Talk:Blank (cartridge)

message: Neutrality?
I think that the writer has tried to point out his opinion of how dangerous they are rather than handing out the sole facts
:The lethal potential of blanks isn't an opinion, it's a fact, as evidenced by those who have been killed by their misuse.  The level of emphasis may seem high, but I think that's more due to the short length of the article rather than the length of the warning.  The most visible use of blank cartrdiges is in movies and television, and people don't see the behind-the-scenes effort that goes into ensuring that the blanks are used safely.  Perhaps expanding that section further with information on firearms handling in movies might make more informative and less alarmist sounding.  scot 15:10, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headline text 

message: I went ahead and changed around the ordering of the sections. --Jtgibson 20:35, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganisation 

message: Blank is a descriptor, and sometimes used as a term for the round, but there's no need for the parenthesis when the two words form an unambiguous name.  If there's no objections, I'll move the page. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 01:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me.  scot 18:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  move to "blank cartridge"? 

message: There is a lot of trivia on this page, none of which seems to be notable enough to have affect the article's subject matter. I think it should be moved/removed. Arthurrh 22:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: What is the difference between a blank and a Dummy round (Military dummies)?  --George100 09:15, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: These days the term snapcap seems to have replaced dummy round. I don't hear people in training videos talk about "dummy rounds" but they do talk about "snapcaps". I guess snapcap is technically a brand of dummy round but like Kleenix is used often to many any tissue paper regardless of brand, snapcap is used to refer to any dummy round. I've got some dummy .38 specials, same shape as real ones but much lighter and totally inert. They were listed for sale as snapcaps not dummy rounds. In fact it would never have occurred to me to search for "dummy rounds" as no one in the videos I watched ever used that term.20:35, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Dummy round

message: FMJ and AP are used to describe rounds in one of the figure captions but aren't defined - presumably they're acronyms?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pbhj (talk • contribs) 15:01, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undefined acronyms 

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message: I have removed the mention of the death of stuntman Johann Ofner and added a commented out note not to put it in until the cause is known. This article is about blanks but the entry claimed the prop gun had been loaded with live ammunition. In any case the cited reference did not support this statement. 167.123.240.35 (talk) 23:38, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you've mis-read the source.   See also:  From what I've read about blank-firing guns, they would need to be modified to handle actual bullets. As with the shooting of Brandon Lee, it doesn't take a bullet for a gunshot to be fatal. Unless there's any further doubt, the entry looks appropriate. Felsic2 (talk) 01:49, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't misread the source, but the entry in this article said "The firearm used was meant to contain a blank but instead was loaded with live ammunition" which was not supported by the source. Even if it was true then it doesn't belong in this article. 167.123.240.35 (talk) 04:24, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the article said that, but not the source. I've restored the material without the offending sentence. If autopsy results show that a bullet was in the cartridge then we can delete the entry. But for the time being, the sources as simply saying he was killed by a blank. Felsic2 (talk) 22:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Johann Ofner