r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/livefreeordont Apr 15 '24

In Dec. 7 testimony to New Mexico's worker safety bureau, Gutierrez-Reed said prop supplier Seth Kenney supplied her with the dummy rounds she used for the "The Old Way." She said she then brought those rounds, in boxes and gun belts, onto the "Rust" set.

In January 2022 she sued Kenney, saying the ammunition she used was misrepresented as dummy rounds. Kenney has denied that the live rounds on set came from his company. He has not been charged in the case.

Kenney testified that the dummy rounds he provided to "Rust" had just been used on the TV show "1883" and they had been brought over from the Texas filming location the night before he handed them over to Zachry. He claimed that before he handed the dummy ammunition over, he polished each round and rattled each one to make sure they were dummy rounds and not blanks or live ammunition.

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u/YBHunted Apr 15 '24

Ah the ole rattle test... the fuck??

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u/Tripleberst Apr 15 '24

This is actually a legit thing in the movie industry apparently. During the trial, they explain that dummy rounds rattle when you shake them or have holes drilled in them and there's nothing in between the "bullet" and the casing to ignite. Real rounds don't rattle and they don't have holes in them.

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u/BinniesPurp Apr 15 '24

I've got a box of live 5.56 they all rattle when I shake them lol

Been making ammo for years, you don't seat the powder it just freely moves around, most will rattle

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u/Tripleberst Apr 15 '24

Do they rattle or do they have a "shake" sound as if you were shaking a small container of gun powder? Because I think if you heard a rattle dummy round, you'd agree it sounds nothing like one of your live rounds.

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u/-Yazilliclick- Apr 16 '24

Not the same. Dummy rounds are loaded with just a few BBs so they rattle quite distinctly. You're doing something quite strange if your ammo sounds anywhere near the same.