I love various blank-fire devices. My favs being made by a now defunct company called ssroom. They made blank fire german MP-40's and their version of the russian PPsh-41/44. Nowadays a company called NJ Sekela makes/sells the "Bfong"(Blank Fire Only Non Gun) mp-40 under authorization of ssrooms owner. There are also other options available through companies like Indianapolis Ordnance and Dun-rite armory.But..they are way expensive :(.
I had one of these, if I'm not mistaken they are made by Bruni. They are of poor quality, they keep jamming, in the end it broke, something broke inside, I don't know what, I gave up on it. I also had a few pistols and revolvers from Bruni, the same poor quality.
Yes! Stuff some talkum powder in the bb gun shell and put a small amount of wax on top. When shooting, a white puff of smoke will leave the barrel. A loud bang can be added in post production.
Erma 22 cal from the 70s if ya can find, winchester copy, bruni 8 mm no so good..I just use 5 in 1 in my 92 winchester..outdoor shows only, its so loud even with low loads..model guns for indoor or theatre are ok..
Duh! I'VE CONVERTED dozens (maybe over a hundred) of rifles to blank-only firing by installing "cartridge blocks" and offset barrel "plugs". Any professional armorer knows you don't use normal cartridges in blank guns, you use very short blank cartridges with a very few grains of Bullseye in them for the SFX guys to "sync" to and for SAFETY. A primer alone makes the spent gases leave the muzzle at more than 5000 FPS. Five TV actors and Hollywood actors have killed themselves or others playing with primer loads in offset bore blank guns. Crimped paper wads are FAR safer (they look like tampons and expand when fired like mini-parachutes). I loaded 35,000 .44/40 blank loads for a major Western movie of the 1980's. I converted the British Lee-Enfield Mk4 rifles (NOT carbines) for a major WWII movie of last Century. The most hazardous blank cartridge/gun combo is the .22 snub-nose revolver as the blank .22 rimfire gases exit the muzzle at over 4000 FPS. One of the Epper Brothers was shot (with a ballistic vest on) in the abdomen with a .22 blank and he was hospitalized for nearly 6 months and almost died. The blunt-force pneumatic trauma almost blew him up like a balloon. A now dead but VERY famous actor put the barrel against his shirt and fired, and paid Epper almost $3.5 million dollars to settle.
Most of my rental clients are theaters or indie films that don't want anything that's legally a firearm, and can't afford professionally modified high-end props (or else they'd be going to ISS, or Weapons Specialists, or one of the other big houses). BolandFX has easy Hollywood adapters and blanks for many real weapons, but that limited their use.. That's where the blank-fire-only props like the Bruni lever action fill a niche - I can mail it without an FFL, to a school (again, no real guns allowed) doing Annie Get Your Gun, and it's incapable of firing anything out the front or of chambering any standard live ammo. It'll just lose some parts and jam sometimes. And I can't offer anything similar to, say, a theatre doing a modern Coriolanus and wanting some military-looking rifles for the Romans and Vulscians.
Good informative video I was actually going to pick up one of those lever action rifles now I'm second-guessing doing so thanks for the info
there's a south African company that makes blank ak's called Alripax
I love various blank-fire devices. My favs being made by a now defunct company called ssroom. They made blank fire german MP-40's and their version of the russian PPsh-41/44. Nowadays a company called NJ Sekela makes/sells the "Bfong"(Blank Fire Only Non Gun) mp-40 under authorization of ssrooms owner. There are also other options available through companies like Indianapolis Ordnance and Dun-rite armory.But..they are way expensive :(.
Didn't realize SSRoom had gone out of business. Yeah, those were always in a price point that I tend to forget they were even options...
Over here in the UK, it's really difficult getting ANY blank fire rifles. I belong to a cowboy re enactment club, and we are after a BF Winchester.
Yeah, with things. like the VCR act, even if you can get one legally, the limited market means less people selling I suppose.
I had one of these, if I'm not mistaken they are made by Bruni. They are of poor quality, they keep jamming, in the end it broke, something broke inside, I don't know what, I gave up on it. I also had a few pistols and revolvers from Bruni, the same poor quality.
Agreed. Bruni's one of my least-favorite brands... but there are some things only they sell, so...
They also have the 9 m m grease guns in blank fire
Do u know what shop sells?
So it’s safer to buy an umarex 1894 BB gun that can shell eject than by a bruni.
If you just want the shell loading/ejecting and not the bang, then yes.
Yes! Stuff some talkum powder in the bb gun shell and put a small amount of wax on top. When shooting, a white puff of smoke will leave the barrel.
A loud bang can be added in post production.
I don't know why they didn't make those lever actions in 9 mm p a k
I wonder if they originally did... most of their top vent 8mm US models were originally 9mm front vent elsewhere.
Erma 22 cal from the 70s if ya can find, winchester copy, bruni 8 mm no so good..I just use 5 in 1 in my 92 winchester..outdoor shows only, its so loud even with low loads..model guns for indoor or theatre are ok..
I want to rent one
www.fightdesigner.com has 'em
Duh! I'VE CONVERTED dozens (maybe over a hundred) of rifles to blank-only firing by installing "cartridge blocks" and offset barrel "plugs". Any professional armorer knows you don't use normal cartridges in blank guns, you use very short blank cartridges with a very few grains of Bullseye in them for the SFX guys to "sync" to and for SAFETY. A primer alone makes the spent gases leave the muzzle at more than 5000 FPS. Five TV actors and Hollywood actors have killed themselves or others playing with primer loads in offset bore blank guns. Crimped paper wads are FAR safer (they look like tampons and expand when fired like mini-parachutes). I loaded 35,000 .44/40 blank loads for a major Western movie of the 1980's. I converted the British Lee-Enfield Mk4 rifles (NOT carbines) for a major WWII movie of last Century. The most hazardous blank cartridge/gun combo is the .22 snub-nose revolver as the blank .22 rimfire gases exit the muzzle at over 4000 FPS. One of the Epper Brothers was shot (with a ballistic vest on) in the abdomen with a .22 blank and he was hospitalized for nearly 6 months and almost died. The blunt-force pneumatic trauma almost blew him up like a balloon. A now dead but VERY famous actor put the barrel against his shirt and fired, and paid Epper almost $3.5 million dollars to settle.
Most of my rental clients are theaters or indie films that don't want anything that's legally a firearm, and can't afford professionally modified high-end props (or else they'd be going to ISS, or Weapons Specialists, or one of the other big houses). BolandFX has easy Hollywood adapters and blanks for many real weapons, but that limited their use.. That's where the blank-fire-only props like the Bruni lever action fill a niche - I can mail it without an FFL, to a school (again, no real guns allowed) doing Annie Get Your Gun, and it's incapable of firing anything out the front or of chambering any standard live ammo. It'll just lose some parts and jam sometimes. And I can't offer anything similar to, say, a theatre doing a modern Coriolanus and wanting some military-looking rifles for the Romans and Vulscians.
Afin de l'armée, ou vider les cartouches, il faut la tenir horizontalement,
et pas à l'envers... °o°