text:  So blanks come in several different categories. There's a quarter load, half load, and full load. A full load is the same amount of gunpowder and accelerant that you would use in a normal bullet, just minus the projectile. A half load is half of that, and a quarter of that is a quarter of that. And full load is very loud. And she famously let off a full load round very close to Nicolas Cage's ear without warning anybody. So that's the level of expertise. So no longer competent or expert