Someone else suggested, and I was thinking the same thing, that many of those reports were blanks (not all) or rubber bullets, etc. They were trying to get him to surrender and didn’t want to set off explosives. My only question is regarding the action on semi-autos — it isn’t going to cycle with blanks, is it?
I guess that’s a possibility. As to your question, I never fired blanks so I don’t know.
Yes, they do, but in order to accomplish that blank rounds for semiautos actually have to be more powerful than their live counterparts because there isn't a bullet to provide a gas seal. Blank ammunition of any sort is very dangerous.
Sure it will.