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Is it a common thing to have live rounds on a set? I'm trying to understand how a mistake like this is even possible. One of the rules I remember is that we'd
by lolc 5y ago
Is it a common thing to have live rounds on a set? I'm trying to understand how a mistake like this is even possible.
One of the rules I remember is that we'd always pull the trigger upon receiving an uncharged gun, to avoid it going off uncontrolled later if there was a mixup. Pretty sad to think they couldn't do even that.
- zeteo 5y agoFor some reason Western directors like to show bullet impacts e.g. shooting bottles, hats or just wood planks. This could be easier to do with real bullets. It's also possible they brought in guns from an unrelated activity (e.g. cowboy action shooting) and failed to check them properly.
- Waterluvian 5y agoI had no idea. I thought those were always small explosive charges planted in walls and bottles and such.
- suzzer99 5y agohttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-10-22/rust-shooting-movie-prop-gun-safety-blanks-rounds-more https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021... "Productions using operational firearms can opt for those intentionally designed to fire blank cartridges — shell casings loaded with gunpowder — or decommissioned firearms tweaked to shoot them. Live ammunition is not allowed on any set."
- skymt 5y agoPlease understand that blanks are live rounds and can be deadly if handled without care. Saying it was a live round does not mean it was a bullet. From the article: > A source close to the union said Local 44 does not know what projectile was in the gun and clarified that “live” is an industry term that refers to a gun loaded with some material such as a blank ready for filming.
- suzzer99 5y agoBlanks can be deadly if you put them up to your head like Jon-Erik Hexum. But a wadding cannot go through one person at some distance and then injure another. Something else was inside that gun that turned into a projectile.
- lolc 5y agoOk, I can see how blanks are called live rounds. Still my understanding is: 1. The person handing off said 'cold gun' which to me implies the weapon was not charged with anything. Please clarify if I misunderstood. 2. The victim was shot at a distance. This makes it probable there was an actual bullet in the weapon. Why assume anything different? So I still wonder why there would be bullets around on the set.
- nottorp 5y agoThat's my dilemma too - why would you need real bullets for a movie?
- suzzer99 5y agoThere are never live bullets on set. Sometimes they use dummy bullets to show loading, etc. Those dummy bullets can apparently come apart and get lodged in the barrel, and then a blank is loaded behind them.
- nottorp 5y agoBut can those go through one person (killing her) and wound another behind her? Bear with me, I'm european and never laid my hands on a firearm ;)
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