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[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 26 points 3 days ago

There isn't a gun that works worse at close range.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Long guns aren't great at shooting somebody who's currently grappling you because it would be hard to get the barrel pointed at them, but that's about it.

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Do grenade launchers count as guns?

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 10 points 3 days ago

You could absolutely shoot somebody point blank with a grenade launcher and get them. Might get you to, but it would work just fine.

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Actually, no. Weapons like the RPG only arm a certain distance away from the launcher, to protect the operator in the event the warhead detonates prematurely.

Of course, the blunt force impact would probably do the job alone.

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

"Rocket Propelled Anything" is probably going to hurt a ton if it hits you directly, whether it explodes or not.

[-] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There is one... but it's incredibly rare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet

Technically it fires very small rockets.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

There isn’t a gun alive that works worse at close range.

FTFY

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago

There isn't a gun "alive" in the first place. Bad faith argument.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

i mean, yeah? it was never intended to be a serious argument in the first place.

[-] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Eh. There IS a gun that works worse at close range, but it is very much not in production and its ammo is very, very hard to source.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet

In that sense, you could say it's a dead gun.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

Wiki says it's a rocket launcher. That's not the same thing as a gun.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago
[-] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

It's pistol-sized, pistol-shaped, and it fires projectiles. It's effectively a gun. The projectiles just happen to be self-propelled instead of having a casing with gunpowder.

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

There might be some edge cases where a round going fast enough to exit a target would impart less energy than a shower round that completely stops inside the target

Probably not the case with a hunting rifle though

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