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I have an assertion here that since the UAC could probably have all their guns CNC/3d printed and be cheap bastards about it, that all the firearms the UAC has are oversized versions of terrestrial models.

- Shotgun shells are 10 Gauge 3.5" magnums with 7 pellets of .40 or .45 caliber buckshot. Thus every hit does full pistol strength damage. It gives Master Chief's 8 Gauge a run for its money.
- The Beretta is in 10mm or even a shortened .50AE. Every magazine is 10 shots after all, normally a pistol or rifle mag in post-current-year would have at least 20 in it. This is also why doomguy only gets 2.5 shots per second.
- Bullets are powerful enough to bother making a heavier support weapon to fire them, a chaingun for reliability and for stability.
> you guys are space marines, man up and stop complaining about how heavy your guns are.
>>5104038
Original sprites for the shotgun show some kind of muzzle device on it so this is correct. Also there's a muzzle device for the Spas-12 shotgun which is more robust and doesnt break down like the duckbill does. Shotgun spread in the game considering a spreader choke is
> I think the iD guys wanted a spreading shotgun because shooting a tight group may have seemed underwhelming, they wanted a chance for it to do less damage at a distance, the Duckbill was a good excuse for being able to spread it out like Contra.

>>5104015
When you fire 2 Barrels at exactly the same time the muzzle blast from each barrel deflects the shot pattern from the opposite wad sideways and makes that wad start spinning. This produces a Horizontal shot pattern. Having a shorter barrel means there's more muzzle blast and it makes for a wider pattern because its more disruptive to the pellets coming out.