Gear Rifles - design assistance requested

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by Varyon

I'd rather have independent shots than something that just flings metal downrange for a bit after pulling the trigger (also, I don't think my cup idea would be compatible, here). A magazine could well be an option for the default version of the weapon, although given the way it would generally need to be set up, it would interfere with aiming (although a bottom-mounted magazine, using springs or a manually-operated lever to push bullets up into the cup like a modern firearm rather than gravity to drop them down like a repeating crossbow, might be doable; it would absolutely require a dedicated weapon, or at least modifying a normal gear rifle).

A top-mounted magazine need not interfere with the sights - both the Bren Gun and the Owen Submachinegun had top-mounted magazines and sights (the sights are off-set to one side). What it does do is stop you aiming the weapon 'wrong handed'.