Johnny Novgorod said:
Is that how those work? I thought they functioned by spitting the links into every other moving part on the weapon, forcing you to constantly have to jerk on the charging handle, clear and sweep. Presumably, this design decision was to cause a maximum level of annoyance to the gunner and cause him to ***** endlessly to anyone who would listen, likely the guy trying to dig a hot piece of brass out of the neck of his BDU jacket while rolling around like he got shot.Kennetic said:That's called a belt. That's what machineguns use. The gun will manipulate the links while slamming the round into the chamber then eject the links separately from the spent casings.-Dragmire- said:Wow, that actually took several reads to get...
... Well, I learned something new. I called any set of bullets going into a pistol a clip...Fapmaster5000 said:Clip means this:
Magazine means this:
What are the long strips of bullets called? Are they a different category?
Is that supposed to be me defenestrating myself after being proved wrong, or you escaping after proving me wrong?Barbas said:
I was also told by a friend that Assault Rifles use "magazines", not "clips". I should thank him later. It made this even funnier.Realitycrash said:
I forgot there was actually a word for throwing people out of windows.Johnny Novgorod said:Is that supposed to be me defenestrating myself after being proved wrong, or you escaping after proving me wrong?Barbas said:
But come on we can agree 99% of shotguns in videogames don't exactly use bullets.
I'm thinking the guy is of the opinion that gamers think that because they used an AK-47 in Fallout 3 that gamers think they know all about guns. Which is, of course, insane - but there are gamers out there who do seem to think this. Maybe not on the Escapist, but I've run into people online who talk about this sort of thing like they know what they're talking about. As if video games actually show some sort of reality.Two-A said:
Well you could technically say "assault gun", and that would kind of be right, since a gun is mainly meant for the purposes of "assault" (ie attacking). However the joke is playing on the fact that the more common and accepted term is "assault rifle". Also, the container for the ammunition of an assault rifle (if you're to assume Erin was actually meaning "assault rifle") is typically referred to as a "magazine" or "mag". The term "clip" is typically reserved for pistols.Realitycrash said:
Lol that happens all the time if you don't keep those bastards lubed properly. With the M2 50 cal you also have to do headspace and timing which is a pain in the ass all its own.Gorrath said:Is that how those work? I thought they functioned by spitting the links into every other moving part on the weapon, forcing you to constantly have to jerk on the charging handle, clear and sweep. Presumably, this design decision was to cause a maximum level of annoyance to the gunner and cause him to ***** endlessly to anyone who would listen, likely the guy trying to dig a hot piece of brass out of the neck of his BDU jacket while rolling around like he got shot.Kennetic said:That's called a belt. That's what machineguns use. The gun will manipulate the links while slamming the round into the chamber then eject the links separately from the spent casings.-Dragmire- said:Wow, that actually took several reads to get...
... Well, I learned something new. I called any set of bullets going into a pistol a clip...Fapmaster5000 said:Clip means this:
Magazine means this:
What are the long strips of bullets called? Are they a different category?
Oh fuck! Really? Is that how it feels to them?Denamic said:
Thankfully I spent most of my time as a 249 gunner, which meant the link issues weren't quite as bad as the 50 cal. All you had to worry about was the cheap-ass rod breaking.Kennetic said:Lol that happens all the time if you don't keep those bastards lubed properly. With the M2 50 cal you also have to do headspace and timing which is a pain in the ass all its own.Gorrath said:Is that how those work? I thought they functioned by spitting the links into every other moving part on the weapon, forcing you to constantly have to jerk on the charging handle, clear and sweep. Presumably, this design decision was to cause a maximum level of annoyance to the gunner and cause him to ***** endlessly to anyone who would listen, likely the guy trying to dig a hot piece of brass out of the neck of his BDU jacket while rolling around like he got shot.Kennetic said:That's called a belt. That's what machineguns use. The gun will manipulate the links while slamming the round into the chamber then eject the links separately from the spent casings.-Dragmire- said:Wow, that actually took several reads to get...
... Well, I learned something new. I called any set of bullets going into a pistol a clip...Fapmaster5000 said:Clip means this:
Magazine means this:
What are the long strips of bullets called? Are they a different category?
Or Samus as "Metroid" :3Denamic said:
The SAW is my least favorite of the 3 machineguns that thing would jam like crazy if you look at it the wrong way.Gorrath said:Thankfully I spent most of my time as a 249 gunner, which meant the link issues weren't quite as bad as the 50 cal. All you had to worry about was the cheap-ass rod breaking.Kennetic said:Lol that happens all the time if you don't keep those bastards lubed properly. With the M2 50 cal you also have to do headspace and timing which is a pain in the ass all its own.Gorrath said:Is that how those work? I thought they functioned by spitting the links into every other moving part on the weapon, forcing you to constantly have to jerk on the charging handle, clear and sweep. Presumably, this design decision was to cause a maximum level of annoyance to the gunner and cause him to ***** endlessly to anyone who would listen, likely the guy trying to dig a hot piece of brass out of the neck of his BDU jacket while rolling around like he got shot.Kennetic said:That's called a belt. That's what machineguns use. The gun will manipulate the links while slamming the round into the chamber then eject the links separately from the spent casings.-Dragmire- said:Wow, that actually took several reads to get...
... Well, I learned something new. I called any set of bullets going into a pistol a clip...Fapmaster5000 said:Clip means this:
Magazine means this:
What are the long strips of bullets called? Are they a different category?
The two are not mutually exclusive!Darth_Payn said:
