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© Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Film armorer blames ammo supplier in deadly "Rust" shooting
By MORGAN LEE SANTA FE, New Mexico©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Peter Neil
Anyone who has ever handled a weapon knows the difference between a live and blank round. It’s a pathetic excuse from someone who only had one job to do.
Azzprin
Is this an attempt to pass the blame off the set ?
IF the supplier had included live rounds in the box, the box should have been checked when opened before handing out the rounds for filiming
Anyone with proper firearm training and experience would have noticed the difference between live, dummy and blank rounds.
nandakandamanda
Since dummy rounds can be spotted during loading in live action on camera, there is a special dummy round that looks externally like a live round, apparently.
Harry_Gatto
Generally speaking, a live round has a bullet in one end of the casing and a blank does not, the ends of the blank casing are crimped so it only goes "bang" when fired and ejects only some sparks and small debris. the difference in appearance and weight is very easy to see/feel.
A dummy round however looks just like a live round in that it has a bullet in one end of the casing but contains no, let's call it "explosive", so it cannot be fired. The weight difference between the two is very small and pretty much impossible to detect by hand.
Hence:-
Blacklabel
Anything to protect Baldwin.
he finally says he agreed to turn over his phone next week.
WA4TKG
It everyone’s fault BUT the person who pulled the Trigger; just what I expected when I heard who was involved