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Especially those 9mm Sleepy Joe lung blowersMagnum primers can blow a lung out though.
There was a movie star in the 80's/90's that used a prop gun on a movie set and pretended to shoot himself in the head...he died. https://ew.com/article/1994/10/14/jon-erik-hexums-fatal-joke/An empty, primed case doesn't have a projectile to throw, and has very little gas or debris (which a blank does have).
Maybe, if the primer anvil worked loose and the barrel was was sticking in your ear...but that anvil is so damn light, it might not penetrate skin. Could certainly damage an eye, but other than that, not much risk of serious injury.
There was a movie star in the 80's/90's that used a prop gun on a movie set and pretended to shoot himself in the head...he died. https://ew.com/article/1994/10/14/jon-erik-hexums-fatal-joke/
I get what you are saying...still don't agree with it.Again: Blanks <> empty primed cases.
An empty, primed case doesn't have a projectile to throw, and has very little gas or debris (which a blank does have).
Maybe, if the primer anvil worked loose and the barrel was was sticking in your ear...but that anvil is so damn light, it might not penetrate skin. Could certainly damage an eye, but other than that, not much risk of serious injury.
Safe/not safe, not a good idea. I can just see some idiot IRL trying to imitate this with a live round for YT likes. This to me is no different than playfully pointing a pistol at your friend because it's 'empty', not a good idea.
In at least one of the cases, it was left over crud in the barrel.
Honestly my biggest concern is that if the guy that did the drop test is the one that posted the video, he's setting a pretty terrible example for others. I can see some idiot trying to recreate this on social media with live ammo.Just discussing the relative risk. Not arguing that it's a good idea.