The DREAD Gun

Zero · Post by **Zero** » 2005-05-12 12:36pm

The purpose of not going into specific detail may be to safeguard the technology, but I must admit, this gun does appear to be too good to be true.

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2005-05-12 12:45pm

Well, if this gun design actually worked, it sure would be put a new spin on things.

*crickets chirp*

What? *innocent look*

Morilore · Post by **Morilore** » 2005-05-12 01:28pm

Die. Now.

That NOS Guy · Post by **That NOS Guy** » 2005-05-12 01:48pm

Morilore wrote:Die. Now.

Oh come now, comments like that only drive the circle of hatred.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-05-12 01:48pm

That NOS Guy wrote:
After you eat your soup.

Mind if I use that as a sig quote?

Free country last I checked.

We seem to have an increasing number of these physics defying devices coming on to the virtual domain. If it's not electric motors touted as perpetual motion engines, it's guns that fire projectiles at high velocity with no friction, recoil or fucking sense attached.

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2005-05-12 01:54pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Free country last I checked.

Don't worry, they're working on that part.

That NOS Guy · Post by **That NOS Guy** » 2005-05-12 02:36pm

White Haven wrote: Don't worry, they're working on that part.

Working?

Valdemar: thanks, just making sure.

On topic: looking back at the article, it said it was completely jam-proof. My question on that matter is if it is even possible?

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2005-05-19 01:04pm

Theres one thing only that made me wonder wether this was a joke site. The fact that that projectile is quite clearly a golfball.

wilfulton · Post by **wilfulton** » 2005-05-19 10:31pm

Darth Wong wrote: Of course, it should be noted that the gun would be useless until it spools up. And as mentioned previously, the idea of a perfect release system is rather far-fetched.

emphasis added.

This is no minor drawback. It's equivalent to holding your limp dick in your hand when the shit hits the fan.

In my experience, enemy fire often comes as a total surprise. I don't know how long it would take for said weapon to spool up, but in my thinking, one second is too long. When someone starts firing at you, you need to fire back NOW.

"Excuse me, Mister Bad Guy, could you wait a second while my wittle gun winds up?"

No, you ain't got a second to wait for it to spool up, sorry.

This is to say nothing of the next part Mike writes. There is already (on conventional firearms) as close to a perfect release system as you're feasibly going to get. It's called the muzzle. You know which way the bullet is going to go, and maybe it doesn't go EXACTLY where you want it, but you have a general idea as to where it's going to land, and it's good enough for suppressive fire. Nothing like a cloud of dust rising from the nearby ground and clouds of shit flying about to convince the enemy to duck so he can't fire accurately at you.

Now with this gun you haven't that system in place. It doesn't do you much good to throw lead in every which direction but the one the enemy is standing in, and let's never forget about that little bastard Mr. Murphy, of Murphy's law fame, that always likes to tag along. Mr. Murphy rarely causes a bad primer in a conventional firearm. The release being the steel tube better known as a barrel is mostly foolproof. The release of thousands of rounds per minute, from aforementioned weapon, I can't see as anything but a chaotic pinwheel of death dealing mayhem. I suppose the enemy could be laughing so hard at the inability of your weapon to overcome the Murphy factor to tag him, that he can't shoot straight either, but for me, personally, I say it thus:
All hail gunpowder, the greatest military development since steel.

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-05-19 10:42pm

Anyone remember the guns from Futurama? Where you had to Literally Wind them up like a Jack-in-the box?