Rare Guns: Difference between revisions

* One of the episodes of ''[[Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai|Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]'' has Sacci using one of these.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150628100431/http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Neostead_Combat_SG Appeared] in ''[[Fallout]] Tactics'', but without magazine selector and for some reason as full-auto.

A [[wikipedia:Pancor Jackhammer|12-gauge automatic shotgun]] with a ten-round drum magazine. Can (theoretically) empty itself in less than four seconds. It also has the oddball feature of being able to remove its magazine and use it as an anti-personnel landmine with the addition of a detonator. Like the CAWS and the NS2000, it has a futuristic look due to a plastic shroud (which it only has because the only remaining Jackhammer is a shop room prototype.<ref>The temporary nature of these parts is obvious [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VKGhqIl4Gw when the gun is disassembled])</ref>) and bullpup format. Less than twenty prototypes were made; a mere ''two'' of these were full auto-capable and only ''one'' still exists. The real weapon had severe problems in semi and fullauto since it depended on the magazine grooves being manufactured to fairly tight tolerances, and the weapon would typically only be able to fire two or three shots before failing to cycle. The Jackhammer is oddly much more common than the production USAS-12 fully automatic shotgun<ref>the rarity possibly influenced by the semi-automatic version, and only the semi-automatic version, being declared a "destructive device" and thus more trouble than it's worth to get a stand-in to scan</ref>… or the relatively easy to modify to full auto AK based Saiga and Vepr semi-automatic shotgunsshotguns… or Crye Precision Six12 (a modern looking revolver shotgun, very bullpup-y in shorter variants, though not full auto). Part of the Jackhammer's commonness is due to the fact that the initial owner of the only remaining Jackhammer was Movie Gun Services, who regularly rented it for use as a prop and for scanning.

While the "Tommy Gun" or "Chicago Typewriter" is a firearm recognizable by anyone who knows what side the bullets come out of and an iconic part prohibition era crime, the Thompson Submachine Gun was actually a massive failure: Its high cost (half a new car) and weight (over 10 pounds) ensured that by 1929, over 10 years after its invention in 1918, it had sold just 10,300 units and Auto-Ordnance was over 2 million in debt (in 1928 dollars). The few gangsters that owned Tommy Guns had stolen theirs from police and, then as today, the most popular firearms among criminals were small and concealable pistols. Despite this failure it looked and sounded quite impressive on the silver screen and a movie company could easily afford to buy one that [[Prop Recycling|could be reused in dozens of movies]]. The Thompson would lose its rare gun status in [[World War II]] and reach production of 2 million (plus an unknown number of Chinese copies), but this salvation would be short lived as many cheaper and lighter alternatives were developed during the war and the 1934 National Firearms Act effectively banned it from civilians ownership.

DevelopedAncestor of the modern (and far more common) Colt .45 and M1911 pistol, the original Walker Colt was developed jointly between Samuel Colt and Captain Samuel Walker,. the Walker ColtIt was intended to be a sidearm that was extremely powerful at close range and capable of killing horses as well as men. In fact, prior to the introduction of the .357 Magnum, it was the most powerful handgun in the world and had an effective range of around 100 yards. However, it had two major drawbacks. The first being that it was [[Hand Cannon|fucking huge]] and had to be holstered in the saddle. The other being that the barrels had a tendancy to rupture should proper care not be taken in maintaining the weapon. As a result, only around 1100 of them were ever made, though modern replicas are available.

Likewise, it's a distinct uncommon niche, rather than the specific weapon type, making specific types more rare. A subclass of [[Hand Cannon]]: large caliber<ref>usually (likefor British revolver cartridges .476 or .577), smoothborethough huntingit pistols,started orback factorywith mademuzzle fancyloaders</ref> smoothbore hunting pistols… or [[Sawed-Off Shotgun|shortened shotguns]]s of alow modestcalibers? caliber, eitherEither way, oneHowdah wouldPistols beare break-action, with up to 4 (usually 2) barrels loaded with heavy slugs. As the name suggests, these were fairly widelymostly used by British hunters in India. The problem such a weapon was supposed to solve was being ambushed by tigersa —tiger: riding an elephant may keep away lesser threats, but a tiger may jump right on top of the elephant and start killing humans in howdah. Hence, such a weapon needs great stopping power, reliability and at least better maneuverability than long arms, but range, ammunition capacity and reload time are less important: you'd hear screams, [[Quick Draw]] it, then a few shots point blank, and either the tiger stopped being an immediate problem, or you are too mauled to fire some more. So, the Colt Navy didn't cut it. After their era mostly passed, howdah pistols made cool collector pieces. Due to their origin, usually appear in the hands of [[Great White Hunter]]s, Brits of the appropriate era or collectors.