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Triumph

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Originally posted by: mobobuff
I thought starter pistols fired blanks? Like blasting caps?

A blasting cap is not a "blank." It will blow your fingers off.
 

mobobuff

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: mobobuff
I thought starter pistols fired blanks? Like blasting caps?

A blasting cap is not a "blank." It will blow your fingers off.

Oh wow yeah, I just imagegoogled it and they aren't what I thought they were.
 

MichaelD

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Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: mobobuff
I thought starter pistols fired blanks? Like blasting caps?

A blasting cap is not a "blank." It will blow your fingers off.

You reminded me of Monelfunkowitz; our resident gun/explosives freak. :) He used to blow up stuff on a regular basis. Whatever happened to him?
 

mobobuff

Lifer
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Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: mobobuff
I thought starter pistols fired blanks? Like blasting caps?

A blasting cap is not a "blank." It will blow your fingers off.

You reminded me of Monelfunkowitz; our resident gun/explosives freak. :) He used to blow up stuff on a regular basis. Whatever happened to him?

Who was the one that wanted to put gasoline in a microwave?
 

Triumph

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: mobobuff
I thought starter pistols fired blanks? Like blasting caps?

A blasting cap is not a "blank." It will blow your fingers off.

You reminded me of Monelfunkowitz; our resident gun/explosives freak. :) He used to blow up stuff on a regular basis. Whatever happened to him?

I blew him up and took his place. This week I'll be detonating about 50 or so landmines with shape charges. Should be fun times.
 

SSP

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: mobobuff
I thought starter pistols fired blanks? Like blasting caps?

A blasting cap is not a "blank." It will blow your fingers off.

You reminded me of Monelfunkowitz; our resident gun/explosives freak. :) He used to blow up stuff on a regular basis. Whatever happened to him?

Isnt he at Heathers forums?
 

AndrewR

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Have you ever seen a starter pistol? Imagine a revolver with a cylinder that's blocked off at the end (ie., you can load a round, but there's no exit toward the barrel). They fire the same blank rounds any regular gun would use, but there's no discharge of gas through the barrel. Admittedly, that's only seeing one starter pistol, but I suspect they're all rather similar.

I remember in the '80s when a TV star killed himself by putting a real gun with blanks to his temple and firing. The expelled gases from the round caused enough overpressure to kill him. Dumbass. Wouldn't happen with a starter pistol, but they don't look very realistic.