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Originally Posted by 911Ghia View Post
Day before they were doing insert shots of the gun being loaded, which required complete rounds with bullets. There was no powder in the case only a primer. One of the crew squeezed one off while putting it away, that drove the bullet into the barrel. Next day was the sound shoot with blanks which drove the bullet the rest of the way into the history books.

Rich

They did not have a full time arms expert on set
Why is a projectile even used? I would have thought a blank used a wax cap or something similar, to prevent injuries.
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