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Edited by LearnThis:
1/16/2015 5:16:22 PM
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How do Hand Cannons work?
Has anyone else ever looked at the hand cannons and wondered how they fire a bullet and where the bullet comes from? I certainly have. If you look at the image that I provided you can see that the chamber does not line up with the barrel, or it does not seem to at least. This is something that has bothered me for a while now about the hand cannons (there are other hand cannons that have this problem). Now, on this forum there are plenty of intelligent people and other people that are just opinionated, either or I would enjoy to read all the different reasons that people can come up with on how the hand cannon works through this conundrum.
Start your explanations, but please be nice.
Edit: A few people have made comments about it being a bottom load and that being possible. That was never the problem here. The problem I have had with a few of the designs is why the cylinder and chamber do not seem to line up. Some people have said they do while others have agreed and said they do not. Since they do not line up (that is how I see it), I asked for answers. I expected or at least hoped for some out there science answers.
Edit: More comments about why do I care... Why do you post here then? Anyways, I am all up for believing in technology that I cannot explain because of aliens or SCIENCE or whatever, but when the barrel and cylinder are at weird angles or as @Teuton67 noticed, certain mechanics that we CAN explain do not seem to workout on some weapon skins. THAT is when I care and ask. Besides, if you do not like my question then do not answer it and move on. You do not need to type in rude words just because you hide behind the computer. Be nice.
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8 RepliesMy theory started when I looked at Thorn's projectiles. Clearly those couldn't fit out of the barrel, so it must be something other than traditional ammo. Now I understand that Thorn isn't a typical handcannon, but it got me thinking. Another thing to consider is that the cylinders loaded in to handcannons are nothing like what we have today. They also don't seem to have a correct direction to load them. My theory is that the handcannons in Destiny don't fire bullets so much as they generate them as you pull the trigger, and the cylinder just holds raw material for the gun to shape each projectile as it's launched. So it wouldn't matter if the cylinder is aligned with the barrel or not and would also explain Thorn's massive projectiles. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility considering Destiny makes liberal use of space magic and super science.
