tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540162652707616108.post2348965245229191425..comments2024-01-16T17:26:15.321-05:00Comments on Legion's Fate: Malice Aforethought Gun ViolenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02544360303504618447noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540162652707616108.post-32498059656043146462010-06-09T15:20:52.725-04:002010-06-09T15:20:52.725-04:00"Up to the moment you are actually pulling th..."Up to the moment you are actually pulling the trigger, you can tell yourself that YOU have the blank."<br /><br />Good point. Hadn't thought of that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544360303504618447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540162652707616108.post-87782097932370464412010-06-09T14:08:47.202-04:002010-06-09T14:08:47.202-04:00First, the "one gun is loaded with a blank&qu...First, the "one gun is loaded with a blank" is for plausible self-deniability. Up to the moment you are actually pulling the trigger, you can tell yourself that YOU have the blank.<br /><br />I believe that proper bulleted blanks (wood tips) recoil (those are how they got machinegns to cycle without blank adaptors, including recoil operated MGs) -- I've never paid attention the times I've fired one through a bolt action rifle.<br /><br />While you can add a shredder to the muzzle to ensure teh wood bullet breaks up, my reenacting unit's main machinegun guy (he's a Tiutle II manufacturer) did some tests and discovered he couldn;t get penetration on paper at 3-4 feet with them and no shredder.Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328915597574377444noreply@blogger.com