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One of the most annoying things on film was the scene from Quigley Down Under where Quigley shoots his .45-120 3 1/4 Sharps at a very long range bucket and hits it. Offhand. With a definite crosswind. This is especially annoying because of all the other things that the movie got right, but that one scene simply grates on my nerves. I've spent some time on 1000 yard ranges, and hits at 1000 on targets the size of a bucket are not easy with modern rifles and bullets from prone, let alone with a black powder rifle offhand, even on a windless day. Factor in the wind? Not possible.
And that destroys my enjoyment of an otherwise excellent film, just as hearing someone I previously trusted tell me a lie destroys my opinion of them.
"Other", for "Teflon-coated" bullets that supposedly pass through body armor like a hot knife through warm butter.
Y'know, "cop-killer" bullets. Featured in Lethal Weapon 3.
Mysteriously, at the end Rene Russo's character is shot with one -- and survives.
Voted "other"---the times when a roomful of cops confront a bad guy, all simultaneously draw and point their Glocks, and they all make a loud clicking sound.
I have to say getting shot and recovering the next day.
Runners-up:
Intrepid highly-trained commando/SWAT team enters into the Dark Place, music goes ominous, they hear the Badguy, THEN the team commander racks his slide to chamber a round.
As the cophero enters his office he takes his pistol/holster off and stashes them in an unlocked file cabinet drawer, or gets them out of a drawer as he prepares to leave the office.
I voted 2 guns at once because it's so common, but if I'd thought about it at all I'd have hit "other." Because the most ubiquitous movie goof is the shooting - or even the major gun battle - fought indoors and nobody even winces at the ear damage being inflicted. All movie guns go "pew," and I often wonder how much of a surprise that brings to the life of a newbie who doesn't know he needs earpro.
All of the above and a bunch more not mentioned. Just as service in the Marines forever ruined most military related movies for me, 50+ years of firearms use and training has ruined most "gun" movies. I worked at a range for several years where we rented guns, including Glock 18's, SGM's, and belt fed. I had many 20 something's tell me they "knew how to shoot" something because they used it in "Call of Duty". The news media, games, and movies have done a fine job of misrepresenting guns, gun owners and shooting, both intentionally, and unintentionally.
Ok, I picked shooting two guns at once, but I must say Helen Mirren did it with such aplomb in REDS2. Tiny little sports car spinning around and she still nailed them. Ok, I know, but with aplomb.
There is a small plus side to these firearms screw ups in the various media. Writers who lack firearms knowledge have made things a little safer for the rest of us. I laugh thinking about how many have "learned" how to shoot from things like Grand Theft Auto. When the wanna be gangstas do their thing an the gun jams because they had it sideways and the first casing stove-piped and they don't have a clue how to clear it, lives are saved. So while it can be a little distracting to the gun savvy reader just remember they could be doing a better job and more innocents could die because of it.