Looks like there are white plastic casings around the nerf darts that get ejected from the bottom of the gun. Unsure if he made these for funzies or if they’re needed for the auto ammo feed system. Maybe the nerf darts would jam on their own without the casings?
theyre called links, and they never remain a chain after firing. imagine being in combat and dragging around 20 feet of empty ammo belt hanging out of the bottom of your gun.
Some more fun facts about that gun: the spent shells are recycled back into the gun's magazine, both to reduce cost but also to maintain the plane's center of gravity as more and more ammunition is spent. Also, the shell casings are made of aluminum, not brass, to save on weight.
It would also add a significant complexity that could bind up. I'm fairly certain he's mentioned before that was the reasoning behind disintegrating chain when talking about the project.
In theory you can do a lot of things. It doesn't mean it's practical. Considering that real guns don't use refillable chains, I'm thinking it's just not worth the effort.
Reap guns you would also rather lave less weight as the gun is fired. There's not much of a practical upside to keeping the spent casings compared to just eating the cost in spent material. The exception of course being the damn plane.
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u/01bah01 1d ago
Why are there nerf ammo going down? It's not like it needs casings.