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Gunsmithing (no politics)
Akima:
Dropping the lurk-cloak... Speaking of wrist-breakers, a little while ago I was googling research for a hard-SF story* that I'm sporadically working on, and found this. A twelve-bore that's only 420mm long...
*My idea is that shotguns would be less likely to puncture pressurised environments than weapons firing higher-velocity projectiles. Was I inspired by the movie "Outland"? Maaaybe...
Caspian Sea Monster:
Yep, that's a thing. A worrying number of my friends want them, I find them just too ridiculous. I momentarily considered getting the 20 gauge version but honestly I'd rather have a Denny's Auto & Burglar (also 20 gauge.)
And yes, that's a valid consideration. See also: Powdered metal bullets that disintegrate on impact with hard surfaces.
Noxx: It has nothing to do with making the biggest hole, or even hitting the hardest. It has to do with building a .454 Casull autoloader because we can.
GarandMarine:
CSM is correct if I just wanted to hit hard, I can buy a semi-auto M2.
That super shorty's cute Akima, basically an Ithaca Stakeout. For gunfights in pressurized environments I'd look into training data for U.S. Air Marshals if you can find any. I believe they carry handguns with downloaded ammunition.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Caspian Sea Monster on 29 Aug 2014, 16:39 ---I momentarily considered getting the 20 gauge version but honestly I'd rather have a Denny's Auto & Burglar (also 20 gauge.)
--- End quote ---
That super-short pump-action can only hold three cartridges; two in the magazine and one in the chamber (which would leave the weapon cocked and relying in a safety-catch, wouldn't it?) so I too thought about whether a traditional double-barrel would be simpler (and with external hammers safer?). Operating and reloading in heavy gloves might be a consideration too.
--- Quote from: Caspian Sea Monster on 29 Aug 2014, 16:39 ---It has to do with building a .454 Casull autoloader because we can.
--- End quote ---
This is an impulse I understand fully. Yes, I did get some practical advantages out of putting a fancy internal-gear hub in my bicycle, but mainly I did it because I could. Yes, the cost of the hub would have bought an entire, perfectly satisfactory bicycle, and I could have obtained much the same gear range more cheaply, but I did it because I wanted to.
Grognard:
for my sci-fi writing, one of my characters carries on his Mecha, a double bronzed barrelled 70mm shotgun.
The 70mm shotshell contains fifteen, 27mm, pellets; which are great for close range infantry swarms or hover tanks.
I figured it is in rough scale to me carrying around a 10ga. shotgun.
*you're free to use the idea*
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