first one on Christmas Eve because I love them all. I'll watch 2 and 3 tomorrow. And next Christmas, I'll be properly prepared for LARPing with an MP5K as well.
@pranc236
Жыл бұрын
I like die hard 2. Plus there is snow. And more mp5’s.
@guymansonjr4780
Жыл бұрын
I thought there were 5 Die Hard movies
@thelastlatchkeykid8466
Жыл бұрын
Boomers type YT comments at a desk, and can afford all the good guns. That’s a Christmas compliment btw.
@pranc236
Жыл бұрын
@@guymansonjr4780 there are but one and two are christmas movies
@jamescampbell4334
Жыл бұрын
@@thelastlatchkeykid8466 News flash......... It's not just 'boomers'. Later gens who were raised with a Dad in the home do this. Especially if Dad made sure Mom didn't pussify the child.
Thank you James for all that you do and all laughs you give us, and a very Merry Christmas to you and your family
@tfbtv
Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas
My man didn’t make it TWO SECONDS into the movie before slapping that HK. Lmao. Merry Christmas, guys.
Die Hard is the movie that caused me to fall in love with the Berretta 92. My wife even bought me one last year.
@ExitStrategyNow
Жыл бұрын
Same here
@huntmatthewd
Жыл бұрын
Does your wife have a sister?
@CYB3R2K
Жыл бұрын
HOOOOLLYYYYY!
@parzavaal5335
8 ай бұрын
What a wonderful lady 😸
My oldest son bought his 1st firearm yesterday as a result of your Maverick 88 review. It was a great experience to be with him on his 1st.
@granitejeepc3651
Жыл бұрын
Of course you had bought him others when he was a kid I hope.
Thanks. Great episode. But you forgot about the sniper rifle shot by Agent Johnson ("No the other one"). According to IMFDB it's a Steyr SSG 69.
This movie made me love the AUG, and kickstarted my 25-year obsession with guns. A crippling and expensive addiction is the best present you can get.
Good vid. 👍 I'm a sucker for the P5/P6/P7 handguns, own over a dozen. Even purchased and imported an 'un-brised' P5 Lang (6" barrel) for my collection. Oh, and I EDC a P7-M13 in a Galco Miami Classic shoulder holster. 😉
@tfbtv
Жыл бұрын
Excellent taste
@sv7gbi.744
Жыл бұрын
How old are you my friend!?... I was a 10 years old boy when the movie was filmed and the Galco classic is really a lot older... Not to mention P5's and P7M13...
@jamescampbell4334
Жыл бұрын
@@sv7gbi.744 I was born in the mid 1960s. Got in shoulder holsters just last year. I actually learned the process of importing firearms around four years ago. Wanted a P5 Lang for my collection and they almost never come up for sale in the US. Found one in Germany and purchased. Currently a P5 Lang is available on Gun Broker, over $8.2k with tax and shipping w/7 days to go in auction. I expect to see it exceed $10k.
@lovelessissimo
Жыл бұрын
I need a holster for mine.
@MartyInLa
Жыл бұрын
You must be rich as hell, and/or a drug dealer.
The FBI in the chopper use a regular M60, while the 'terrorists' have what appears to be a M60E3. Also what about that bolt action sniper rifle used that Johnson brother from the FBI he was going to use to kill John before the expoding roof destroyed the chopper. It looked like a Steyr .308 rifle, maybe?
Watching Die Hard while having some friends over. I had to tell them to shut the hell up so we can watch James role play.
Never realized Hans’ team used all European guns. That’s an awesome detail.
@daegnaxqelil2733
Жыл бұрын
except one M60E3
Ah, the joys of being an "early adopter". The H&K P7 was the gun that inspired me to apply for my Firearm Certificate (license) in the UK, after seeing one in Guns & Ammo back in the early 1980s. I never did get around to buying one, though, because (you'll love this) after getting my FAC I actually bought.... a BREN TEN! Took me about a month to conclude that was a POS but I still managed to sell it for a profit and, after owning the Bren Ten and deciding I was a CZ fanboy, I replaced it with a CZ75, which meant I finally made a good decision and I kept it until pistols were banned in 1987 (IIRC). But yeah, not long after that, the P7 became famous in Diehard and the Bren Ten became famous in Miami Vice. Incidentally, I knew the guy who bought the Bren Ten and, when the handgun ban happened, I arranged him to sell it to a guy I worked with in Houston, Texas. That guy has owned it ever since and he still loves it even though it still can't empty a mag' without feed jams.
@me323me
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear you found a good home for the Bren Ten!
@SiCrewe
Жыл бұрын
@@me323me Yep. As a firearm, they were absolute junk but they were the "DeLorean" of the gun world - just downright cool. Incidentally, this is kind of embarassing but the CZ75 I bought after the Bren Ten had a stainless frame and a blued slide.... so it looked like the Ten.
Lethal Weapon is also a Christmas movie that doesn't get the attention it deserves maybe next year
@proguninc4080
Жыл бұрын
Lethal Weapon is a great movie and I love it. But it doesn't give nowhere near the Christmas feel that Die Hard does.
@titusflavius5668
Жыл бұрын
@@proguninc4080 Come on man... what about Mr. Joshua shooting up the TV😂😂
@proguninc4080
Жыл бұрын
@@titusflavius5668 😆😆😆😆
@cyrusshellard3905
Жыл бұрын
@ProGun Inc Never be Die Hard though. LW's aint got shit on Diehards
@lasergunbarbarian620
Жыл бұрын
If you look closely, Rambo is also a Christmas movie.
Seeing Hans Gruber take a dive off Nakatomi Plaza is as inevitable a Christmas tradition with us as eating too much. And I am a fan of a fine Beretta sidearm, so that's a win-win. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a machine gun (ho ho ho)!
Merry Christmas James and all of those at TFBtv. It has been an awesome ride, here is to many more years!
I’ve probably seen Die Hard over 100 times. Literally. Maybe my favorite movie of all time. Definitely my favorite Christmas movie. Personally I feel the mp5 should be number 1 just because of its “cool factor”. But logically I can’t argue with ur more practical list. Yippe kiyyay mister falcon!!
@jpopmexify
Жыл бұрын
Lol mister falcon. Good times. There is also "Let's get the block out of here" from Lethal Weapon.
@speedbagboxer7451
Жыл бұрын
@@jpopmexify 😂
I’m just glad my Aug was so high on the list 🥲 Merry Christmas everyone.
Got my Die Hard sweatshirt and Tshirt on and my Beretta 92 on me while watching Die Hard, Die Hard 2, and Lethal Weapon.
love the carl winslow reference! same, i'm a 90s kid and family matters was a show i watched all the time!
Merry Christmas James and Family! Thanks for all you do! 👏🏼🙏🏼🎉
Not seeing James in a Die Hard type video during the holidays would have been obsured
@OFFICIALUND
Жыл бұрын
Your spelling of "obsured" is what is absurd. FFS.
The PPK reminds of a hold out pistol similar to a derringer and meant for when someone is right up against you and don't need to aim so badly.
@RobinP556
Жыл бұрын
I have one chambered in .22LR and a small suppressor for it. It’s not anything that I really live to shoot, kind of like my AK underfolder it’s something that’s just too cool to not own.
I would love to see a counterpart/sequel to this video, but with the guns from all of the Die Hard Movies.
I used to carry a P7M8, bit that was back in the 1980s. The Berretta 92/M9 is something that I and many others on the teams hated from the moment that we were issued them. Many of us carried other sidearms overseas, we were in a position to do so.
Carl Winslow lol Hope you have a good Christmas, James. Family matters. Don't ever forget it
love these Christmas die hard videos I can remember when I was a kid watching die hard for the first time seeing carl pull that steyer aug out of that bag and insert the barrel I was enamored with that sexy beast of Austrian engineering and very time I have watched it since I get the same feeling and yes it is definitely a Christmas movie of the best kind merry Christmas please keep the content coming and shells flying in the new year
Been watching your content for a long time. Love it. JM2C: MP5 has been my favorite firearm in my 32 yr LE career. I loved my M4 and maybe I'm in the minority but I would still take the MP5 and a 590A1 in certain situations over just about anything in an urban conflict (though your Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical video has me "Jonesing". That's purely due to my comfort level and confidence with manual of arms and experience only. Other folks' mileage may vary; plus I'm an old fckr who's fcks ran out long ago... It is all about what you train consistently with and feel comfortable with.
Yeah, but by the time Die Hard came out in 1988 most people were already familiar with the Beretta 92 9mm because it's also the gun used by Mel Gibson's character Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon, which came out the year before in 1987.
@DavidLLambertmobile
Жыл бұрын
Yes, Riggs had the 92F 9mm. In the other films: series Riggs carrys the re-engineered 92FS.
Absolutely the best DIE HARD scene, is when John is looking down the elevator shaft after he pushed, like 14 pounds of C/4 in an office chair over the edge, to annihilate Carl and his dumkoff buddy. Realized that MAYBE, it was a little overkill, when he sees the fireball being right behind the massive shock wave! Ha!
Still to this day, I wonder if it was a fever dream, But I found an P7 on target which our platoon Sgt took, still couldn’t fucking believe finding that thing in a compound in the Hindu Kush in December. So many weird fucking weapons up there, also had a team leader pull a Russian PPSH sub machine gun off target as well.
We are literally watching die hard right now
@Cityoftrees1911
Жыл бұрын
Just started part 2😎.
My gf bought me a shooting package at a gunrange in Vegas.. I chose the MP 5, Thompson .45 and AK 47. The MP 5 is very smooth and very controllable in full auto.
@elsenorloco84
Жыл бұрын
I think you should probably marry that gal
"Ho Ho Ho, Now I have a machine gun" Merry Christmas!!!
If you think about it, rambo First Blood is also a Christmas movie. When John is in the police station, you can see Xmas decorations lol
@chipsdubbo5.56
Жыл бұрын
But Christmas doesn't have a central role in the film. In die hard the whole reason he was there was for a Christmas party
A+ TFB TV Christmas episode. Die Hard is the best Christmas movie for us gun Guys.
@DavidLLambertmobile
Жыл бұрын
Go watch the Cleveland Show Die Hard parody.... ✅️
Another fun fact you may or may not know, The Baretta Bruce uses in this movie, is the very same one used by Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapon franchise.
@stuartgorka989
Жыл бұрын
I heard and was going to point that out as well.
P7 was a one time James Bond pistol, but in a 1980s Novel. Later it's used an ASP 9mm
"Funding my seasonal alcohol abuse." Let's be real James, it ain't just around Christmas.
@colonelkurtz2269
Жыл бұрын
Seasonal: winter summer spring fall?
Great content..your out of country content is the best..really great..the eye candy was hot at the shot shows overseas and the guns looked good too..
The M60 is actually an M60E3. It has a slightly shorter barrel and utilizes a forward grip. They were first bastardized in by SEALs during and after Vietnam after falling in love with the Stoner MG and how easy it was to carry and fire from the hip/shoulder. Eventually, FN made them specifically for spec ops units, but they found their way into the open market too.
@daegnaxqelil2733
Жыл бұрын
that's funny, Hans band mostly use european-made guns, and yet they use an american M60E3 for some reason, i guess it was too difficult for the film crew to find fiftting machnie guns like M240 or HK21
@curtisbrayfield7707
Жыл бұрын
@@daegnaxqelil2733Actually, if the crew were buying machine guns on the black market, an M60E3 (or a garage-mod equivilent) would be more true. We probably left thousands of them in Vietnam.
@daegnaxqelil2733
Жыл бұрын
@@curtisbrayfield7707 the E3 was a modernized variant of the M60, it's unlikely we would find these in Vietnam, unlike what we see in Rambo 2 , it was was an US military gun of the time i think
When I worked as a Special Agent for US Customs we were issued Steyr Aug rifles. Great weapon ahead of their time!
The S&W Model 15 is a K frame, which means that it is actually a .38 frame as it was designed around the .38 S&W Special cartridge. The Model 19 by contrast is a K frame chambered in .357 Magum, but it is intended to be carried alot and fired very little. Not a good idea IMO, the S&W L frame is a better idea for the .357 Magnum cartridge, the N frame is a good idea (Model 28, aka Highway Patrolman) for magnum revolver cartridges. I carried a Smith & Wesson Model 15 revolver when I was a range safety officer. I did not have the capacity of a semi-auto pistol, but the Model 15 is very accurate, especially in single action mode. I could put my shots into a fist sized group at 25 yards.
@RobinP556
Жыл бұрын
I own and love both my model 15 & 19, but the 19 is normally fired with .38 Special and occasionally .357 magnum.
Awesome breakdown! If you don't love Die Hard you're probably Canadian.
@tobiasniemann8946
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@daniellachance3240
Жыл бұрын
Im canadian an im loving it
@pathfinderpreston2538
Жыл бұрын
Well screw you I love die hard
@BatCaveOz
Жыл бұрын
Wot?
@amadeusagripino6862
Жыл бұрын
A LEAF A F'ING LEAF
James Reeves of tfb-tv is the coolest cat in history we love you James
Watch the first two Die Hard movies every year the week before Christmas (also Lethal Weapon, Trading Places, and The Nativity Story). Enjoyed the summary of the Die Hard weapons right after watching it. Merry Christmas and thanks for this review.
Once again, awesome video! Thank you so much James for all you do and keep up the great work!
This Christmas Eve, don't forget to leave shoes, cigarettes, duct tape, and some extra 9mm rounds in the air ventilation shafts for John McClain.
I just got myself an sp5 and found this video looking for reviews, what a fun watch!
Just finished watching Die Hard and bam noticed this immediately after. Great video, had the whole family laughing. Merry Christmas James!
That Nut-Cat-racker was a great co-host.
I just finished watching "Everything Wrong With: The entire Die Hard series". It's a Die Hard Christmas eve, as it should be.
Thank you James, your content never disappoints!
Learned some new today about the Glock logs 😂
Guy: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie! Guy's wife: You've never given me an orgasm. Guy: what was that sugar bear? Guy's wife: oh nothing.
You killed it…well done and classy w the Nutcracker in the back ground for music
Love my new wood burning stove! But, does it take Glock logs?
@DLDafterDark
Жыл бұрын
Most underrated comment here ⬆️ lol
@WALTERBROADDUS
Жыл бұрын
😂
Speaking of LAPD Model 15’s, the actual blued M-15 that actor Martin Milner carried in his role as Officer Pete Malloy, was put on a gun auction site several years ago, it had the same grips (aftermarket) that were on it during the filming, along with a letter from Martin himself acknowledging that this was the authentic revolver. Last I heard at the time it was bid up to a little over 10K, but it still didn’t meet the reserve price at the time. I believe the reserve was never met so the bidding was discontinued & it was removed from the auction page.
@UtahGetMe2
Жыл бұрын
That’s a good tidbit! I never even noticed the aftermarket grips before.
@Defender78
Жыл бұрын
Sgt Al Powell blows away Karl at the end, five shots center mass, the revolver at the end should have had a mention.
fun fact, theair force still uses the model 15 for K9 training (they fire blanks to train dogs to react properly to gun fire).
Watching this from New Zealand 🇳🇿 on Christmas Day. The Bad Guys lost in this movie but at least they went down in style, with flash as Germanic firearms. 🇺🇸 🇳🇿
Ranking: 1. MP5 2. MP5 3. MP5 4. MP5 5. Beretta 92/M9
@iowa_lot_to_travel9471
Жыл бұрын
Marge: Homer, dont forget your MP 5. 😃😄
Nearly had a heart attack when you said it’ll be 8 years since 2015 lol. Merry Christmas everybody 🎄
James, I swear to god. If the MP5 isn’t number one on here, I will never forgive you. Goddamnit, James.
I keep thinking I'm watching Frank Grillo in this video. I love that you used Carl Winslow instead of the actor's actual name for Al Powell in the description lol.
Technically, Al's kill count in Die Hard was 1: Karl. When Al punched Theo in the parking garage, he was most likely only knocked out cold. Karl, on the other hand, was dead.
@BackToYa
Жыл бұрын
Remember what happened to him when he was a “beat cop”?
@youtubR72
Жыл бұрын
@@BackToYa Yes, that incident is mentioned in Die Hard, but doesn't actually happen in Die Hard. Although, if you count it, then yes, Al Powell's kill count is 2.
@youtubR72
Жыл бұрын
@@BackToYa Given that I only actually count Al's kills in Die Hard, his kill count during Die Hard remains at 1: Karl.
@rciastevedkong
Жыл бұрын
Argyle punched Theo
@youtubR72
Жыл бұрын
@@rciastevedkong yes, that's true. My mistake.
DUDE..I often do not agree with you on some particular gun reviews but you ALWAYS make me belly laugh and I love you. KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK. We need people like you with intelligent wit and humor as part of our 2A family. MERRY CHRISTMAS BROTHER.
What a great video to watch on Christmas morning. Especially when I got an MP5 for Christmas.
You guys are a staple in my content rotation.
My dad was in a firefight back before they switched to the B92s. Revolvers are super reliable but god forbid you drop a speed loader under pressure lol
Combat Handguns magazine quoted an American Firearms Dealer who was disarmed of his H&K P7 pistol by armed robbers, and as they were taking him into the stockroom to murder him, the robber who'd taken his P7 tried to shoot him with it, but unfamiliar with the gun, he failed to hold it properly and it wouldn't fire! At the point that the robber began trying to shoot him, the hostage grabbed for the nearest gun of the several he'd concealed about his place just for this scenario, which was a .357 Magnum revolver, and killed both armed robbers. He carried his P7 with this exact scenario in mind and doing so, along with easily accessible, but not visible handguns placed throughout his storeroom had just saved his own life! The P7 is a beautiful gun, and one of my favorites, unlike the dreadful Walther PPK, this was the weapon carried by the personal Bodyguard to Her Royal Highness Princess Anne. Unfortunately, the one time he relied on it when the Royal limousine carrying HRH Princess Anne was rammed by a lone, armed kidnapper, the damn thing jammed as he tried to shoot the kidnapper. In return, he was shot multiple times (but thankfully lived and recovered from his wounds) whilst the kidnapper was attacked by passers by and overpowered! I suspect that this stoppage heralded the retirement of countless PPK's from protection duties worldwide as no one wanted that happening to them!
First time I held a legitimate full auto MP5, I was taken back. Seemed like I was holding a brick.... Made me adore my M4 that much more.
The squeeze-cocker joke had me in stitches. 😆😂
Love the wig with the Steyr Aug!!! Hilarious! it's not christmas until hans gruber falls from nakatomi plaza!! Watch it every year!
That reference to Alex just showed ma how far TFB has come along the years and how long I follow your Guys Videos, Greetings from Germany
I knew a cop who carried P7 as a duty weapon. LAPD and LASD both issued the Beretta at the same
Great send-up of the best Christmas movie ever! A family friend who served over 25 years on the New Jersey State Police and carried the P7M8 as his issue sidearm for most of those years said that peculiarity if the grip cock system saved a lot of Troopers' lives over the years in close-in altercations where a suspect successfully wrestled the officer's sidearm away because it isn't immediately intuitive. He did also state that once you become acclimated to the system, it makes defending yourself completely instinctive. Case in point, while assigned to the Gang Crime unit, he was the senior investigator at a gang shooting in Camden. If you know anything about Camden, NJ... You'll stay the hell out unless you're going to the Aquarium or the USS New Jersey. It's the only community in Jersey where NJSP did municipal patrols alongside local until the City of Camden PD merged with Camden County PD. Anyhow, the victim was a member of one gang, gunned down by another, and while they had about 30 officers, mostly State and a few locals, on scene, one of the victim's gang buddies, coked out of his mind, decided to "tribute" his fallen brother by doing a drive-by on the crime scene with I believe a Micro Uzi. So this idiot comes screaming didn't the street in some old late 70s honker two door, throws it into a spin, sticks his gun out the window, and starts spraying. 30 cops, again most armed with the P7M8, lit the guy up. Suffice it to say, The dude had such a huge amount of drugs in him he didn't hit anybody, but ended up taking approximately 40 something rounds (more or less; as primary, my family friend attended the autopsy and said after being cleaned off, "the guy looked like Swiss cheese") and was clocked out before the car came to a stop. So, a perfect single stack 9? Perhaps not. A damned fine pistol to defend yourself with? I'd say so.
Brilliant video. I'm keen on watching more of these movies based videos. Die Hard was definitely one of the action films that introduced a series of iconic weapons of the late 80s and early 90s.
Merry Christmas James and TFB tv😊
Another great video James. Nothing says Christmas like a Yule log video burning on the flat screen. You are the King of KZread Christmas.
@felixcat9318
Жыл бұрын
Gotta be a Glock log...
@furnacefighter
Жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only guy in the universe that did not like the Walther PP. Now I can come out of the closet. I love everything by Walther, even the Creed for carry sake, but the PP and the PPK I just don’t get the popularity. Uncomfortable in the hand, too snappy when fired, and looks were just ok at best. To make it look good Sean Connery had to overdress for every scene with it.
It is indeed a Christmas miracle! I just got bombed with an unskippable comercial clicking in this video. And.... Dont care cuz... It was a gun comercial!
The CZ 75 should also be on the list of top combat pistols available in the late 80s. To me it’s one of the finest 9mms available, along with the USP.
@whensomethingcriesagain
7 ай бұрын
In fact it decks almost the entirety of the competition
Nice to see the Walther P5 on here. I was issued a P5C (L102A1) as a personal protection weapon in N Ireland in the 90s. It was very reliable and easy to carry, but the 8rd mag is a bit lacking.
Excellent content as usual, Christmas cheer presented by James reeves, Love it!
Got to love the trusty ole MP5...... used one a little several years back in the military..... wonderful guns.
My headcanon is that Reginald VelJohnson's roles in Die Hard, Turner and Hooch and Family Matters are all parts of a single character arc.
Couldn’t agree more about the other Carl - I’ll always think of him as Carl Winslow from Family Matters! Merry Christmas, James!!
Love the 92fs and the mp5 two of my favorite firearms of all time
I own 1982 model 15-4 I purchased for $200 from member of my gun club in 2021. I do target shooting with wad cutters. Very accurate. So in movie when bad guy was shot with it put him in a body bag. Guy bought from gave me 3 speed loaders with it. So much fun to shoot.
You make this channel what it is! Thanks for so many entertaining videos man!
I love your punch lines. great job. I will overlook your trash talking of the MP5. Happy New Year!
Varusteleka Särmä hoodie at 9:27. Greeting from Finland!
If I was going to be using MP-5's, I'd get the MP-5SD, with the integral silencer. That's the SMG's chief advantage over the loud supersonic bullets fired from a rifle.
He forgot that sniper rifle used by the FBI agent which bullet McClain literally ducked. If you watch that scene you may see the bullet flying above his head.
@rogermarine3459
Жыл бұрын
Steyr ssg69.
In the close up of Al's S&W you can clearly see the the front sight is bent, just like every S&W revolver I've ever seen.