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Always put first bullet blank?

fullspectrumdev 2y ago
A blank will still do a shitload of damage up close. Not as much as a live round, but depending on how you are carrying it’s gonna mess you up.
amelius 2y ago
And get shot by the second?
tokai 2y ago
A blank wont rack the slide without a blank-firing adapter.
sparrish 2y ago
I wouldn't trust my life to my ability to get 2 shots off before the bad guy got 1 shot off. Other pistols do not have this problem, just don't carry a Sig P320. There are lots of other great options for duty guns. Walther PDP would be my choice.
deschutes 2y ago
It's a creative thought but this kind of thinking is in direct contradiction to the widely accepted principles of safe firearm handling. Trying to mitigate the damage of negligent discharges is the wrong problem to solve. In this case it sounds like the negligence may belong to the manufacturer in which case these weapons should be scrapped.
mmh0000 2y ago
"Blanks" are still quite deadly, one notable event: On October 12, 1984, the cast and crew of Cover Up were filming the seventh episode of the series, "Golden Opportunity", on Stage 18 of the 20th Century Fox lot. One of the scenes filmed that day called for Hexum's character to load cartridges into a .44 Magnum handgun, so he was provided with a functional gun and blanks. When the scene did not play as the director wanted it to in the master shot, there was a delay in filming. Hexum became restless and impatient during the delay and began playing around to lighten the mood. He had unloaded all but one (blank) round, spun it, and—simulating Russian roulette—he put the revolver to his right temple and pulled the trigger, unaware of the danger.[12] The explosive effect of the muzzle blast caused enough blunt force trauma to fracture a quarter-sized piece of his skull and propel this into his brain, causing massive hemorrhaging.[6][13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum
- justinclift 2y ago
  Also, Brandon Lee's death while filming The Crow (1994): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crow_(1994_film)#Brandon_Lee's_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crow_(1994_film)#Brandon_L... :(

A blank will still do a shitload of damage up close. Not as much as a live round, but depending on how you are carrying it’s gonna mess you up.

amelius 2y ago

And get shot by the second?

tokai 2y ago

A blank wont rack the slide without a blank-firing adapter.

sparrish 2y ago

I wouldn't trust my life to my ability to get 2 shots off before the bad guy got 1 shot off. Other pistols do not have this problem, just don't carry a Sig P320. There are lots of other great options for duty guns. Walther PDP would be my choice.

deschutes 2y ago

It's a creative thought but this kind of thinking is in direct contradiction to the widely accepted principles of safe firearm handling. Trying to mitigate the damage of negligent discharges is the wrong problem to solve. In this case it sounds like the negligence may belong to the manufacturer in which case these weapons should be scrapped.

mmh0000 2y ago

"Blanks" are still quite deadly, one notable event: On October 12, 1984, the cast and crew of Cover Up were filming the seventh episode of the series, "Golden Opportunity", on Stage 18 of the 20th Century Fox lot. One of the scenes filmed that day called for Hexum's character to load cartridges into a .44 Magnum handgun, so he was provided with a functional gun and blanks. When the scene did not play as the director wanted it to in the master shot, there was a delay in filming. Hexum became restless and impatient during the delay and began playing around to lighten the mood. He had unloaded all but one (blank) round, spun it, and—simulating Russian roulette—he put the revolver to his right temple and pulled the trigger, unaware of the danger.[12] The explosive effect of the muzzle blast caused enough blunt force trauma to fracture a quarter-sized piece of his skull and propel this into his brain, causing massive hemorrhaging.[6][13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum

justinclift 2y ago
Also, Brandon Lee's death while filming The Crow (1994): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crow_(1994_film)#Brandon_Lee's_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crow_(1994_film)#Brandon_L... :(