MajorHoople
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I watched the entire program and I must admit I was quite impressed by Alec Baldwin. It was an award winning performance.
I watched the entire program and I must admit I was quite impressed by Alec Baldwin. It was an award winning performance.
I watched the entire program and I must admit I was quite impressed by Alec Baldwin. It was an award winning performance.
I think it's pretty obvious the armorer here was hired because her father is an experienced armorer. She herself barely had any experience. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this particular gun was not in the best of shapes. I believe the gun misfired just like Baldwin says.A poster up-thread described it well, can't find it so will try.
With a pistol of this style, a revolver AFAIK, you pull the hammer back with your thumb. This is called cocking the pistol. Usually the hammer stays put.
After that, you squeeze the trigger with your index finger, which drops the hammer & launches the bullet.
Takes both steps to launch the bullet/projectile.
In some pistols -- the hammer can fall & launch that bullet without you touching the trigger.
Old, worn pistols; poorly maintained pistols; some brands are probably more likely to have this happen than others.
Don't know where the Pietta falls in this spectrum?
Didn't the armorer have an accidental discharge of this pistol during this project but before the death?
Faulty pistol, perhaps, or a risky brand?
(We are Sturm, Ruger people. From their website regarding Sturm, Ruger revolvers: Transfer bar mechanism provides an unparalleled measure of security against accidental discharge. Ruger® Firearms )
Now how does a professional armorer keep a faulty or risky pistol on a set?
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I would have been more impressed if he had made liquid come out of his eyes in the crying scenes.I watched the entire program and I must admit I was quite impressed by Alec Baldwin. It was an award winning performance.
There are quotes by AB earlier in the thread where he talks about his “gun slinging skills” and in this most recent interview he says he has as much experience with guns as anyone with 40 years on sets.snipped
I also don't know how many projects he has done where he used a gun. He himself may be inexperienced with guns on set.
What do his gun slinging skills have to do with any of it? He didn't know he was given a gun loaded with a real bullet. Furthermore, the type of gun he was given can misfire (per the expert).There are quotes by AB earlier in the thread where he talks about his “gun slinging skills” and in this most recent interview he says he has as much experience with guns as anyone with 40 years on sets.
What are you arguing about here? You don't think he is actually upset over what happened? Clearly he didn't intend to shoot anyone. Any normal person is going to be upset if they un-intentionally/accidentally killed someone. He was given the gun he was told was not loaded with real bullets. He was practicing a scene from the movie. He was clearly not intending for any of it to happen.I would have been more impressed if he had made liquid come out of his eyes in the crying scenes.
Ok ok I agree, I was kidding in my response to @MajorHoople, it was an award winning performance!What are you arguing about here? You don't think he is actually upset over what happened? Clearly he didn't intend to shoot anyone. Any normal person is going to be upset if they un-intentionally/accidentally killed someone. He was given the gun he was told was not loaded with real bullets. He was practicing a scene from the movie. He was clearly not intending for any of it to happen.
You are attacking my answer but ignoring the question about AB’s gun skills.What do his gun slinging skills have to do with any of it? He didn't know he was given a gun loaded with a real bullet. Furthermore, the type of gun he was given can misfire (per the expert).
He had enough gun skills to pretend (act) on camera he knew what he was doing. I don't think he claims to be an actual firearm expert.You are attacking my answer but ignoring the question about AB’s gun skills.
Alec Baldwin Not in the Clear on 'Rust' Investigation, D.A. Reacts to Interview
She tells TMZ ... "Everyone involved in the handling and use of firearms on the set had a duty to behave in a manner such that the safety of others was protected, and it appears that certain actions and inactions contributed to this outcome."
Her Office, along with the Sheriff's Dept., hasn't completed their probe yet ... and she's making it clear no decisions have been made about exactly who could be charged. She says, "Once I have had the opportunity to review the complete investigation, certain individuals may be criminally culpable for his/her actions and/or inactions on the set of Rust."
This is a replica gun, not a vintage gun.The type of gun he was using absolutely could misfire per the expert.
"“This is a single action and you can very easily accidentally pull the hammer back quickly if riding through brush. And it would, it would end up if it did not catch halfcocked, it would fire and there were many injured with their own pistols,” said Robert Theige, a vintage gun expert."
Will Alec Baldwin face charges in 'Rust' movie set shooting (koat.com)
I think he's only worried about going to jail. I don't think he cares that he killed Halyna at all. JMOWhat are you arguing about here? You don't think he is actually upset over what happened? Clearly he didn't intend to shoot anyone. Any normal person is going to be upset if they un-intentionally/accidentally killed someone. He was given the gun he was told was not loaded with real bullets. He was practicing a scene from the movie. He was clearly not intending for any of it to happen.
You are attacking my answer but ignoring the question about AB’s gun skills.