Gun owners on Twitter -- what does "live round" mean when they report a "live round" was loaded in the prop? Can a blank be called a live round?
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Most gun owners have probably never touched a blank before. They aren’t common
For normal gun owners, all rounds are live rounds
In the context of a production, I could see “live round” being used in the context of “this is a real blank, not a prop bullet”
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it means the cartridge was sealed with a lead projectile designed to injure or kill. blanks are often sealed with e.g. paper so that the gunpowder is still ignited, causing the sound and the flash, but no projectile is shot at a target. (blanks can still injure at close range)