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Originally Posted by dad (Post 516625)

It's a blank! But don't wack it with a hammer. The wadding can penetrate the skull, it has some force behind it!

So despite it being a blank it still ejects something? What if it were fired down a .22 handgun or rifle? I'm asking because I don't want to try it :P

^^^Fun stuff, when I used to do reconstruction in N.Cali we had a gun that you load the sabot nail from the muzzle then put a blank in the breech.

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Originally Posted by Gaiiden (Post 516641)

So despite it being a blank it still ejects something? What if it were fired down a .22 handgun or rifle? I'm asking because I don't want to try it :P

Yes, it still ejects a small piece of wadding that is used as a seal up at the crown (otherwise it'd leak gunpowder out).

From wikipedia:

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The appearance of a blank cartridge is deceptively harmless and can give a false sense of safety. Although blank cartridges do not contain a bullet, precautions are still required because fatalities and severe injuries have resulted on occasions when blank cartridges have been fired at very close ranges.

Blank cartridges frequently contain a paper, wood or plastic plug called a wad which seals the powder in the case. This wad can cause severe penetrating wounds at close range and bruising at medium ranges. There is also a cloud of hot, expanding gas which is expelled at extremely high velocity from the muzzle when a blank cartridge is fired. These high velocity gases can inflict severe injuries (see powerhead for an example) at close ranges. Additionally, if there is any small debris lodged inside the barrel it will be expelled at a velocity similar to that of a bullet, with the ability to inflict a severe or lethal wound. Finally, the extremely loud noise of blanks being fired can damage the hearing of people in the immediate area.

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Originally Posted by Gaiiden (Post 516641)

So despite it being a blank it still ejects something? What if it were fired down a .22 handgun or rifle? I'm asking because I don't want to try it :P

On October 12, 1984, between filming scenes on the set of Cover Up, Hexum was critically wounded after he placed a .44 Magnum prop gun loaded with blanks to his temple and pulled the trigger.[5] The accident happened during the filming of a scene where Hexum’s character (Mac Harper) was supposed to unload a handgun and replace the bullets with blanks—as the script required. The shooting was, however, delayed due to a technical difficulty and Hexum fell asleep on the set. Hexum awoke approximately fifteen minutes later and, realizing the scene was still not ready to be shot, began playing with the gun. He eventually placed the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.[6]

Hexum was apparently not aware that blanks use paper or plastic wadding to seal gun powder into the shell, and that this wadding is propelled from the barrel of the gun with enough force to cause severe injury or death if the weapon is fired within a few inches of the body, especially if pointed at a particularly vulnerable spot, such as the temple or the eye. Although the paper wadding in the blank that Hexum discharged did not penetrate his skull, the wad struck him in the temple with enough blunt force trauma to shatter a quarter-sized piece of his skull and propel the pieces into his brain, causing massive hemorrhaging.[1][7]

Hexum was rushed to the Beverly Hills Medical Center, where he underwent five hours of surgery to repair his wounds.[7] On October 18, six days after the accident, Hexum was declared brain dead. Hexum's mother Greta allowed his body, still connected to life support, to be flown to San Francisco for organ transplants.[2] Hexum's heart was then implanted into a 36-year old Las Vegas escort service owner who was awaiting a heart transplant.[8] Hexum's kidneys and corneas were also harvested and placed in organ transplant banks before his body was flown back to Los Angeles for autopsy and burial.[2]

Hexum's death was ruled accidental.[9] Hexum's mother later received an out-of-court settlement from Twentieth Century Fox Television and Glenn Larson Productions, the production team behind Cover Up.[1]

Four weeks after Hexum's death, Cover Up resumed airing without Hexum's character, Mac Harper, who was killed in action. The return episode also featured a tribute to Hexum.[10] Antony Hamilton replaced Hexum as the show's new male lead. [11] Cover Up was canceled after its first season due to low ratings.[12]

thanks guys! Curiosity satiated :)

Be sure to tuck her ^ in, and make sure she stays warm tonight! I want one!!!!!

^^^nice, now go and shoot it :D

Ha thanks I cant wait to take it out, But Work is crazy right now I only have 9 days off from now until July haha

DAN

I spent this weekend at Front Sight, a Firearms Training Institute outside Las Vegas, NV.

Anyone else here attended Front Sight? The instruction and curriculum were fantastic. I learned more about marksmanship and became a better shooter in two days than I ever would have expected. I highly recommend it.

There were 500 other trainees there, every one open-carrying for the entire weekend. I shot a few hundred rounds, and had hours and hours of quality instruction. I will go and attend another course, hopefully later this summer. If anyone else here has attended Front Sight I'd really like to hear about your experience.

I have this on order and should be here this month.

http://www.gunsite.co.za/content/wp-...Untitled-2.jpg

I've recently gone a little nuts

Glock 22
Glock 21c
S&W model 642 .38 special
1942 Mosin-Nagant
Norinco SKS converted to monte carlo stock w/ bipod
Polish AK47 w/ milled receiver and gas shut off for grenade launcher
Big *** gun safe
Coming soon:
Saiga-12 semi auto 12ga shot gun
Colt ar15 m4
Springfield 1911 milspec.

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Originally Posted by frost (Post 514790)

http://guns.wicked96ss.com/rich_grip...0021-4_jpg.jpg

Frost is that yours? Ive been thinking of getting a kimber instead of a springfield but they are so expensive. Also, there is a guy here in the valley that makes a custom 1911 called the Big Bore 1911. Smoothest gun I have ever shot in my life. Almost no recoil.