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Posted on 10/19/2015 10:23:51 AM PDT by Beowulf9
TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) — An actor staging a historical gunfight in the Old West town of Tombstone and a bystander were shot with live rounds during a show that was supposed to use blanks, leading officials to call for the re-enactments popular with tourists to be put on hold.
The shooting happened Sunday afternoon as two performers from the Tombstone Vigilante group re-enacted a gunfight in the 19th century mining town made famous by Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the O.K. Corral.
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I’ve heard that people in Tombstone say that some tourists decided to visit, because of the Star Trek episode which featured the gunfight at OK Corral.
Happened at an amusement park near here a while back.
Ghost Town gunslinger wounded during staged fight
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/11147-ghost-town-gunslinger-wounded-during-staged-fight
Nobody had it in for Brandon.
In the scene in which Lee was accidentally shot, Lee’s character walks into his apartment and discovers his fiancée being beaten and raped by thugs. Actor Michael Massee’s character fires a .44 Magnum revolver at Lee as he walks into the room. A previous scene using the same gun had called for inert dummy cartridges fitted with bullets (but no powder or percussion primer) to be loaded in the revolver for a close-up scene; for film scenes which utilize a revolver (where the bullets are visible from the front) and do not require the gun to actually be fired, dummy cartridges provide the realistic appearance of actual rounds. Instead of purchasing commercial dummy cartridges, the film’s prop crew created their own by pulling the bullets from live rounds, dumping the powder charge then reinserting the bullets. However, they unknowingly or unintentionally left the live percussion primer in place at the rear of the cartridge. At some point during filming the revolver was apparently discharged with one of these improperly-deactivated cartridges in the chamber, setting off the primer with enough force to drive the bullet partway into the barrel, where it became stuck (a condition known as a squib load). The prop crew either failed to notice this or failed to recognize the significance of this issue.
In the fatal scene, which called for the revolver to be actually fired at Lee from a distance of 3.6 - 4.5 meters (12–15 feet), the dummy cartridges were exchanged with blank rounds, which feature a live powder charge and primer, but no bullet, thus allowing the gun to be fired without the risk of an actual projectile. But since the bullet from the dummy round was already trapped in the barrel, this caused the .44 Magnum bullet to be fired out of the barrel with virtually the same force as if the gun had been loaded with a live round, and it struck Lee in the abdomen, mortally wounding him. He was rushed to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina where he underwent 6 hours of surgery. However, attempts to save him were unsuccessful, and Lee was pronounced dead at 1:03 p.m. EST. The shooting was ruled an accident.
I'll have to tease my friend about this, she's decended from them.
ACTORS - Not smart enough to load blanks when conducting a re-enactment; but they're always willing to tell you how to live every facet of your life, including voting.
“Maybe it wasn’t a mistake. Maybe the Clantons got sick of losing every time!”
I’m thinking of that South Park one where the South re-enacters are sick of losing...
Oh, I think it’s more than a mistake.
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Rumor has it that the gun used (a 44 mag) had a squib load fired previously in it (primer, no powder) which lodged a bullet in the bore. Once a blank was put behind it during the filming, out it came.
There are also those not smart enough to know that the dif between a live round and a blank is like the dif between a cat and a dog -- pretty obvious.
Most reenactments require weapons inspections before event scenarios take place. Complete breakdown here that will cost the organizers and the responsible group dearly.
Here's a pic of what is known in the business as a 5-in1 blank. It fits 3 revolvers and 2 rifles that are common to cowboy movies and have been used for decades.
There's a big hole with a cardboard wad comering the end or a crimp in others. But no lead/copper projectile. Easy to see...
I do remember a similar show....maybe murder she wrote??
Damn method actors.
Wow! What year was that taken. Have lived in Cochise County for over 20 years and don’t remember it looking like that!
Why *wouldn't* Wyatt be happy? His entire career was formed on enforcing "no guns policies"...
the infowarrior
Because of a real bullet in a gun slated for only a re-enactment in Tombstone. His plan was to stop shootings in Tombstone by eliminating guns there.
The Tombstone Vigilantes aren’t exactly known for their smarts, or their sobriety - take it from a former resident of the “Town too Tough to Die”
That is an inconvenient truth!
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