[Enterprise]

"I doubt a lodged .44 slug would be expelled from a revolver barrel from a blank cartridge."

The way investigators would find out would seem to be to replicate the circumstances. Maybe some of those on FR who are familiar with firearms capabilities could answer.

[sargon]

Of course a .44 slug could be expelled from a revolver barrel as a result of the charge from a blank cartridge. Blank cartridges are made to simulate real gunfire.

Brandon Lee's death was an accident. The investigation was very thorough. An incredible sequence of events had to occur which led to Brandon's death, but it was an accident, and I believe procedures for handling firearms on movie sets were changed—or at least "tightened up"—as a result of the tragedy.