Guns converted to Blankfire

[Phoenixent]

Originally Posted by MT2008

The barrel is (usually) the only thing that's ruined permanently in the blank conversion process, I believe.

It depends on the weapon on how aggressive the conversion is. The Beretta 92F is just the barrel the 1911 is the complete top end. The Glock, SIG, Smiths and HK is also the complete top end. Rifles conversions are also across the board on setting up for blanks. Most semi-autos are just a BFA some require other mods to assist them on working with blanks. Being a gunsmith in the film industry you need to let go of wow that's a great weapon and just do the job.

[AdAstra2009]

sad it's like removing a man's manhood.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Phoenixent

It depends on the weapon on how aggressive the conversion is. The Beretta 92F is just the barrel the 1911 is the complete top end. The Glock, SIG, Smiths and HK is also the complete top end. Rifles conversions are also across the board on setting up for blanks. Most semi-autos are just a BFA some require other mods to assist them on working with blanks. Being a gunsmith in the film industry you need to let go of wow that's a great weapon and just do the job.

By the complete top end, do you mean the top of the barrel that's exposed? When I've looked at pictures of blank-converted Glocks and SIGs, that's the only external mod visible, and that affects the complete barrel assembly. So if you replace the entire barrel assembly, would those guns be set to fire live rounds again?

I do realize 1911s are a bit harder because the ejection port has to be widened, but does that also affect ability to chamber and fire live rounds if the barrel gets replaced?

[Phoenixent]

Originally Posted by MT2008

By the complete top end, do you mean the top of the barrel that's exposed? When I've looked at pictures of blank-converted Glocks and SIGs, that's the only external mod visible, and that affects the complete barrel assembly. So if you replace the entire barrel assembly, would those guns be set to fire live rounds again?

I do realize 1911s are a bit harder because the ejection port has to be widened, but does that also affect ability to chamber and fire live rounds if the barrel gets replaced?

The mods are internal on both the slide and the barrel. Once that is done even the slide would have to be replaced along with the barrel to convert the weapon back to live fire.