A spectator is invited on to the stage and is shown an automatic pistol along with some live ammunition. The magazine is removed from the pistol and the spectator marks the ammunition which is then loaded into the magazine. The magazine containing the ammunition is placed in full view in a small wooden display stand so that it cannot be tampered with. The performer now draws attention to a large wooden target to which he clamps an ordinary dinner plate. The performer explains that he wants the spectator to prove that the ammunition is genuine by firing at the plate and he takes the magazine containing the ammunition, loads it into the pistol and hands the pistol to the spectator.
The spectator takes aim at the plate and fires. CRASH ... the pistol fires, THE CARTRIDGE CASE EJECTS FROM THE PISTOL AND FALLS TO THE FLOOR AND THE PLATE IS SMASHED TO PIECES AS IT DROPS TO THE FLOOR. Read that again ... you will see that even to anyone knowing anything about arms everything is perfectly natural, even to the cartridge case ejecting from the pistol and the pistol actually ‘kicks’ in the spectator’s hand.
The performer now stands in front of the target and orders the spectator to FIRE. Again the cartridge case ejects from the pistol as the performer staggers and is seen to be holding a bullet between his teeth. This is dropped onto a dinner plate and the spectator confirms it is one of the marked bullets. The effect can be performed in cabaret. The target works automatically and is electronically operated. The pistol is a very expensive replica which needs no licence and which works just like a real pistol. We supply special inert ammunition plus special blanks. At NO TIME IS ANY LIVE AMMUNITION placed in the pistol. NO LIVE AMMUNITION IS USED IN THE ILLUSION - ONLY BLANKS. We provide a very comprehensive routine including patter plus details of how you can present a RUSSIAN ROULETTE ACT WITH THE SAME APPARATUS.