Best and Worst Guns from 'Die Hard'
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- 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.
««« APPAREL IN THIS VIDEO »»»
• Apparel: All TFBTV apparel is sponsored by 5.11 Tactical and you can get it at www.511tactical.com
Consider supporting us at patreon.com/tfbtv
««« FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA »»»
/ tfbtv
/ thefirearmblog
/ thefirearmblogtv
/ tfbtv
««« TFB CHAT ROOM »»»
Want to join the TFBTV chat room? Use our Discord Invite: discord.gg/tfbtv
#TFBTV ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ SUPPORT US AND WIN FREE GEAR EVERY MONTH ⇐ ⇐ ⇐
TFBTV is viewer supported. We need you. We give away $1,900 in gift certificates to Top Gun Supply and Blue Alpha EVERY SINGLE MONTH to our supporters. You are automatically entered to win as a supporter of TFBTV. How to enter/full official rules are found at tfbtv.gun.team
TH-cam is not a sponsor of this contest. ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ SUPPORT US AND WIN FREE GEAR EVERY MONTH ⇐ ⇐ ⇐
TFBTV is viewer supported. We need you. We give away $1,900 in gift certificates to Top Gun Supply and Blue Alpha EVERY SINGLE MONTH to our supporters. You are automatically entered to win as a supporter of TFBTV. How to enter/full official rules are found at tfbtv.gun.team
TH-cam is not a sponsor of this contest.
It's not Christmas till I see Hans Grubber fall from the nakatomi plaza.
@@HawaiiFoodAndFun still counts
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.
Watched it with the family today. It's a home staple for Christmas. Hope you see him fall soon!
They say every time Hans Gruber falls an angel gets its wings.
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.
Get well soon
get well man.
Dude...2022 has been a medical shit show for me. Three major surgeries. With you, hope 2023 finds you in better shape.
@@TheRealBobBasher We're glad you're still around to bitch and complain. Merry Christmas dude.
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.
plus its german engineering at its finest, cant go wrong with that
fun fact: Nielsen deivice was invented by none other than Leslie Nielsen !
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.
4:50 bad trigger discipline from Hans
@@Defender78The terrorist is unsafe?
The Eggn AUG joke gave me cancer
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.
It looked real enough.
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.
@@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.
Oh his second kill was the kid? But that didn’t happen in the movie.
@@johnnytyler5685 If he was a cop today he would have known it was a ray gun and smoked him anyway.
Literally laughed out loud on the squeeze cocker Christmas party line. Merry Christmas TFB Crew
Funny because true... Merry Christmas!
My man didn’t make it TWO SECONDS into the movie before slapping that HK.
Lmao. Merry Christmas, guys.
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?
That's a great idea
What he said
Based!!! Do it
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.
@@matthewandrews3883.... No its not.
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.
I like die hard 2. Plus there is snow. And more mp5’s.
I thought there were 5 Die Hard movies
Boomers type YT comments at a desk, and can afford all the good guns. That’s a Christmas compliment btw.
@@guymansonjr4780 there are but one and two are christmas movies
@@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
Merry Christmas
Die Hard is the movie that caused me to fall in love with the Berretta 92. My wife even bought me one last year.
Same here
Does your wife have a sister?
HOOOOLLYYYYY!
What a wonderful lady 😸
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.
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.
Of course you had bought him others when he was a kid I hope.
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. 😉
Excellent taste
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...
@@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.
I need a holster for mine.
You must be rich as hell, and/or a drug dealer.
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.
Merry Christmas James and all of those at TFBtv. It has been an awesome ride, here is to many more years!
Merry Christmas James and Family! Thanks for all you do! 👏🏼🙏🏼🎉
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!!
Lol mister falcon. Good times. There is also "Let's get the block out of here" from Lethal Weapon.
@@jpopmexify 😂
love the carl winslow reference! same, i'm a 90s kid and family matters was a show i watched all the time!
I’m just glad my Aug was so high on the list 🥲
Merry Christmas everyone.
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)!
Never realized Hans’ team used all European guns. That’s an awesome detail.
except one M60E3
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.
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?
Got my Die Hard sweatshirt and Tshirt on and my Beretta 92 on me while watching Die Hard, Die Hard 2, and Lethal Weapon.
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.
I'm glad to hear you found a good home for the Bren Ten!
@@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
Lethal Weapon is a great movie and I love it. But it doesn't give nowhere near the Christmas feel that Die Hard does.
@@proguninc4080 Come on man... what about Mr. Joshua shooting up the TV😂😂
@@titusflavius5668 😆😆😆😆
@ProGun Inc Never be Die Hard though. LW's aint got shit on Diehards
If you look closely, Rambo is also a Christmas movie.
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.
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.
Carl Winslow lol
Hope you have a good Christmas, James.
Family matters.
Don't ever forget it
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.
Once again, awesome video! Thank you so much James for all you do and keep up the great work!
Not seeing James in a Die Hard type video during the holidays would have been obsured
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.
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.
Thank you James, your content never disappoints!
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..
James Reeves of tfb-tv is the coolest cat in history we love you James
I would love to see a counterpart/sequel to this video, but with the guns from all of the Die Hard Movies.
A+ TFB TV Christmas episode. Die Hard is the best Christmas movie for us gun Guys.
Go watch the Cleveland Show Die Hard parody.... ✅️
"Ho Ho Ho, Now I have a machine gun" Merry Christmas!!!
We are literally watching die hard right now
Just started part 2😎.
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
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
Just finished watching Die Hard and bam noticed this immediately after. Great video, had the whole family laughing. Merry Christmas James!
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!
You guys are a staple in my content rotation.
Awesome breakdown! If you don't love Die Hard you're probably Canadian.
🤣🤣🤣
Im canadian an im loving it
Well screw you I love die hard
Wot?
A LEAF
A F'ING LEAF
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.
Yes, Riggs had the 92F 9mm. In the other films: series Riggs carrys the re-engineered 92FS.
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.
You killed it…well done and classy w the Nutcracker in the back ground for music
"Funding my seasonal alcohol abuse." Let's be real James, it ain't just around Christmas.
Seasonal: winter summer spring fall?
Another great video James. Nothing says Christmas like a Yule log video burning on the flat screen. You are the King of TH-cam Christmas.
Gotta be a Glock log...
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.
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.
I think you should probably marry that gal
Varusteleka Särmä hoodie at 9:27. Greeting from Finland!
Learned some new today about the Glock logs 😂
Excellent content as usual, Christmas cheer presented by James reeves, Love it!
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.
Merry Christmas James and TFB tv😊
That Nut-Cat-racker was a great co-host.
What a great video to watch on Christmas morning. Especially when I got an MP5 for Christmas.
Love my new wood burning stove! But, does it take Glock logs?
Most underrated comment here ⬆️ lol
😂
Ranking:
1. MP5
2. MP5
3. MP5
4. MP5
5. Beretta 92/M9
Marge: Homer, dont forget your MP 5. 😃😄
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.
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.
I own and love both my model 15 & 19, but the 19 is normally fired with .38 Special and occasionally .357 magnum.
Merry Christmas bro. Been a nice journey thru the years
I just finished watching "Everything Wrong With: The entire Die Hard series". It's a Die Hard Christmas eve, as it should be.
The squeeze-cocker joke had me in stitches. 😆😂
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.
That’s a good tidbit! I never even noticed the aftermarket grips before.
Sgt Al Powell blows away Karl at the end, five shots center mass, the revolver at the end should have had a mention.
Thank you for this. 🎉
Nearly had a heart attack when you said it’ll be 8 years since 2015 lol. Merry Christmas everybody 🎄
Love the 92fs and the mp5 two of my favorite firearms of all time
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.
Remember what happened to him when he was a “beat cop”?
@@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.
@@BackToYa Given that I only actually count Al's kills in Die Hard, his kill count during Die Hard remains at 1: Karl.
Argyle punched Theo
@@rciastevedkong yes, that's true. My mistake.
You make this channel what it is! Thanks for so many entertaining videos man!
P7 was a one time James Bond pistol, but in a 1980s Novel. Later it's used an ASP 9mm
I love your punch lines. great job. I will overlook your trash talking of the MP5. Happy New Year!
I just got myself an sp5 and found this video looking for reviews, what a fun watch!
James, I swear to god. If the MP5 isn’t number one on here, I will never forgive you.
Goddamnit, James.
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.
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
@@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.
@@crawdadandtheboilers 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
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.
I heard and was going to point that out as well.
Always down for the Die Hard content!
Love the wig with the Steyr Aug!!! Hilarious! it's not christmas until hans gruber falls from nakatomi plaza!! Watch it every year!
This was spot on, Merry Christmas.
Late-night TFB TV upload. LET'S FUCKING GO.
When I worked as a Special Agent for US Customs we were issued Steyr Aug rifles. Great weapon ahead of their time!
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!
This video is a holiday masterpiece.
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!
James, thanks for the edification and just as good the comedic twist you spin to it. Merry Christmas
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.
In fact it decks almost the entirety of the competition
Merry Christmas TFB TV crew from Cranky Gun Reviews! love your content James!
This was fucking great!! (Your comments on the finest pistol ever made, the P7, were blasphemous. You’re forgiven; it’s Christmas.) Everything else was spot-on. Merry Christmas, James!
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.
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.
Awesome Christmas special 💪😎
The gun Mr. McCallister uses to kill Kevin at the end of Home Alone.
That was great. Thank you.
James sticking with his tradition of keeping the #4 slot controversial 😉
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.
Solid video, James! Thx! Happy New Years!
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. 🇺🇸 🇳🇿
I have a 1967 vintage PPK. Love it!