>>I have never seen or handled a blank firing pistol. what is that?<<
A blank pistol killed Brandon Lee (Bruce Lee’s son and most famous for the movie “The Crow”).
They left a prop bullet in the gun that the blank forced out the barrel and into Brandon. Such a horrific death. Still miss seeing him on the screen. Would have been a great member of The Expendables team.
I forgot the name until I looked it up, but remember it happening. Actor Jon Hexum put a pistol to his temple that still had a blank loaded in it, and pulled the trigger. Injuries from that led to his death soon after.
“A blank pistol killed Brandon Lee”.
It was a real handgun that was loaded with blanks that killed Lee. Starter “pistols”, like those used to start track races are usually specially made to not have an opening in the barrel to prevent any projectile from being accidentally launched by the blank charge, and they are usually “revolvers” and not pistols.
http://www.enasco.com/c/physicaleducation/Track+%26+Field/Starter+Pistols/