/vr/ - Retro Games

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Most of them have just a regular exposed hammer, as that's easier in general, though I guess it wouldn't be at all impossible to have a concealed hammer (which would then have to be cocked by the breech being opened all the way, like on a hammer-less double-barrel), or, it can be striker fired, and have the same cock-on-open approach as the concealed hammer one.

Of course, it wouldn't be at all impossible to make a design that's double-action. Really though, they're all mostly with an exposed hammer as that's easier to make and use, and really hard to break.

Here's a .410 bore shotgun being abused:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-lyk1WyyJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAnbDvLIAac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwX9mJvss1k
And here they finally break it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwKydDPY8Xo

.410 is a small, mild shell, that happens to be the same circumference as a .45 Long Colt, meaning you can shoot .45's out of it, and because of how insanely robust this kind of mechanical design is, anything that fits reasonably in the chamber will fire without the gun exploding (though I wouldn't recommend it, that shit is never safe, I'd say only the .45 Long Colt is reasonably safe). Of course, being a shotgun, it has no rifling, so accuracy will be balls, but it'll work.

I think that a single-barrel gun, in 20 or 12 gauge, with a sawed off barrel (like shorten it down to the handguard), could be a neat little weapon for a gameplay mod, like you could start with it along with a pistol or revolver, and the secondary attack would be to swing the gun like a club.