Plot hole: When Agent Memphis is about to be executed they ask him if he needs to "Piss" so as to not have government-used drugs in his system before he commits suicide. They even mention writing a suicide note for him. He's had seven shades beaten out of him though and was kidnapped whilst on the phone, mid-conversation and with possible witnesses. Surely if it wasn't the first time they had done this then they would have taken more care to make sure it wasn't a complete fake-out.
Shooter (2007)
1 plot hole - chronological order
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover, Rhona Mitra, Michael Pena
Continuity mistake: Mark Wahlberg cuts through the back seat to get access to medical supplies in the boot - other stuff is visible in there too. But shortly afterwards when he reverses it into the water, the boot pops open and it's now completely empty.
Bob Lee Swagger: Not bad for a poodle shooter with a makeshift silencer, huh?
Trivia: When Swagger is recuperating from the makeshift operation, it's shown that he has a third nipple below the left nipple.
Question: In the scene where Swagger and Memphis go to talk to the old man, why does the old man look at their hands? What is he looking for?
Answer: Just to see if he's a working man with rough hands. Shooters get bad callouses on elbows, not so much hands.
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Answer: He's looking for callouses on the hands. Professional snipers end up getting hard skin inbetween the webbed part of the skin between the thumb and forefinger because of constant rubbing on the trigger guard. By checking the hands, he could tell whether or not he was talking to a proper sniper, and in particular Swagger.
GalahadFairlight
The webbing between the thumb and forefinger would rub on the stock or grip not the trigger guard.