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Hollywood Weapons: Fact or Fiction?

Dying Hard

Season 1, Episode 4 • 19m

John McLain (Bruce Willis) finds himself dangling from the side of a building. The only way to save himself is to shoot through the glass window and break through to safety. Using the same Beretta 92 handgun, we reconstruct the office glass and see if our host can break through.

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