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Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by sholikay(m): 8:30am On Oct 22, 2021
Previous thread: https://www.nairaland.com/6814625/alec-baldwin-fatally-shoots-woman

Sequel to the news on front page about film actor "Alec Baldwin" accidentally shooting the film cinematographer "Halyna Hutchins" for his movie "Rust". I want to share with us what a prop gun is ,how it works,and how it can be fatal or cause death...


First, it’s important to understand what the term “prop gun” means in this context. People tend to assume it refers to non-functional weapons of the sort used in theatrical performances, or toy guns that fire caps to produce smoke. And while it’s true that those are also prop guns, the term also applies to real guns that are used as props.

The reason a production would use a real gun is simple: Verisimilitude. As firearms instructor Dave Brown wrote for American Cinematographer magazine in 2019, real firearms add authenticity to close-up shots in particular. Anyone who’s ever held a gun can confirm that a real gun looks, weighs and handles different from an inert prop.

But, Brown noted, they also require experts on set to make sure they’re properly handled at all times. That’s because a gun is still a gun, regardless of what’s in it. And that brings us to how a gun loaded with blanks can kill someone.

The term “blank’ is a shorthand version of the full term, blank cartridge. Notice I said cartridge and not bullet. A cartridge is a unit of ammunition fed into the barrel of a gun comprised of several parts: The casing (sometimes called a shell); propellant material (gunpowder) inside the shell; a firing pin on the bottom of the cartridge; and at the tip of the cartridge, the actual projectile (bullet) itself. Here’s an example, courtesy of Hunter-Ed.com:


When you pull the trigger, the firing pin is struck, igniting the gunpowder, causing an explosion of superhot gasses that propels the bullet out of the barrel. The shell casing is then expelled from the gun as a new cartridge is loaded into the chamber,

A blank is a cartridge that has all of that except for the projectile at the tip. Instead the tip is crimped or otherwise sealed with paper wadding or wax to hold in the gunpowder. Which means, theoretically, when you pull the trigger, you’ll get the bang, recoil, muzzle flash, and an ejected shell, without the deadly supersonic bullet ending whatever you pointed the gun at.

But, remember when we mentioned muzzle flash and superheated gas? That is still very much being expelled from the gun. And bullet or no bullet, that means anything near the end of that barrel is in danger.


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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Baawaa(m): 8:35am On Oct 22, 2021
They don't need real guns in movies

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by GoldenJAT(m): 8:46am On Oct 22, 2021
Quite a technical analysis!

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Trailblazer1(m): 8:46am On Oct 22, 2021
In Summary, Prop guns are also very deadly.



My advice:
Don't use real guns in movies.

If you must use real guns, use only rubber bullets.

No matter how real a movie looks, we all know it's still acted.

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by SportsHD: 8:47am On Oct 22, 2021
Too easy
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Bantino(m): 8:47am On Oct 22, 2021
Informative, but the incident was quite unfortunate. RIP lady

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by slawormiir: 8:47am On Oct 22, 2021
Damnnn niggar
Isoright
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by ValCon888: 8:47am On Oct 22, 2021
Feel so bad for Alec Baldwin. One of my favourite actors.

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by sholikay(m): 8:47am On Oct 22, 2021
Baawaa:
They don't need real guns in movies
well, according to the post,real guns makes the movie more perfect...they were not fortunate to handle it well,by getting firearms expert to supervise....the real gun weren't loaded with live ammunition that has bullet/projectile..it was just a blank cartridge, that only has tendency of creating harm at close range.

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by MidaserveNG: 8:47am On Oct 22, 2021
Keep your eyes open shocked
Protect yourself, your business plus your loved ones
Person injure for film, remember Jackie Chan - it's real.
Person die for film, remember Heath Ledger - it's real
sholikay:
Previous thread: https://www.nairaland.com/6814625/alec-baldwin-fatally-shoots-woman




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As God dey safeguard you, also provide some security for yourself.
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by IbrahimSkiba(f): 8:47am On Oct 22, 2021
cheesy reading
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by paskal16: 8:48am On Oct 22, 2021
De
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by lesbiconverter: 8:48am On Oct 22, 2021
Baawaa:
They don't need real guns in movies
It's prop gun not real
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Tolulopefinest(m): 8:49am On Oct 22, 2021
Who else Still don't understand what prop guns means even after reading this ? sad

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by AmazingELixir: 8:49am On Oct 22, 2021
undecided
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by michlins(m): 8:49am On Oct 22, 2021
What will he be charged with

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by YorubaKinging: 8:49am On Oct 22, 2021
The end is near

Islam will dealt a worldwide huge blow

Countries like Bangladesh who are core Muslims are going to revert to thier secular constitution.

Islam is a deadly religion full of fanatics

Even the liberal ones amongst them get triggered when you abuse thier Mohammed

Very soon Europe will lead an incursion to Islamic countries and will take over many countries not a few

Egypt will not be left and Nigeria will not be saved .

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Lamasta(m): 8:49am On Oct 22, 2021
They should stop using real l/prop guns on set biko
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Aidejay(m): 8:51am On Oct 22, 2021
na wah.
EVEN AFTER READING THROUGH THE POST.
Baawaa:
They don't need real guns in movies
undecided

for people that are still confused.

A prop gun can be
1. fake gun that looks like a real one, doesn't fire anything, only there to imitate.
or
2. a real gun, with blank cartridge inside.

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by paskal16: 8:51am On Oct 22, 2021
michlins:
What will he be charged with
it’s a prop gun sir
meaning it’s an accident most likely
He might not be charged

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by lordm(m): 8:52am On Oct 22, 2021
This is what native doctors use to fool people that want gun jazz (Odeshi).

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Nobody: 8:52am On Oct 22, 2021
Tolulopefinest:
Who else Still don't understand what prop guns means even after reading this ? sad

I don't

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by MrBONE2(m): 8:53am On Oct 22, 2021
To avoid any future mistakes in movie, Movie Producers should avoid using any Guns on set and will advised that they start using Guwara Guwara cheesy

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by michlins(m): 8:53am On Oct 22, 2021
paskal16:
it’s a prop gun sir meaning it’s an accident
He might not be charged
someone is dead and someone will have to take responsibility

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Timoleon(m): 8:53am On Oct 22, 2021
It’s real gun
lesbiconverter:
It's prop gun not real
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by lesbiconverter: 8:53am On Oct 22, 2021
paskal16:
it’s a prop gun sir meaning it’s an accident
He might not be charged

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by EmmaLege: 8:53am On Oct 22, 2021
shocked shocked shocked
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Onyenna(m): 8:54am On Oct 22, 2021
Ike gwuru .....

Same way Bruce Lee’s only son, Brandon Lee died in 1993 on a movie set...........


It’s a pity.........
Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by Timoleon(m): 8:55am On Oct 22, 2021
Items used on the set of a movie production are called props. A gun used on the set of a movie production is called prop gun. The production could however employ the use of a real gun or toy gun as their prop. In this instance, a real gun was used but was not properly supervised and monitored leading up to a fatality.
Tolulopefinest:
Who else Still don't understand what prop guns means even after reading this ? sad

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Re: Alec Baldwin Shooting: What You Should Know About "Prop Guns" by KingDash: 8:55am On Oct 22, 2021
ValCon888:
Feel so bad for Alec Baldwin. One of my favourite actors.
person die?

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