Posadas [he/him, they/them] to chapotraphouse • edit-28 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-square16 fedilinkarrow-up156
arrow-up156message-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] to chapotraphouse • edit-28 months agomessage-square16 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareYurt_Owlhexbear6·8 months 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 link
minus-squareAbracadaniel [he/him]hexbear8·8 months agoIf a gun can fire upside down it can fire in a zero g environment. link
minus-squareYurt_Owlhexbear2·8 months agoWhat if there's more g's, enough g so the firing system can't eject the shell or go back far enough link
minus-squareOhHiMarx@lemmygrad.mlhexbear4·8 months agoIf the g is so high that it can't eject, chances are you can't lift the gun anyway. linkfedilink
minus-squareLENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]Mhexbear5·8 months 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. link
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.