Party hard, pards.
Hmmmm.... .44 bullets instead of blanks? Well, that would add a lot of “realism” to the re-enactments now wouldn’t it? It could even become the new hip thing for thrill seekers to do.
LOL
No second party double checked those cartridges. Whoops.
Something a little newer....
“At a news conference Friday afternoon, Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom said investigators have identified the actor who fired live rounds during an Old-West-style cowboy shootout on Hill City’s Main Street last Friday....
Investigators say they were able to determine that the bullets were fired from a .45 handgun fired by Paul Doering, 49, Somerset, one of the actors in the cowboy shootout.”
http://www.kotaradio.com/news.asp?eid=5002&ID=9293
Wawright! It sounds like somebody went a little bit too far with the “realism” thing.
Appropriate punishments are deserved.
Your Mom is right. It was live ammo......according to a Doctor friend who treated one of the victims.
I see some big lawsuits coming to Hill City.
Small world, I used to work on the satellite system at the house and Dakota Arms. My dad was an AF pilot for 35 yrs, and I served 22 years, as a USAF pilot.
I note that the police were very careful to say that they do *not* know that any of the re-enactors or their guns were involved. If it were the accidental loading of a .44 with real bullets, we likely would know it already.
One of the rumors that I have heard is that they have not been able to find any .44 brass from a real cartridge. Blank cartridge brass is quite different than that used for live .44 rounds.