dirtypool40 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Found this stuff on the range. Never seen anything like it. It looks like it's primer fired, and has some blackening at the "muzzle" end. Mikes similar to .40, larger brass cylinder slides along smaller one. Someone said it's a pricey Hollywood blank. But it's kinda heavy and well made for a one shot blank, but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 You got me!? Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbadaboom Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Simmunitions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Whoa, that really IS strange looking........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 nope, first thing I checked, no plastic cup or signs of any projectile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz-0 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 that is funky looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG WILL Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 MAYBE FOR RUBBER BULLETS? THE LARGE CALIBER (37-40MM) NON-LETHALS ARE RELOADABLE, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE USING .40 CAL LIKE THAT. STRANGE, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. I WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. BIG WILL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Brian, This could be the next question? Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 I told you it's the freakin' martians trying to find a way to convert our lowly projectile weapons to fire 40 watt plasma bursts. THEY'RE COMING!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG WILL Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 HOW ABOUT FANCY SNAPCAPS THAT FELL OUT OF A RANGE BAG? BIG WILL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 (edited) Simmunitions? That's close. I have a few of these. Ultra cool system. The rounds are fired in specially modified Glocks (just a barrel change, IIRC), and hold a charge of compressed air. I saw them being reloaded on a modified single-stage reloading press with an air line attached. They cycle the slide with the charge of air released when the firing pin strikes the base of the cartridge. I believe they can also be modified to fire paintballs if the gun is so configured. PRISM (manufacturer's website) is the name of the firing simulator I fired them on. It was a large towed travel trailer with expanding sides, and 2 rooms. In one room the operator has three CRTs. One shows what the shooter in the next room sees, one is the display for the computer that runs the whole show, and one is the view from a camera looking down at the shooter from the top of the room, over the floor-to-ceiling screen. You begin by firing a few shoots at a cross-hair on the screen to calibrate the system to detect your hits. After the exercise, the controller can display the bad guys with your hits superimposed on the screen, splits, time to first shot, etc. The shooter has a scenario played on this large screen and has to make decisions, give commands, act, react, and if necessary, shoot the miscreants. There are also 2 short stub walls on either side of the room to encourage the use of cover. The camera above the screen is connected to a joystick-actived, remote controlled gun that fires a hard white plastic ball (approx. .75 caliber) by air. If the controller wants to reinforce the use of cover with the shooter, he can drill you with one of these, and it hurts. One cool thing is it's a DVD-based system with a ton of scenarios available, and they can be mission-specific. There's a good number of agencies that have recorded their own scenarios. Videos for patrol officers can be of car stops and grocery store hold-ups, while the videos for officers working plain clothes drug busts can play out as a deal gone bad. AND, each scenario has branches built into the little drama. For example, if the operator feels you are controlling the situation well, he may give it a full-compliance no-shoot ending. Or, he can change it on the fly and put you into a shots-fired situation with just a keystroke. I ran some Columbine-type scenarios (pretty spooky), convenience store robberies (one that had 4 bad folks draw on you at once -- you learn to lose with this one), traffic stops gone bad, an airport terminal scenario and one with 2 teenaged boys with weapons accompanied by a teenaged girl. I was controlling everything well but was so intent of the 2 boys that I didn't see the gun that bitch pulled until it was too late. For my assumption regarding the "weaker sex" I got one of those hard white balls fired into my thigh. Lesson learned. It will get you amped up. Edited June 6, 2006 by ima45dv8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG WILL Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 SO MUCH FOR THE FANCY SNAP CAP THEORY!!!!!!!!! BIG WILL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 There we have it! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heiter Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Wow, never seen anything like it but based on IMA45DV8's tip I found http://www.airmunition.com/9mmPelletFiringAircartridge.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Sounds like an awesome scenario simulator. Glad we know now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 Yeah they are the airmunition thing. Cool. I could've bit on the video thing except that there were maybe 50 of these things spread over an outdoor IPSC bay. Someone was playing a little force on force I suspect. I've done the "FATS" style video thing too, they are fun. Never had one shoot back though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Simunitions is a blast!!! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Saw one of those on the ground at our 4th Sunday match - had the blue cap on it. I should've picked it up - no idea it had all those parts, uses a special barrel & so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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