Question about blanks in movies
I know this might sound silly, but how do you tell a difference between a blank and live round? Apart from obvious reasons, when often pointed out in shell casings and ammo belts in screencaps, is there a specific details that tells them apart from live rounds?
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Yeah, the visual difference is that the end (where the bullet would normally be) is crimped. Wikipedia has pictures of blanks:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../7.9Blanks.jpg The crimp on a blank means that many guns, particularly short-recoil semi-auto pistols, have to be modified to eject them properly. A lot of pistols need to have their ejection ports widened and/or lock-up removed in order to cycle blanks. |
Thanks, buddy.
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Some revolver blanks on the other hand though have no crimping. They are like an empty shell casing with the power held in place with an adhesive of some sort. These may not be used anymore but I own a few. They have a lot more power behind them than usual blanks.
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Oh yeah, there was another thing. How come some blanks have very different muzzle flashes, others look relatively normal, while others look like they shoot fireflies from barrels?
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