5 Ridiculous Gun Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)
2nd February 2014
I’d also like to see one regarding arrows, such as in the TV series Arrow.
Hint: An arrow is not an impact weapon. Maybe if you hit someone in the head or a vital nerve plex — pretty hard to do — it isn’t going to put somebody down; it will merely inconvenience them, and if they’ve got a gun you’re still dead meat. Arrows are hemorrhage weapons — ideally, you shoot somebody and back off until they bleed out (or, if you’re a really really good shot, a lung or the pericardium fills with blood).
February 3rd, 2014 at 11:33
In real life (hunting), arrows rarely “stick” in the body. I know a guy who shot a huge bear and the arrow passed straight through the bear. The bear kept walking – not even noticing it was hit – until it bled out. Steel arrow heads are really a set of razors. The fletching makes the arrow spin in flight, so the razors cut a twisting path through the vital organs. Very nasty.
Also amazing is when arrows are used to shoot explosives (Rambo III, e.g.). What would have to be maybe an ounce of explosive then blows up a Russian tank or a bridge or such.
February 4th, 2014 at 04:19
Unfortunately, they don’t sell those arrows commercially.