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Unread 12-16-2016, 04:30 PM   #11
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The "blaster rifles" the stormtroopers carried were modified Sterling machine guns.
Some fired blanks from a short five or ten round magazine.
In some scenes of the first movie you can see spent blanks ejecting and on the floor. (Most visible during the scene where Luke and Leia swing across the chasm.)
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