November 5, 2011 was Steampunk Day, held at Old Cowtown Living History Museum in Wichita, Kansas. This event is always quite interesting, as it combines Victorian style with Jules Verne-type gadgetry. This year they many interesting exhibits, including an anti-airship machine (blank) gun demonstration, and my favorite- penny-farthing races. The anti-airship machine gun demonstration…
Category Archives: Blank Firing Guns
Blank Firing Guns in Detail
Articles about blank guns: how the vent works, why front venting and top venting behave differently, which cartridges fit which chamber, and how to keep a blowback mechanism cycling after a long session. The pieces here are written for owners rather than for collectors, so they lean practical.
If you have just bought your first blank gun, start with the handling article. It covers the things that are not obvious from a product page: how hot the discharge is at close range, why eye protection matters, and why a blank gun should be treated exactly like a firearm even though it cannot chamber a round.
Handling Blank Firing Guns & Prop Guns
There is an unfortunate misunderstanding among some people about blank firing guns. This being that these guns are harmless and could never harm or kill. Sadly, people have been killed and injured with blank firing guns and it is always an unfortunate tragedy. First of all, whether a firearm is real or blank-firing makes no difference…