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Blank experiment.
elubsme
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I loaded a .38 Spl. blank with 4 grains of B.E. a card wad and some wax. Squeezed a bullet into the cylinder from the front. The darn thing went through a 2 x 4 and kept going. Ejecting the case, it looked just like the blank I had loaded earlier. Hooda Thot???
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So you loaded it like a muzzleloader. Good thing those are not dangerous.
Wonder if Baldwins gun had a squib load stuck in the barrel and a blank fired it out?
Wonder if Baldwins gun had a squib load stuck in the barrel and a blank fired it out?
I think that did happen in an earlier movie set shooting.
Not usually a good idea to load a bullet ahead of a blank--just sayin.
After some of the 'mishaps' that have occurred in the past, I wonder why 'prop guns' wouldn't have bore/muzzle restrictions to prevent re-runs.
Unless you intentionally want to harm (shoot) someone and put the blame on someone else. In this case, the armorer who inspected the gun and declared it "safe".
Elubsme, hope things are going well for you out there in the big timber country!
Theatrical blanks use a special powder which is much more explosive than any reloading powder. If there is a bullet ahead of it, it will detonate. In 'HATCHER'S NOTEBOOK' there is a chapter on blanks and the like which is very enlightening.
elubesme, seems like you basically made a "cap and ball" round, far from a blank load.
While in Cody some years ago they had a street shoot out renactment.
All actors either fired their gun in the air or into the ground. One fellow use a double barrel, darn sure would not have not been on the receiving end of that thing.