Guns Do Not Work That Way

The player character in multiplayer reloads the M203 mounted under his M16A4. Note the fire selector set to "look I just broke the fire selector."

—Caption on IMFDB, on the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 page

Guns and ammo, as depicted by fiction.

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Tropes that fall into this category:

• All-or-Nothing Reloads
• Arbitrary Gun Power
• Artistic License – Gun Safety
• Bang Bang BANG
• Blasting It Out of Their Hands
• Blown Across the Room
• Bottomless Magazines
• Bullet Sparks
• Bullets Do Not Work That Way
• Cartridges in Flight
• Combo Rifle
• Concealment Equals Cover
• Every Bullet Is a Tracer
• Finger in a Barrel
• Gangsta Style
• Guns Akimbo
• Hitscan
• Hollywood Silencer
• Instant Death Bullet
• Law of Inverse Recoil
• Misidentified Weapons
• Missing Backblast
• One Bullet Clips
• One-Handed Shotgun Pump
• Only a Flesh Wound
• Overheating
• Pretty Little Headshots
• Reckless Gun Usage
• Reliably Unreliable Guns
• Right-Handed/Left-Handed Guns
• Scope Snipe
• Shoot Out the Lock
• Short-Range Long-Range Weapon
• Short-Range Shotgun
• Sniper Pistol
• Stray Shots Strike Nothing
• Universal Ammunition
• You Always Hear the Bullet

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