10-15-2018, 11:02 AM | #11 |
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Re: Statting the Double-barreled bolt-action rifle
I can't figure out why you would want one in such a light caliber, when you could just make an automatic that is as fast as any arbitrary number of barrels up to the magazine capacity.
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10-15-2018, 12:43 PM | #12 |
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Re: Statting the Double-barreled bolt-action rifle
My guess is that they wanted it for fun, not for practicality. Why do you buy a yo-yo, or a toy car?
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10-15-2018, 01:21 PM | #13 | |
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OK, maybe not, but the story they once were appears to date back to about the time commercial manufacture started in the US.
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10-15-2018, 01:40 PM | #14 | |
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Re: Statting the Double-barreled bolt-action rifle
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We need to bring back Mythbusters to test this ...
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10-15-2018, 02:34 PM | #15 |
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Re: Statting the Double-barreled bolt-action rifle
A yoyo is basically a hard piece of wood on a string, except a bunch of its energy goes into spin, and therefore it's a lot slower than it would be if you just threw it, plus it's less controllable and harder to aim.
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10-15-2018, 04:19 PM | #16 | |
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Yeah, most certainly not true, and a short spear would work better.
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10-16-2018, 10:13 AM | #17 |
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Re: Statting the Double-barreled bolt-action rifle
It's certainly not impossible - lots of weapons basically are weights on the end of a rope - flails, saps, slungshots, bola perdidas, morningstars, meteor hammers.... And the returning bit is after all the same oddity boomerangs have, and we know non-returning boomerangs actually *are* used for hunting.
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10-16-2018, 02:28 PM | #18 | |
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Re: Statting the Double-barreled bolt-action rifle
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For even more digression, a combat yo-yo might be usable as a garotte (awkwardly) with something stronger than string and a more secure anchor to the throwing hand (instead of looping a string a round a finger attach the cord two a double-ring worn over the middle fingers).
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10-17-2018, 06:44 AM | #19 |
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Re: Statting the Double-barreled bolt-action rifle
If we've learned anything from gaming and fiction, it's that the only opponents more dangerous than unarmed decrepit old men are cute little girls carrying innocent toys.
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