To: nickcarraway
the gunpowder in the blank cartridge ignited a bullet fragment that became embedded in the barrel
Whaaaa?
2 posted on
10/22/2021 9:36:07 PM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
>> ignited a bullet fragment that became embedded in the barrel
ignited a bullet fragment previously embedded in the barrel.
3 posted on
10/22/2021 9:45:12 PM PDT by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: nickcarraway
Actors are going to be scared to have blanks fired at them for years, understandably
5 posted on
10/22/2021 9:56:11 PM PDT by
Nomad577
To: nickcarraway
7 posted on
10/22/2021 10:46:16 PM PDT by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
To: nickcarraway
The gun in Brandon's case had been used previously for close-ups. It was a revolver. To make it look like it was really loaded, dummy loads were used (bullet in a casing with no primer or powder). However, the dummy round was actually a squib (primer and bullet, no powder). During the first scene, the trigger was pulled and the squib ignited. It was strong enough to propel the bullet into the barrel but not not all the way out. It wasn't a fragment it was the whole bullet. The same gun was then later used with blanks that had a powder charge sufficient to force the stuck bullet out the barrel.
I've had a squib. Thankfully it wasn't strong enough to cycle the action on my 1911. Knew something was wrong as soon as it fired. Took some time to get the bullet out of the barrel with a wooden dowel. I quadruple check my reloads to this day because of that.
10 posted on
10/22/2021 10:54:03 PM PDT by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: nickcarraway
Vic Morrow was unavailable for comment.
13 posted on
10/23/2021 12:27:02 AM PDT by
Veggie Todd
(Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
To: nickcarraway
16 posted on
10/23/2021 3:12:04 AM PDT by
GOP Poet
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To: nickcarraway
It doesn’t seem to me that Baldwin was all that traumatized (maybe he was). In his statement he said that “MY heart breaks for ...”, but ASAIK never apologized to the woman’s family. It’s always about him.
19 posted on
10/23/2021 3:52:26 AM PDT by
MayflowerMadam
(When government fears the people, there is liberty. Don't forget his cohort)
To: nickcarraway
the real question is not why there were real bullets in it, but why in HELL is it a real gun to begin with?
To: nickcarraway
That wouldn’t have happened if Tom selleck was on the set.
31 posted on
10/23/2021 10:01:23 AM PDT by
Rappini
(Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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