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Originally posted by adamkruse:
How are sixteen people shot and not one fatality?

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Originally posted by Sawyer124:
The title of the thread indicated simunitions. I didn't see anything in the article about simunitions, but there could be a couple explanations.

First, if they were using simunitions, there would be no "blank adapter". Unlike blanks, simunitions actually send out a projectile in the form of a small paintball or "marking round" as they are called. We practice with simunitions and you have to be extrememly careful with multiple safety checks. Simunitions often use your actual issued firearm, using your own mags, just different ammo. Some pistols use a smaller barrel swapped out with your actual barrel, but others just use sim rounds. When we start training, two separate designated safety officers check every mag, every weapon, and every mag pouch. They even pat pockets to be sure no live rounds or mags loaded with live rounds accidentally enter the training area.

It's possible this accident occurred because the troop involved had a mag loaded with live ammo and he accidentally inserted it into the weapon instead of the sim rounds.

It's possibe when they were loading, he just accidentally picked up a mag that had live rounds and never bothered to visually check.

Every time anyone trains like this, you have to be responsible for each other.

Check each other's weapons. Check each other's mags. It's better to be redundant than to be sorry.