Just cause it is training, don't be foolish

[RicInOR]

Instructor injured in sheriff's use-of-force drill

Hackney says Kovacs took the blank gun from the instructor's waistband and placed it against the instructor's back and fired. He says there was no projectile, just a blank. But it had gunpowder, which penetrated Williams' skin.

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[nwslopoke]

I recall something like that killed Brandon Lee on a movie set. We were warned in the Air Force using blanks in training they could be deadly. I had some cook off firing full auto.

 

[AK0perator47]

Instructor injured in sheriff's use-of-force drill

He obviously forgot about RULE number one! Then he neglected RULE number two. And well heck let's go with a hat trick; he blatantly disregarded RULE number three!

 

[Certaindeaf]

Plasma is a myth.

not really

 

[Connor Murphy]

Plasma is a myth.

not really

Plasma may not be a myth but sometimes I think common sense is.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Plasma may not be a myth but sometimes I think common sense is.

Indeed. you always want to buy "low-flash" ammo for close quarters/contact range work.

not

 

[Andy54Hawken]

One of the troubles with blanks.. Is that some folks get into the mindset of : "Aw there just blanks..."
Saw this a a lot in the Army , usually from guys who haven't been to combat yet.
Andy

 

[AK0perator47]

One of the troubles with blanks.. Is that some folks get into the mindset of : "Aw there just blanks..."
Saw this a a lot in the Army , usually from guys who haven't been to combat yet.
Andy

You are so accurate with that statement!

 

[ikemay]

"Just cause it is training, don't be foolish"

Like this guy:

Instagram post by ENDO • Sep 27, 2017 at 5:25pm UTC

 

[Stomper]

One of the troubles with blanks.. Is that some folks get into the mindset of : "Aw there just blanks..."
Saw this a a lot in the Army , usually from guys who haven't been to combat yet.
Andy

I remember in basic training when we were getting introduced to M16 blanks and blank-adapters. The instructor placed a paper cup over the a mounted blank adapter and fired one off.... POOF!

Then he said, "think... that's what'll happen to your hand or face if you screw around with these things." I've heard of it happening, but (fortunately) I never saw a training causality occur from a blank being fired (with or w/o an adaptor) or training grenade.

 

[ikemay]

I recall something like that killed Brandon Lee on a movie set. We were warned in the Air Force using blanks in training they could be deadly. I had some cook off firing full auto.

Another example here:
Jon-Erik Hexum's Fatal Joke

 

[KKG]

One of the troubles with blanks.. Is that some folks get into the mindset of : "Aw there just blanks..."
Saw this a a lot in the Army , usually from guys who haven't been to combat yet.
Andy

Andy; I've added my 'like' to your post only because they don't have a place for 100-1,000 likes. I started life in the Army in Basic at Ft. Lewis WA with an M-14 which had been "adapted" to Full Automatic Rifle status. Even though we were using blanks I always did a demo showing what those "Blanks" would/could do. I finished up Basic with an M-16 which offered Full Auto all the time but I did the demo just the same. It Just wasn't as impressive with the Squirt Gun as it was with the M-14!!! Glad you made it back.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Glad you made home as well KKG!
Andy

 

[Sgt Nambu]

"Just cause it is training, don't be foolish"

Like this guy:

Instagram post by ENDO • Sep 27, 2017 at 5:25pm UTC

LOLOL!!! Si Senor!!!

 

[DenimChicken]

This is why there is a 5m minimum engagement distance with blanks.

 

[ZmanZ]

I always liked simunution training better I think I spelt it wrong but that stuff hurt in both pistol and rifle made you not want to get hit with blanks it is to easy to get complacent

 

[Caveman Jim]

One of the troubles with blanks.. Is that some folks get into the mindset of : "Aw there just blanks..."
Saw this a a lot in the Army , usually from guys who haven't been to combat yet.
Andy

Well when I was in the service we used a blank adapter for our m-16s. The only problems we had when using the blanks was that dogon muzzle device caught on everything!!!! The screw in piece was like the screw on a C-clamp.... Yeah, we on occasion had problems during firing training....

The new once have a ring on the screw....

 

[Andy54Hawken]

We had that lousy catch on everything "C" clamp style adapter as well...made sense , to someone else.
Andy

 

[KKG]

We had that lousy catch on everything "C" clamp style adapter as well...made sense , to someone else.
Andy

I cut off many of the "handles" and filed screwdriver slots in the critters. That was during Basic since we got stuck with the M-16 for the last two weeks. Thankfully I didn't see another M-16 until my arrival in the RVN. There I ended up Inspecting some 40K but never saw another Blank Firing Device. Silly me, I joined an Active Reserve unit shortly after returning to The World and I was back to filing slots again!

PS: Oh ya. That WAS one of the Dumbest Things I ever did but I did it for a friend so I guess it's OKAY.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Yikes!...Well at least you had experience to solve the problem...
Andy