How does Hollywood manage to put what look like FMJ bullets through their guns? I'm assuming they rarely, if ever, shoot anything other than blanks on sets. So how do they show a belt-fed gun chewing up a chain of shiny copper-pointed bullets and dropping the links and cases out the other side?
Belt-fed blanks for Hollywood?
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killchain
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Maybe when they're filming just the gun, they ARE shooting live rounds?
It's not a long stretch to think that for something like that, they'd just set a mockup on a shooting range and shoot it for really reals.
It's not a long stretch to think that for something like that, they'd just set a mockup on a shooting range and shoot it for really reals.
One classic scene that comes to mind is the end of Rambo II, where he takes an M-60 inside a command center and dumps a belt into a wall of machines and then finishes it shooting straight up into the ceiling. Hard to imagine that being allowed with FMJs given that the actor had no protection against ricochets.
But hey, if anyone can confirm they shoot scenes with live rounds that would certainly explain how they do it so realistically!
But hey, if anyone can confirm they shoot scenes with live rounds that would certainly explain how they do it so realistically!
Jesse Heywood
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We used to call it trick photography. They do not allow non-blank ammo on a set. I have been working on some blank loads, and have to pass a 5 foot test, meaning that no part of the blank hits a target 5 feet from the muzzle.
Also, to make a gun cycle in semi or full auto, there is usually a restrictor in the barrel, which creates back-pressure to move the bolt. Some use an external muzzle attachment, some have the barrel threaded internally so the restrictor isn't seen, and some have the restrictor soldered inside the barrel. Makes it difficult to get a bullet out the barrel.
Also, to make a gun cycle in semi or full auto, there is usually a restrictor in the barrel, which creates back-pressure to move the bolt. Some use an external muzzle attachment, some have the barrel threaded internally so the restrictor isn't seen, and some have the restrictor soldered inside the barrel. Makes it difficult to get a bullet out the barrel.
Shadow 7D
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My favorite is the never ending ammo belt....
gun keeps shooting
ammo belt never moves....
gun keeps shooting
ammo belt never moves....
7.62 blanks have a extened tip that looks like a bullet sticking out of the case if you cant see them end on and the red dot tip seal. Been a bit but it seems to stick in the brain that if you look close you can see they are blanks in the Rambo flick.
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