Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 years agoSci-fi dorks don't want you to know this, but pump action shotguns will still be used because they don't care about different alien atmospheres, and are less likely to puncture a ships hull.message-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareSci-fi dorks don't want you to know this, but pump action shotguns will still be used because they don't care about different alien atmospheres, and are less likely to puncture a ships hull.Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareYurt_Owl@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoWhat about different gravity would that cause guns to fail? Americans go to the moon and don’t even test any guns smh my head
minus-squareAbracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoIf a gun can fire upside down it can fire in a zero g environment.
minus-squareYurt_Owl@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWhat if there’s more g’s, enough g so the firing system can’t eject the shell or go back far enough
minus-squareOhHiMarx@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIf the g is so high that it can’t eject, chances are you can’t lift the gun anyway.
minus-squareLENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoa pump shotgun no, but potentially some gas operated systems? i’m not really sure how gravity/vacuum would affect any recoil operating system like that.
What about different gravity would that cause guns to fail? Americans go to the moon and don’t even test any guns smh my head
If a gun can fire upside down it can fire in a zero g environment.
What if there’s more g’s, enough g so the firing system can’t eject the shell or go back far enough
If the g is so high that it can’t eject, chances are you can’t lift the gun anyway.
a pump shotgun no, but potentially some gas operated systems? i’m not really sure how gravity/vacuum would affect any recoil operating system like that.