There is no reason, and the industry standard is basically that no live ammo crosses into a set.
Even blanks shouldn't be left with actors, there is one case in the 80s where a actor put a revolver to his head and pulled the trigger during downtime, and the blank blew a hole in his skull and killed him. The gun shouldn't even have had blanks unless the scene involved gunfire.
The only reason for there to be live rounds is because someone, likely the armorer who is the only one who should have access to the guns, was bringing it to shoot after hours. I believe cast have stated that happens.
And no one uses shots of live rounds in movies, even paper targets get squibs in them. And these days films like John Wick is almost all CGI and no blanks.
There is no reason, and the industry standard is basically that no live ammo crosses into a set. Even blanks shouldn't be left with actors, there is one case in the 80s where a actor put a revolver to his head and pulled the trigger during downtime, and the blank blew a hole in his skull and killed him. The gun shouldn't even have had blanks unless the scene involved gunfire.
The only reason for there to be live rounds is because someone, likely the armorer who is the only one who should have access to the guns, was bringing it to shoot after hours. I believe cast have stated that happens.
And no one uses shots of live rounds in movies, even paper targets get squibs in them. And these days films like John Wick is almost all CGI and no blanks.