Wednesday, May 04, 2011

A "1911" You Don't Have!

A non-gun electrically triggered squib-firing 1911!



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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can load squibs for my S&W all day, every day. But, yes, the barrel will fill with projectiles quickly. Is this a prop only gun? More details please!

5:55 PM
Michael Bane said...

Interestingly enough, there are situations where a "real" gun can't be used. It might be a locale where live guns are prohibited, or -- and I can't imagine this EVERY happening in Hollywood!!!! -- the chosen actor might have, er, a felony arrest and not be allowed by federal law to touch a live gun. Never happen, but just in case you MUST have Lindsey Lohan in her award winning role as George S. Patton...

In general, blank firing guns are still guns (this is, although they might be modified to fire blanks, they were originally a serial numbered forearm, which means they remain a "firearm" forever.

This particular "1911" is basically a cast metal model, with a battery where the magazine would be. The front part of the slide unit contains tiny pyrotechnics which are triggered electrically by the trigger. The muzzle flash from the little pyros look exactly like a gun being fired...of course the slide doesn't reciprocate, but with a little clever camera work you "see" a gun being fired. ISS now holds the patent on these pyro guns, and they have them in AKs, ARs, 1911s, etc. The ARs and AKs have 18 "rounds" of explosives; the 1911 at least 8.

Cool, huh?

mb

10:14 PM
Anonymous said...

Thanks for the explanation. Very interesting, Michael.

BTW, Did ISS mention if they have any job openings?

6:39 PM
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