There ’s something thrilling about the movie scenes in which the hero is forced to shoot open a lock so as to deliver his moderate lady , but how realistic is that whole gag ? The answer may surprise you .
Popular Mechanics make up one’s mind to put four different padlocks to the tryout by shooting them with a rifle from 80 feet aside and — as you may see in the telecasting — only one lock survived . [ Popular MechanicsviaCrunchGear ]
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