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stymie · 10-26-2004, 10:34 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by unspellable:
I've often wondered how movie prop guns are made to cycle with blanks. Any body know?<hr /></blockquote>Hi unspellable,

It appears that there is a trend to make action movies outside the borders of the USA; it's getting pretty difficult to film in California due to draconian legislation.

Most live semi & select fire movie guns are blanked by having a threaded insert in the muzzle to create enough backpressure to cycle the gun. Of course, there's no need for this in revolvers.

Often, AIRSOFT & other replica pieces are used in production with special effects added later!

10-26-2004, 10:34 AM	#7
stymie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KC,MO USA Posts: 114 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by unspellable: <strong>I've often wondered how movie prop guns are made to cycle with blanks. Any body know?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Hi unspellable, It appears that there is a trend to make action movies outside the borders of the USA; it's getting pretty difficult to film in California due to draconian legislation. Most live semi & select fire movie guns are blanked by having a threaded insert in the muzzle to create enough backpressure to cycle the gun. Of course, there's no need for this in revolvers. Often, AIRSOFT & other replica pieces are used in production with special effects added later! __________________ "Irony can be pretty ironic!"