Drum mag for your handgun

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pontifex

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only 28?
i would rather have the glock 33rd straight mag then. probably cheaper too. and jams less?
The glock 33 roumd mag is for 9mm i think? This is 45 acp, a bigger round so it takes up more room
 

lxskllr

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A cannon shoots one shot and takes 10 minutes to load.

A random websearch says a crew can fire a cannon two times per minute. That's all beside the point though. A citizen's right to own state of the art weaponry was acknowledged. It wasn't a "right to bear swords", a "right to bear blunderbuss'", or a "right to bear axes". It's a right to bear arms. Any arms that are the equal, or better than what the government has.
 

Skel

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I'm not a gun person although I've used them in the past. That seems to defeat the purpose of having a hand gun. My guess is that no one buys these for any practical reason but more as a novelty.

I've heard they're musts for full auto pistols, which makes sense as it would blow through a regular mag in a blink. I've only seen one at my club and it was a Glock, which other people were drooling over. Personally I feel like a full auto pistol is a bit much.
 

Paratus

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That thing has no balls. :colbert:

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IronWing

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^^ Which raises the question, "how many rounds can one fire at maximum speed before the barrel is damaged?"
 

[DHT]Osiris

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All the rounds fire at the maximum speed permitted by the amount of powder in the cartridge, making the question redundant.

I would assume it can fire as many shots as a given pistol can normally fire prior to damaging, which depends on the type of gun, type of rounds, type/quantity of powder, rate of fire, rate of cooling, how far away the object is (for values less than 1 inch), etc.

My guess would be a lot, and that the rate of fire of a pistol would be more limited by the firing mechanism or trigger than the barrel itself.
 

pontifex

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[DHT]Osiris;38352511 said:
All the rounds fire at the maximum speed permitted by the amount of powder in the cartridge, making the question redundant.

I would assume it can fire as many shots as a given pistol can normally fire prior to damaging, which depends on the type of gun, type of rounds, type/quantity of powder, rate of fire, rate of cooling, how far away the object is (for values less than 1 inch), etc.

My guess would be a lot, and that the rate of fire of a pistol would be more limited by the firing mechanism or trigger than the barrel itself.
I think he means maximum speed at pulling the trigger.
 

[DHT]Osiris

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I know that, I was being an ass.

My point still stands, the trigger mechanism would likely break prior to the barrel itself failing due to some rate of fire limit, unless it were altered to be fully automatic. At that point you might as well just take an MP5 and cut off the parts that don't make it shoot, though.
 

John Connor

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Hand gun?

I can see it used in like The Matrix, but WTF, seriously? I bet your aim is shot to shit (no pun intended).
 

pontifex

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I think i have seen a full auto 1911 before but i dont believe any were production manufacture, it was one someone modified.