Even with the smaller gun Mike spotted it solely from Walt's behavior, the fact Walt had his coat zipped up, and he walked in a slightly awkward way gave it away to Mike
The guy seeing how much of a dork Walter is, and sugesting him to just buy it legally, is amazing, dude put the safety of a potential buyer over the sell itself.
Just an honest character, if it was just for defence you’re likely to always keep it on you hence more possible you have a random traffic stop and cops are trained to spot it and they will. He doesn’t want his customer getting locked up for just carrying it.
The illegal gun dealer always has the coolest conversations with both Mike and Walter and is definitely not some slimy dude who's just looking for a quick buck.
Funny thing, even the Twins arm dealer didn't come across as slimey. Weird and kinda annoying, but he had zero intent in trying to fleece the Twins. He didn't seem remotely intimidated by them, so can't attribute that.
@@nahor88 As goofy as he was, given the buisness he is in he is probably use to people like the twins and given his clientel he probably knew it would be quite literally a fatal mistake to try and fool one of his clients
This illegal gun merchant is an incredibly honest salesman. Knows his stuff, no BS, doesn't try to up-sell or fleece his customer and offers lots of practical advice, even to the point of talking himself out of a sale.
Likely where all his repeat business comes from. He also doesn't normally ask a man about his business. So he doesn't care who you are or what you want it for. He'll tell you the specs and capabilities, and is even willing to discuss the downsides, like he did with Mike. He didn't deny that one gun had the possibility of jamming, or why the wood on another was replaced with fiberglass.
I think the only thing that's off is the woodcutter comment. Cause if I'm remembering correctly, woodcutter ammo is better penetration than most. I see it recommended a lot for 38s especially.
thing with the gun dealer, if you think about it, this guy has to be in the black book that the vet had. the one that ended up with saul. the black book had a lot of names and it also had things like how good the guy in question was for the service it provided. the gun dealer has to be most profesional one in the book, and of course is the one that saul recommended walt. for this encounter. mike probably got the name from the vet or from saul too.
Mike had to have got the dealers name frome the Vet, since Mike and the gun dealer met before Jimmy even got the Black Book. But I think Walter got the name of this dealer from Saul and not Mike, seeing as Walt is purchasing a gun to kill Gus (and Mike would likely smell that intent from Walt).
@@_Tozzie_ it has been some years, but dont mike and the vet talk at the beginning of bcs? as im, mike knew the vet was in and asked work from him, so likely mike got in touch with the dealer from the vet
@@ItsMagic. To the uninitiated a gun with defaced serial seems alluring and more dangerous.. Thats all this scene was.. An arms dealer might file the serial to protect their livelihood but they would never sell it to you with that as a positive attribute..
The gun dealer is basically reinforcing Walt's idea to kill Gus when he says "a man stepts to you bent on doing bodily harm, you got every right to plant your feet and shoot to kill."
@@PoonTang-sf8knto be fair it’s more easier to get a gun in blue states illegally I’ve heard in the hood Massachusetts and Chicago selling them like wildfire despite having strict gun laws
Almost the opposite of Easy Andy in many ways; an excellent foil. Easy Andy is slimey, exaggerates, and uninformed about his product (he gets a lot of things wrong about the guns he's selling). This arms dealer is succinct, matter of fact, and knowledgeable about his product.
@@chrismartin8829it’s more about the scene not bout the dealer, Walt is holding a revolver and a handgun at the same time, just like Travis and he also does that mirror pull
4:18 I absolutely LOVE the way tension instantly floods the room in this scene as Walter, shook by the black market vendor's intuition, felt a sting in his pride, and so here we see him trying to retake control of his situation by reassuring only himself at this point that the gun was for self-defense... 😂
"If you can't get it done with five, then you're into spray and pray, in which case I wouldn't count on another six closing the deal." Funnily enough, Gus was lucky enough that he did get it down with five, spraying and praying.
@@thewhitewolf6715 He didn't do anything or make any fuss about what the guy said. It's true that Walter had a big ego but Walt could pick up a pen off the floor that a person dropped and the comments will be like "He did that because of his PRIDE and EGO, if he didn't mess with Gus everything would have been OKAY" It's the laziest analysis of the show and you'll find tens of YT comments parroting the same bullshit on every video
@@БекзодБ-й4еthe whole show is about walts ego He doesnt actually become a meth kingpin to make money for his wife and child- had it really just been about that hed of still worked for gus and thrown jessie to the curb No, the whole series is about walts ego being utterly out of control
I love how the illegal arms dealer is actually an extremely sincere and honest salesman. He basically tells him "look I'll still sell to you but if there's no specific reason you need to do it loke this, buying legally will be way cheaper and less hassle" 😂
Something I like is that while Walt is a novice in terms of understanding the illegal arms trade, he still has this air of malice. I am genuinely under the impression that the same sinister vibe we feel, is what prompts Lawson to ask if he wants the gun for defense or not.
Note how Lawson is sitting on the bed looking tired, whereas with Mike he was standing and engaged. Walt has worn this man down by being an exhausting, uninformed, indecisive customer.
This is really stupid and pretentious. He was standing up with Mike to go through his purchase options for three large sniper rifles and to unzip the bags, but he also stands up in this scene to describe the gun options in detail too
I have a very similar firearm that cost around $400 a few years back. So Walt probably paid around a grand for a $200 gun. And as explained in Better Call Saul, he didn't just file off the serial number. He put it through a special stamper that makes recovering the number extremely difficult.
@@scottsurvival6960 I don't think anyone would actually get any legal trouble because you're not actually showing you how to get rid of the serial number. As said in the show there's like an acid treatment and warping done to make the numbers unrecoverable. The director probably just didn't know where the actual serial numbers would be on the prop and just told the guy to do whatever.
If you get a chance, catch Jim Beaver's scene in Joy Ride when he rips Steve Zahn & Paul walker a new one. He has been on my radar ever since that movie came out.
This is the thing I think people miss about guns. They're not pure upside to the person carrying. Not talking about the idea of being targeted for it either. A gun is a Go To Prison Button if improperly used. Lots of people that carry them are too untrained or hotheaded to know when that does and doesn't apply. Doubly so in the case of the clip, as simply owning it puts you at risk. It's a weapon, but then so is the Sword of Damocles.
@@ppuh6tfrz646 the gun dealer probably goes to just as much effort to remove the serial numbers on the guns he sells to Walt, but in “Better Call Saul”, he sells to Mike. In contrast with an idiot criminal like Walt, Mike is an ex-cop who knows how forensics techs work to recover defaced serial numbers, so he asks further questions about how thorough the dealer is. Walt doesn’t know shit about guns or CSI work, so he doesn’t ask the same questions that Mike does, he needs to ask if the guns came with instructions and which side to wear his holster on
@@ppuh6tfrz646 the gun dealer isn’t trying to rip Walt off, he just knows better than to waste his breath explaining his trade to someone who doesn’t have a clue. Besides, if he does a half-assed job removing the serial number, HE’S the one who gets arrested if the gun gets identified, not Walt, so he’s definitely just as thorough with all his customers
I watched Breaking Bad years before Taxi Driver. The moment I saw that scene where Travis buys, it was quite evident that this scene from the show is an homage to that moment in the film!
My personal interpretation is that Saul absolutely thought Walt was an undercover cop when he offered to bribe saul, then realised he was an actual criminal when he got kidnapped.
He doesn’t act like cop, he isn’t too cocky, doesn’t look fit and he looks unfamiliar with guns. This guy is 30 years in the business, he would def know if he got cop infront of him
@@YOPPA_kampala He is very good at recognizing who he is selling to, you can see this when he talks to Mike, he immediately recognizes that he is talking to a Vietnam War veteran, he immediately stops describing the weapons and instead describes the improvements that were made after the war to inform Mike how the weapons have changed and what he should pay attention to
How exactly does filling a serial number achieve anything? Surely someone with knowhow could just buy a gun legally, then chemically remove the number?
1. Removing a serial number off a gun makes it impossible to trace the original owner. Its only really neccesary if you plan to ditch the gun after using it. 2. Removing a serial number isn't as simple as filing it off. It can still be pretty easily recovered if you half arse it. One technique they used to use was putting an acidic compound on the gun which would eat through the steel. The part of the gun that had the serial number on it would melt slower than the rest of the gun. This would continue until the acid ate through enough steel to reveal the shape of the serial number that had been filed off, then they would neutralise the acid.
If i legally buy a gun and then deface its serial number, the end result is according to official records i own one of these guns Regardless of it lacking a serial number theres potential it gets traced to me as i have legal ownership over one. To much risk The gun dealer in BB almost certainly isnt buying these guns himself from a shop, after all we do know he can get his hands on military hardware, but buying second or third hand stuff thats made it onto the open market through theft or backdoor deals and then he shaves off the serial number to sell off himself.
Either way your gonna wanna practice your draw. Coz if youre all fingers he might be the one keeping the peace, you catch my drift? We are strictly talking defense here.
to be honest even with the obvious symbolism for Walt's questionable choices and the bit of character building for the gun smith the ending conversation is still pretty tedious. "IM IN THE DRUG TRADE OK? I'm not going to commit a drug execution with this thing but I can't have it attached to me no matter the circumstances, even honest to god self defense. YA GOT ME? *mike old man poke of disapproval*
You probably wouldn't want to load a .38 Special with 158 grain JHP, especially if it's not even a +P round. At that point you're better off either with a wadcutter or just flat nose FMJ. If it's not +P ammo, I probably wouldn't even trust 125 grains JHP, especially out of a snubnose barrel unless I went up to .357 Magnum, which I would not do in a snubbie.
It's never, "Shoot to kill". It's "Stop the threat". When you're being asked, "Why'd you kill that home invader?" It's, "I didn't. I stopped the threat.", "Well, he's dead." "Sorry to hear that."
Man, this arch pisses me off to no end. Not saying it's poorly written. I just personally hate how Heisenberg is legit about to destroy EVERYTHING he built with Gus all because Gus made a weird threat in front of him, Jesse, and Mike. Gus: *coughs* Heisenberg: JESSE!!!! HE'S GONNA KILL US!!!!!
Walter was 100% right though. Since the start, Gus had always planned to kill off Walt. Either through terminating business with him and letting him fall victim to the cartel or by replacing him with Gale. Walter was always a temporary piece in Gus's game and Gus knew from the start Walt would be disposable. Man has lung cancer for christ's sake.
Yeah, I was not a huge fan of it either. Seasons 2 and 3 were so smoothly written and everything fell perfectly into place. Season 4 felt completely forced in comparison, but still much better than most tv.
You both seem to have forgotten when this scene takes place in. This is after Gus had sent Victor and Mike to murder Walt and Jesse. This is after Jesse had killed Gale and after Gus wordlessly slit his employee's throat in front of them while staring them down. Yeah just some weird vague threat yup 😂 He WAS about to kill them both you idiot 😂
@@unusualusername8847 The Cartel bit is just not accurate since he redirected to twins to grab Hank instead. He never intended to let go of Heisenberg.
@@JustinCage56he didn't do it out of the kindness of his own heart, he wanted to damage both sides, the cartel and the DEA at once and that's why he gave Hank a warning call, what happened in the parking lot was the best possible outcome for Gus
The serial number is tied to the seller. And thats why he recommended him to buy a gun legally, because to him there is no point to selling illegal guns in a state that allows you to get one legally.
@@stellarwind1946 The purpose does not matter at all, Walt was/is going to shoot a criminal mastermind anyways it wouldnt have mattered if it were self defense since he cant go to the police anyways. Its about not being caught during a routine police stop with a felony in his pocket
@@DrSabot-A But if he bought the gun legally, and the bullets can be traced back to him, is it not in his best interest for the bullets not to be found in Gus’ body?
@@cakerbaby69 Despite what you see in movies, there is no registry of ballistics to match up bullets and spent casings to a specific firearm. The police have to actually find the firearm to match up ballistics to a specific gun.
I doubt that someone who specializes in filing off serial numbers from guns is going to be advising people to get a gun legally or be concerned about what they're going to do with it.
He deals with professional hitmen not nervous greenies like walt here Hes only dealing with walt because saul recommended him Its in his best interest for someone as clearly jumpy and green as walt to not go illegal on this
The scene is cool but how could anyone survive and not go to jail with 30years of selling illegal firearm? If so how could anyone able to find him to purchase his product
there are a ton, but serializing can help them trace the owner later. Someone buys a gun, the serial is marked, and somewhere a file is created saying they bought that exact gun at a certain date. If the person tries to hide or get rid of it after committing a crime, then the cops can find it (disposed of somewhere, at the scene of that crime/of a different crime, etc), check the serial, and seek out that file that says the person owned that gun at the time of its use in a crime. If they just keep it, then they'll have to secretly possess incriminating evidence and hope no other pieces of evidence make them a suspect. Police interrogate about a crime with a gun, check the person's serial, same thing. It's not incriminating all on its own, but hard to counter.
When you buy a gun there is a record of your purchase attached to the serial number and the police will trace the gun back to its original sale by the licensed dealer. Its also how people will report a stolen gun.
So what does knowing where snub nose .38 revolver #2473929 was bought help a case? Maybe it was bought ten years ago in a gun shop five states away and the owner lost it 😉
@@jessicaregina1956 Because many of them were purchased legally and then sold to black market dealers. Having the serial numbers intact can trace back to the original purchasers. This black market dealer may have his supply from the same dozen people who legally buy guns on the regular and resell them to him.
@@chocolateguy5293, recommending a 38spl J-frame and 158gr HPs for starters. Also the “if 5 ain’t gonna do it, another 6 won’t either”? Not to mention a friction fit holster for IWB with no secondary retention? Whatever. Good enough for TV plebs I suppose.
@@ReelDonaldTrump I’m a TV pleb so idk most of what you said lol (although I’d like to learn) I do remember saying the same about the “if 5 won’t do it another 6 won’t either” line. All it takes is one to change history.
@ReelDonaldTrump There's nothing wrong with the advice. Its just from another school of though. This isn't a duty carry and will be enough in 99.9% of self defense situations. The only change I would make is the ammo. 158 grain +P is hotter and heavier then it needs to be especially out of a 2 inch, light frame revolver. There is also nothing wrong with the holster. I've been CC'ing a strapless, friction fit, IWB holster for the last 15 years years and never had a problem with my well fitted and well worn Galco. You have to remember a CC is made to get you out of a sticky situation, not to be in fire fights with (in which all pistols are trash anyways).
“Basically any law man worth a salt is gonna spot that”
In other words. “Yes, Mike is going to see that immediately”.
It's been awhile since i've watched show but didn't Mike spot this smaller gun he got anyways? Haha.
Mike already knows Walt is looking for a handgun. He used to go in this very hotel to buy firearms from this seller.
@@Trome1200 yeah Mike spotted the gun but it was also because he caught Walt in a position where anyone would have spotted it.
Even with the smaller gun Mike spotted it solely from Walt's behavior, the fact Walt had his coat zipped up, and he walked in a slightly awkward way gave it away to Mike
"What's with the piece?", asked Mike.
The guy seeing how much of a dork Walter is, and sugesting him to just buy it legally, is amazing, dude put the safety of a potential buyer over the sell itself.
He probably also suspected if Walt got caught, he might rat out the dealer.
Thats the gun dealer of choice in the state. Its the guy Mike uses, so you know he is there for repeat sales, not fleecing.
Only in Breaking Bad could a back-alley gun dealer recommend legally purchasing a firearm lmfao
if Mike uses him then he is in the upper league, so he doesn't care if he loses business.
@@drakZesyep he said it himself he makes his money off of repeat business with hitmen like mike walt is small fry to him at this point
Just an honest character, if it was just for defence you’re likely to always keep it on you hence more possible you have a random traffic stop and cops are trained to spot it and they will. He doesn’t want his customer getting locked up for just carrying it.
It’s called fixing good
He's probably aprehensive to do business with an ameteur who seems to be buying the gun on an impulse
The illegal gun dealer always has the coolest conversations with both Mike and Walter and is definitely not some slimy dude who's just looking for a quick buck.
Funny thing, even the Twins arm dealer didn't come across as slimey. Weird and kinda annoying, but he had zero intent in trying to fleece the Twins. He didn't seem remotely intimidated by them, so can't attribute that.
@@nahor88 At least they still paid him and gave him extra for his broken rib.
@@nahor88 As goofy as he was, given the buisness he is in he is probably use to people like the twins and given his clientel he probably knew it would be quite literally a fatal mistake to try and fool one of his clients
Yes. He gave a genuine professional feel to this underworld of theirs
Elsworth is a good man. He married the widow Garret
"Do you have a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range?"
Just what you see pal.
I just adore the gun seller in BB. The guy is one of the must succinct characters on TV.
actor did a great job in deadwood. and was also in S4 of Justified IIRC
He just got elected president on The Boys
Also in Supernatural
Jim Beaver, aka. Bobby@@zainali9595
This illegal gun merchant is an incredibly honest salesman. Knows his stuff, no BS, doesn't try to up-sell or fleece his customer and offers lots of practical advice, even to the point of talking himself out of a sale.
Likely where all his repeat business comes from. He also doesn't normally ask a man about his business. So he doesn't care who you are or what you want it for. He'll tell you the specs and capabilities, and is even willing to discuss the downsides, like he did with Mike. He didn't deny that one gun had the possibility of jamming, or why the wood on another was replaced with fiberglass.
I think the only thing that's off is the woodcutter comment. Cause if I'm remembering correctly, woodcutter ammo is better penetration than most. I see it recommended a lot for 38s especially.
Same gun dealer Mike bought his sniper rifle from and Walt would buy more firepower to go after Uncle Jack and Jesse.
Same gun Mike also killed the crooked cops with in Better Call Saul flashback
@@maxvader1000 Mike used the revolver because it doesn't leave shells behind, plus he was more old school.
"I make my livin' on repeat business."
Good observation. Who knew?
Good job, detective
thing with the gun dealer, if you think about it, this guy has to be in the black book that the vet had. the one that ended up with saul. the black book had a lot of names and it also had things like how good the guy in question was for the service it provided. the gun dealer has to be most profesional one in the book, and of course is the one that saul recommended walt. for this encounter. mike probably got the name from the vet or from saul too.
Mike had to have got the dealers name frome the Vet, since Mike and the gun dealer met before Jimmy even got the Black Book.
But I think Walter got the name of this dealer from Saul and not Mike, seeing as Walt is purchasing a gun to kill Gus (and Mike would likely smell that intent from Walt).
@@_Tozzie_ it has been some years, but dont mike and the vet talk at the beginning of bcs? as im, mike knew the vet was in and asked work from him, so likely mike got in touch with the dealer from the vet
@@_Tozzie_ The dealer says that Walter is reffered by the lawyer in this very scene. Also, Mike later confronts Walter about how he noticed the gun.
Are you telling me that a serial number just happens to get filed off like that? No, he orchestrated it!
JIMMY!!
Lawson!
"He defecated through a sunroof"
Now he gets to be caught carrying this?! What a sick joke!
@@ItsMagic. To the uninitiated a gun with defaced serial seems alluring and more dangerous.. Thats all this scene was.. An arms dealer might file the serial to protect their livelihood but they would never sell it to you with that as a positive attribute..
The gun dealer is basically reinforcing Walt's idea to kill Gus when he says "a man stepts to you bent on doing bodily harm, you got every right to plant your feet and shoot to kill."
Some call it a moral right, and I do include myself within that class.
Yeah but not unless you are in a 🟦 state.
@@PoonTang-sf8knthere’s a reason hearts are ❤ red
@@PoonTang-sf8knto be fair it’s more easier to get a gun in blue states illegally I’ve heard in the hood Massachusetts and Chicago selling them like wildfire despite having strict gun laws
@@UGOISCOOLNOWYou've heard wrong. At least, in Chicago.
This has Taxi Driver vibes all over it.
Almost the opposite of Easy Andy in many ways; an excellent foil. Easy Andy is slimey, exaggerates, and uninformed about his product (he gets a lot of things wrong about the guns he's selling). This arms dealer is succinct, matter of fact, and knowledgeable about his product.
"Lokaddis, what a beautiful little gun."
@@chrismartin8829it’s more about the scene not bout the dealer, Walt is holding a revolver and a handgun at the same time, just like Travis and he also does that mirror pull
Guy who's only ever seen Taxi Driver: "this is a lot like that other film I saw"
I was thinking the same thing once he was mentioning the ".38 special snubnose".
4:18 I absolutely LOVE the way tension instantly floods the room in this scene as Walter, shook by the black market vendor's intuition, felt a sting in his pride, and so here we see him trying to retake control of his situation by reassuring only himself at this point that the gun was for self-defense... 😂
Waltuh you can’t hide that gun from me waltuh
"If you can't get it done with five, then you're into spray and pray, in which case I wouldn't count on another six closing the deal."
Funnily enough, Gus was lucky enough that he did get it down with five, spraying and praying.
Lol so true 😂...underrated comment
3:00-3:07 Walt ego shattered a bit realizing this guy thinks Saul is more important.
Not really. He's suggesting Saul is usually referring rather dangerous clients.
wtf with you guys always mentioning Mr. Whites "shattered ego" ???
@@БекзодБ-й4еBecause he has a very fragile ego set off at any perceived slight
@@thewhitewolf6715 He didn't do anything or make any fuss about what the guy said. It's true that Walter had a big ego but Walt could pick up a pen off the floor that a person dropped and the comments will be like "He did that because of his PRIDE and EGO, if he didn't mess with Gus everything would have been OKAY"
It's the laziest analysis of the show and you'll find tens of YT comments parroting the same bullshit on every video
@@БекзодБ-й4еthe whole show is about walts ego
He doesnt actually become a meth kingpin to make money for his wife and child- had it really just been about that hed of still worked for gus and thrown jessie to the curb
No, the whole series is about walts ego being utterly out of control
I love how the illegal arms dealer is actually an extremely sincere and honest salesman. He basically tells him "look I'll still sell to you but if there's no specific reason you need to do it loke this, buying legally will be way cheaper and less hassle" 😂
1:39 I like this type of gun enthusiast the best. He gives his preference, but doesn’t disparage the newer options.
Same. Shows that he knows his stuff when it comes to guns.
Until I see otherwise, that's Bobby in new Mexico for a hunt, masquerading as a weapons dealer.
Absolutely, and he’s hunting a big stinky skin walker. Walt
Or Dean needs some more parts to fix Baby again.
Saw the comment and immediately thought Bobby from King of the hill
Something I like is that while Walt is a novice in terms of understanding the illegal arms trade, he still has this air of malice. I am genuinely under the impression that the same sinister vibe we feel, is what prompts Lawson to ask if he wants the gun for defense or not.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the gun dealer thought he was gonna shoot up his office.
this and the john wick gun sommelier are some of my favorite gun dealers
“Either way you’re gonna want to practice your draw. A lot.”
“Because if you’re all fingers, it might could be him, keeping the piece instead of you; catch my drift?”
@@mpa7884peace*
"yo, you're a real good drawer"
@@lifedeathernope it is "piece"
Well, after a bit of practice Walter got good at drawing the gun.
Note how Lawson is sitting on the bed looking tired, whereas with Mike he was standing and engaged.
Walt has worn this man down by being an exhausting, uninformed, indecisive customer.
This is really stupid and pretentious. He was standing up with Mike to go through his purchase options for three large sniper rifles and to unzip the bags, but he also stands up in this scene to describe the gun options in detail too
Jesus, the Mike oiling squad is here.
If I were Walter with all his untold millions, I would have hired a couple of my own goons.
2:56 "I don't answer questions"...
2:34 - five times the price for filling off the serial number? Do they ever say how much the piece costs him?
I have a very similar firearm that cost around $400 a few years back. So Walt probably paid around a grand for a $200 gun. And as explained in Better Call Saul, he didn't just file off the serial number. He put it through a special stamper that makes recovering the number extremely difficult.
@@alexanderchippel Interesting, thanks.
@@alexanderchippelThat isn't even where the serial number is on the LCR, but it was probably done that way to avoid legal trouble for the prop guy.
@@scottsurvival6960 I don't think anyone would actually get any legal trouble because you're not actually showing you how to get rid of the serial number. As said in the show there's like an acid treatment and warping done to make the numbers unrecoverable. The director probably just didn't know where the actual serial numbers would be on the prop and just told the guy to do whatever.
That's bs information BTW. You can get a scratched off ghost gun for the same price (or less) as a brand new one
How perfectly cast was Lawson the gun dealer?
They should have kept the outtakes from Walter's practicing with his new gun. It would have been very funny.
Mike ended up spotting the smaller gun too lol
Nothing got past Mike.
Mike spotted Waltuh’s bulge
walt could've had a kolibri inside an altoids tin or something and mike still would've spotted it somehow
@@raiisleep If Breaking Bad was good they would have had a Kolibri shoot out scene
This arms dealer has such a fascinating backstory.
Yeah hunting down monsters and demons after having to kill your possessed wife does something to a person.
Jim Beaver prepping to play Lawson like "well I quite liked being Whitney Ellsworth in Deadwood ... reckon I might just do that again".
I love how even the most minor characters are memorable. When I'm hearing this gun dealer talk, I can't help but wonder what is his story.
Ngl but I could watch an hour of this guy selling guns to any manner of criminal and it would be an hour well spent
The dirty mirror in the cheap motel room. Such a minor detail...but so accurate.
i mean im assuming its a real motel room so it was probably like that already
If you get a chance, catch Jim Beaver's scene in Joy Ride when he rips Steve Zahn & Paul walker a new one. He has been on my radar ever since that movie came out.
I love that seller actor.
Waltuh put the gun away waltuh
comments like this always make me laugh lol
I think it would be good to have a piece like that regardless for a rainy day.
exactly
Haha!
This is the thing I think people miss about guns. They're not pure upside to the person carrying. Not talking about the idea of being targeted for it either. A gun is a Go To Prison Button if improperly used. Lots of people that carry them are too untrained or hotheaded to know when that does and doesn't apply. Doubly so in the case of the clip, as simply owning it puts you at risk. It's a weapon, but then so is the Sword of Damocles.
Beats having no piece
Jim Beaver gives out some undeniable common sense.
Almost anyone in Walt’s position would’ve done the same thing.
Not without his massive IQ and protagonistic luck
2:33 Can't Walt just buy the same type of gun from the dealer but with a serial number and file it off later, saving himself 80% of the money?
This is discussed in Better Call Saul. Just grinding away the serial number isn't enough, there is more to the process
@@3irikur I haven't seen that.
But this scene gives the impression that the dealer just filed off the serial number.
@@ppuh6tfrz646 the gun dealer probably goes to just as much effort to remove the serial numbers on the guns he sells to Walt, but in “Better Call Saul”, he sells to Mike. In contrast with an idiot criminal like Walt, Mike is an ex-cop who knows how forensics techs work to recover defaced serial numbers, so he asks further questions about how thorough the dealer is. Walt doesn’t know shit about guns or CSI work, so he doesn’t ask the same questions that Mike does, he needs to ask if the guns came with instructions and which side to wear his holster on
@@rockerfish223 Possibly but the gun dealer isn't portrayed as the type to rip someone off.
@@ppuh6tfrz646 the gun dealer isn’t trying to rip Walt off, he just knows better than to waste his breath explaining his trade to someone who doesn’t have a clue. Besides, if he does a half-assed job removing the serial number, HE’S the one who gets arrested if the gun gets identified, not Walt, so he’s definitely just as thorough with all his customers
When Bobby retired catching demons he sells guns to demons
he was practicing that flank
I wonder if the gun dealer at this point in the calendar year remotely imagined that Walt would later be coming back to upgrade to a M60 Machine Gun
Waltuhhh … put your snubnose away waltuhhh … I’m not getting shot right now waltuhhh
walt never use it as defense.
Walter didn't clean the first gun before returning it
Lawson would probably do it.
Vince was influenced by the movies Taxi Driver, Scarface, The Godfather I & II for sure.
This whole scene had to be a reference to Taxi Driver
He could had sold that to some "j " bunny up in harlem!
I watched Breaking Bad years before Taxi Driver. The moment I saw that scene where Travis buys, it was quite evident that this scene from the show is an homage to that moment in the film!
The difference in this guy and the dude who sold the twins the vests is crazy
Same guy Mike met up with when he was looking for a rifle
The moment Walter White becomes Arthur Morgan
Mike spotted that gun.
Walter Bickle
Baltuh BULDGE
lol so you can put your watermark on tv shows now?
How did nobody in this show speculate that Walt can be an undercover cop
Saul didn’t, and a lot of people met Walt through him.
Saul didn’t because Walk kidnapped him.
My personal interpretation is that Saul absolutely thought Walt was an undercover cop when he offered to bribe saul, then realised he was an actual criminal when he got kidnapped.
He doesn’t act like cop, he isn’t too cocky, doesn’t look fit and he looks unfamiliar with guns.
This guy is 30 years in the business, he would def know if he got cop infront of him
@@YOPPA_kampala He is very good at recognizing who he is selling to, you can see this when he talks to Mike, he immediately recognizes that he is talking to a Vietnam War veteran, he immediately stops describing the weapons and instead describes the improvements that were made after the war to inform Mike how the weapons have changed and what he should pay attention to
How is he paying 5x more for a serial number that’s been filed off
Because a clean gun that's hard to trace is worth a lot to people who kill for a living. Enough that paying 5x the price is worth not going to jail
@@jefferycrouse4652 The price of that gun is basically nothing to someone who has hundreds of thousands like Walt
Lying to your underground arms dealer about why you want a gun with a defaced serial number is sick!
How exactly does filling a serial number achieve anything? Surely someone with knowhow could just buy a gun legally, then chemically remove the number?
There's paper trail to where that gun came from unless you plan on "losing it" after buying it
1. Removing a serial number off a gun makes it impossible to trace the original owner. Its only really neccesary if you plan to ditch the gun after using it. 2. Removing a serial number isn't as simple as filing it off. It can still be pretty easily recovered if you half arse it. One technique they used to use was putting an acidic compound on the gun which would eat through the steel. The part of the gun that had the serial number on it would melt slower than the rest of the gun. This would continue until the acid ate through enough steel to reveal the shape of the serial number that had been filed off, then they would neutralise the acid.
If i legally buy a gun and then deface its serial number, the end result is according to official records i own one of these guns
Regardless of it lacking a serial number theres potential it gets traced to me as i have legal ownership over one. To much risk
The gun dealer in BB almost certainly isnt buying these guns himself from a shop, after all we do know he can get his hands on military hardware, but buying second or third hand stuff thats made it onto the open market through theft or backdoor deals and then he shaves off the serial number to sell off himself.
I want the gun guy to do a UA-cam podcast I like his voice.
Either way your gonna wanna practice your draw. Coz if youre all fingers he might be the one keeping the peace, you catch my drift?
We are strictly talking defense here.
What kind is that
s+ tier scene
to be honest even with the obvious symbolism for Walt's questionable choices and the bit of character building for the gun smith the ending conversation is still pretty tedious. "IM IN THE DRUG TRADE OK? I'm not going to commit a drug execution with this thing but I can't have it attached to me no matter the circumstances, even honest to god self defense. YA GOT ME? *mike old man poke of disapproval*
2:04 You'd take a gun to a card game??
gambling, not playing go fish
@@mcn1583 You can't play card games for money?
Oh, sorry I didn't realise...
You don't 😂😂😂
@rougeagent3603 this man is illegally selling guns so some of his clients might be people going to high stakes illegally run card games.
@@ppuh6tfrz646im sorry i have to ask but in what world can you not play card games for money?
People do it all the time, ever heard of Vegas?
Why is the ending theme to these videos straight fire
You probably wouldn't want to load a .38 Special with 158 grain JHP, especially if it's not even a +P round. At that point you're better off either with a wadcutter or just flat nose FMJ. If it's not +P ammo, I probably wouldn't even trust 125 grains JHP, especially out of a snubnose barrel unless I went up to .357 Magnum, which I would not do in a snubbie.
Yeah, everything about this scene is not only fudd boomer level knowledge but continues hollywood trend of not understanding guns
357 feels about the same as 38+P in the LCR to me.
@@scottsurvival6960 You've been shot with both to know the difference?
@@JustSumGuy01 Have you ? no you haven't so stfu none of you know shit
@@JustSumGuy01 people that make firearms their entire personality are some of the most insufferable people on this planet bro
uncle bobby
you talking to him? really?
it's more or less what you want to tell yourself
It's never, "Shoot to kill".
It's "Stop the threat".
When you're being asked, "Why'd you kill that home invader?" It's, "I didn't. I stopped the threat.", "Well, he's dead." "Sorry to hear that."
Man, this arch pisses me off to no end. Not saying it's poorly written. I just personally hate how Heisenberg is legit about to destroy EVERYTHING he built with Gus all because Gus made a weird threat in front of him, Jesse, and Mike.
Gus: *coughs*
Heisenberg: JESSE!!!! HE'S GONNA KILL US!!!!!
Walter was 100% right though. Since the start, Gus had always planned to kill off Walt. Either through terminating business with him and letting him fall victim to the cartel or by replacing him with Gale. Walter was always a temporary piece in Gus's game and Gus knew from the start Walt would be disposable. Man has lung cancer for christ's sake.
Yeah, I was not a huge fan of it either. Seasons 2 and 3 were so smoothly written and everything fell perfectly into place. Season 4 felt completely forced in comparison, but still much better than most tv.
You both seem to have forgotten when this scene takes place in. This is after Gus had sent Victor and Mike to murder Walt and Jesse. This is after Jesse had killed Gale and after Gus wordlessly slit his employee's throat in front of them while staring them down. Yeah just some weird vague threat yup 😂 He WAS about to kill them both you idiot 😂
@@unusualusername8847 The Cartel bit is just not accurate since he redirected to twins to grab Hank instead. He never intended to let go of Heisenberg.
@@JustinCage56he didn't do it out of the kindness of his own heart, he wanted to damage both sides, the cartel and the DEA at once and that's why he gave Hank a warning call, what happened in the parking lot was the best possible outcome for Gus
It’s for defense…. “Defense”
defense my ass lmao
Defense bro
It was for defence, just not the kind of defence the gun dealer had in mind.
I find it weird he has a gun now and not before
This is the exact moment when Walter wanted to kill mike
no it wasnt
There’s no reason to file the serial number off. That serial number isn’t tied to Walt, it just makes things riskier for him
The serial number is tied to the seller. And thats why he recommended him to buy a gun legally, because to him there is no point to selling illegal guns in a state that allows you to get one legally.
@@DrSabot-Ahe recommended buying legally if it was for strictly defensive purposes.
@@stellarwind1946 The purpose does not matter at all, Walt was/is going to shoot a criminal mastermind anyways it wouldnt have mattered if it were self defense since he cant go to the police anyways. Its about not being caught during a routine police stop with a felony in his pocket
@@DrSabot-A But if he bought the gun legally, and the bullets can be traced back to him, is it not in his best interest for the bullets not to be found in Gus’ body?
@@cakerbaby69 Despite what you see in movies, there is no registry of ballistics to match up bullets and spent casings to a specific firearm. The police have to actually find the firearm to match up ballistics to a specific gun.
Anyone else cringe when he spins the cylinder and snaps it closed
I doubt that someone who specializes in filing off serial numbers from guns is going to be advising people to get a gun legally or be concerned about what they're going to do with it.
He deals with professional hitmen not nervous greenies like walt here
Hes only dealing with walt because saul recommended him
Its in his best interest for someone as clearly jumpy and green as walt to not go illegal on this
The scene is cool but how could anyone survive and not go to jail with 30years of selling illegal firearm? If so how could anyone able to find him to purchase his product
Why the big hooha over serial numbers, not like they dont make thousands of revolvers
there are a ton, but serializing can help them trace the owner later. Someone buys a gun, the serial is marked, and somewhere a file is created saying they bought that exact gun at a certain date. If the person tries to hide or get rid of it after committing a crime, then the cops can find it (disposed of somewhere, at the scene of that crime/of a different crime, etc), check the serial, and seek out that file that says the person owned that gun at the time of its use in a crime. If they just keep it, then they'll have to secretly possess incriminating evidence and hope no other pieces of evidence make them a suspect. Police interrogate about a crime with a gun, check the person's serial, same thing. It's not incriminating all on its own, but hard to counter.
When you buy a gun there is a record of your purchase attached to the serial number and the police will trace the gun back to its original sale by the licensed dealer. Its also how people will report a stolen gun.
The point of serial numbers is to track thousands, millions of items even. Your comment makes zero sense.
So what does knowing where snub nose .38 revolver #2473929 was bought help a case? Maybe it was bought ten years ago in a gun shop five states away and the owner lost it 😉
@@jessicaregina1956 Because many of them were purchased legally and then sold to black market dealers. Having the serial numbers intact can trace back to the original purchasers. This black market dealer may have his supply from the same dozen people who legally buy guns on the regular and resell them to him.
Worst gun advice ever.
What specifically?
@@chocolateguy5293, recommending a 38spl J-frame and 158gr HPs for starters. Also the “if 5 ain’t gonna do it, another 6 won’t either”? Not to mention a friction fit holster for IWB with no secondary retention? Whatever. Good enough for TV plebs I suppose.
@@ReelDonaldTrump I’m a TV pleb so idk most of what you said lol (although I’d like to learn)
I do remember saying the same about the “if 5 won’t do it another 6 won’t either” line. All it takes is one to change history.
@ReelDonaldTrump It was his last recommendation, did you not see Walt denying the automatic?
@ReelDonaldTrump There's nothing wrong with the advice. Its just from another school of though. This isn't a duty carry and will be enough in 99.9% of self defense situations. The only change I would make is the ammo. 158 grain +P is hotter and heavier then it needs to be especially out of a 2 inch, light frame revolver. There is also nothing wrong with the holster. I've been CC'ing a strapless, friction fit, IWB holster for the last 15 years years and never had a problem with my well fitted and well worn Galco. You have to remember a CC is made to get you out of a sticky situation, not to be in fire fights with (in which all pistols are trash anyways).
The writing is too good.