re: Guns on movie sets: “Unreasonable and unrealistic” to expect actor to check load

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I’ve gone out of my way to not blame him personally and make the point that, if SOP is to rely completely on the armorer, that probably needs to change and introduce a requirement that the actor check the magazine (or cylinder) and chamber in front of the armorer when it’s handed off. Two sets of eyes on a 5 second check.

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Maybe I'm arguing semantics but given that the armorer is the expert and the actor may not know the first thing about guns(red flag if you're counting on that person here) then shouldn't the armorer then be required to check it in front of the actor or even better, a 2nd person who actually knows what they're looking at?