Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-29 months 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-square16fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10
arrow-up155arrow-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-29 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareAbracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoIf a gun can fire upside down it can fire in a zero g environment.
minus-squareYurt_Owl@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoWhat if there’s more g’s, enough g so the firing system can’t eject the shell or go back far enough
minus-squareOhHiMarxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoIf the g is so high that it can’t eject, chances are you can’t lift the gun anyway.
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.