Oh, no, it was a mass robocall that hit my workplace, the FBI tracked it down to a specific person in Idaho.

Not news: Ted Cru is a whiny, entitled POS.

I was surprised at how long that Global Warming special bit went on (and that none of the celebrities mentioned during the opening announcement actually appeared in the bit).

That Global Warming Christmas skit was agony. On the other hand Tom Hanks bracketing it within the current framework of the pandemic brought an odd nostalgia irrespective how frequently off it was.

There’s also the reality that for the SAA, people using them were told to only load 5 chambers in a specific way in order to prevent an accidental discharge even while the hammer was uncocked, due to a hard blow to the hammer potential causing the hammer to hit the primer.

If a live round was loaded, it’s quite…

Indeed.

If I recall correctly, the investigating officers removed over a thousand live rounds of ammo from the set.

As per the interview, he did it because she told him to. She was lining up her shot for the scene. They all thought they had a cold weapon, so none of them thought about how truly dangerous it was. It all points back to how lax safety was on the set.

That definitely sounds like what happened. Take a look at capeo’s post about how the 1873 Colt actually operates—it’s easy to imagine a person who’s not experienced handling that model inadvertently dropping the hammer.

All SA revolvers of that period were apt to misfire. That’s why the norm was to leave the cylinder under the hammer empty.

The first five discussion board comments I found on my Google search for Pietta were complaining about quality and misfires. That would be enough to prompt me not to buy one if I was in the market for a Peacemaker.

Oh absolutely.  It was systemic failure born of a rushed schedule and cheap inexperienced people being hired.

I’ve never heard anything bad about Pietta’s quality. Where did you find this info? I’ve actually shot a Pietta Winchester 1892 and it was rock solid and had perfect fit and finish. I just looked up reviews for their Colt 1873 and they are all stellar and mention how shockingly accurate the gun is. Pietta and Uberti…

There are reports that this was the third misfire on the set.  If that is true, the next question is was this gun or another of the same model involved, and if so why was this gun not pulled from the set?

I think this still goes back to an inexperienced armorer and a largely nonchalant attitude toward safety, especially gun safety, on the Rust set. Those in charge of day-to-day operations just didn’t do their jobs very well. People in charge of safety are supposed to be anal about their jobs! Everything they do is…

Okay eveything you just said is very important to note.  I wasn't sure how old the weapon itself was although I figured it was a replica.  Now the poor quality of the construction, well that's probably worth digging into.

Most stories about this incident don’t go into great detail about the specific weapon Baldwin was handling. With a little digging I found that it was a clone of an 1873 Colt Single Action Army chambered for Colt .45 ammunition, made by an Italian arms maker called Pietta.

“His other ex and I got to tell our children that their father died without saying goodbye to them, or that he loved them, or to my knowledge, left a note for them.”

Fuckin’ OOOOOOOOF...

via LadyAmbien, for those in the comments who are too lazy to click on a link but still want to defend this dude:

It was actually the same day, within an hour of the decision, per her post.