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Originally Posted by NY65912

Someone please explain to me how and why live ammo was on set at all. With modern effects/tech why would it be necessary at all?

I know nothing of the film industry or their protocols involving weapons but it seems stupid to have anything live on set.

Just my .02¢

Exactly something that came up over and over again in the old threads. The story is that after filming, people were plinking with the gun. When you have a gun being used for 2 purposes, sometimes with blanks and sometimes with live ammo, it's a recipe for disaster. Et voila

Originally Posted by oldE

Is this a valid question given the number of people who carry?

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Les

I think this was an old gun in an unusual caliber, so not likely that anyone was carrying a gun that just happened to have the right caliber ammo. But maybe I'm wrong.