Actors are going to be scared to have blanks fired at them for years, understandably
Which, as I posited elsewhere, could result in guns going the way of cigarettes in movies.
Many ‘prop guns’ cannot be made to chamber or fire real ammunition. These are what they should be using, rather than just blanks. This isn’t much of a problem if you have a common firearm, as there is most likely a ‘prop gun’ made for the type. It gets more difficult if you’re using period, or one-off firearms.
One beef I have with hollyweird and related media, is that if someone is seen carrying a firearm, it =will= be used during the course of the program.
Just once, I’d like to see an average joe in a flick that packs CC, and then never actually uses it. I carry every day. I’ve never fired my carry weapon except at a range or other safe, legal, place to do so.
I am the norm, yet you’d never know that from watching TV and movies.