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Old 02-26-2013, 07:47 PM
fretman57 fretman57 is offline
 
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Default I heard differently on Brandon Lee.

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Originally Posted by zakrow View Post
You all remember a few years ago when Brandon lee was killed?
A prior scene in the movie he wa shooting required to show a bullet being chambered into a pistol then fired. This bullet had no powder load but the primer fired the bullet a few inches into the chamber. Because the gun wasn't properly inspected when a later scene required blanks to be shot at Brandon the pressure fired the bullet and killed him. I think that's the most famous incident of handloading/safe handling gone wrong.
My understanding was that he was being flippant with the handgun and put it directly to his temple faking suicide. He pulled the trigger not knowing the muzzle blast would blow a piece of his skull into his brain and kill him, maybe that was the cover story, who knows for sure.
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