There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon have announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army officer who shot up Fo…
When you fire a weapon with a blank there’s less kickback (to the point where you’d notice the difference in recoil based on what you braced for vs what you got). At least, on all the weapons I trained on. Could depend on the weapon I guess though.
I didn’t mean to say it wasn’t a thing, just that given what I have experienced I feel like you’d know if you’d shot a blank or not. It might psychologically make pulling the trigger easier but I don’t think it changes the end result.
I think the tradition is to have one blank bullet in one of the rifles so people can kid themselves into believing they didn’t kill someone.
In my experience, firing a blank doesn’t feel like firing a live bullet.
I imagine there’s no kickback? Maybe it’s an urban legend, or it helps at least pull the trigger, hoping you’ve got the blank.
Edit: Looks legit. https://www.standard.net/police-fire/courts/2017/apr/10/how-utahs-execution-by-firing-squad-works/
When you fire a weapon with a blank there’s less kickback (to the point where you’d notice the difference in recoil based on what you braced for vs what you got). At least, on all the weapons I trained on. Could depend on the weapon I guess though.
I didn’t mean to say it wasn’t a thing, just that given what I have experienced I feel like you’d know if you’d shot a blank or not. It might psychologically make pulling the trigger easier but I don’t think it changes the end result.
Also depends on the load in the blank; they can vary the amount of powder. But yes, an experienced rifleman can probably tell.