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Skiprr wrote:

jimlongley wrote:Can you tell me where you got those blanks?

I know that Cheaper Than Dirt often has the .223 mil-spec, M200, crimped version in stock; bought some there once. I know that they sell both the yellow and red muzzle-mount blank adapters, too, for about 10 bucks. (Which are almost 100% necessary in order for the carbine to cycle properly: not enough gas back-pressure otherwise, though you could still do single-shot, manual-charge demo/practice without the adapter...may even cycle one round without the adapter, if you're lucky.)

Ammoman (http://www.ammoman.com/) often has M200, as well. Prvi Partizan used to make them, but I think they discontinued doing so, so there may be some good deals floating around on older lots if you can find them.

One note is that you don't want the original M200 rounds that had a white tipping on the crimp. The newer stuff (a violet-colored crimp if from Lake City) is dirty enough (read: twice as dirty as poppin' regular ammo), but the white-tipped, older cartridges can have your action dirty enough to foul after just a few magazines.

Mhoward wrote:I took my future brother in law hunting last weekend. He's never shot before and he was really interested in my AR-15 so I tought him some basic firearm safety and loaded the clip with blanks and didn't tell him. He is still talking about how 10 hogs got away from him and he could see the bullets hitting trees behind them I havn't had the heart to tell him yet.

I don't think I would ever put a blank in my cc. If I ever have to draw it I don't plan on just scaring someone, plus if they came after me I wouldn't want to keep pulling the trigger until a live round exited the pipe.

WildBill wrote:

joe817 wrote:Oh my word TAM! You speak with such clarity, presence of mind, and common sense. My thanks to you sir, for putting it the way you did.

IMO, a warning shot indicates to the BG that the person firing it is not committed.