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What happens when a minigun's barrel gets hit by a shotgun slug?

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Aminar:
And the wielder is too stupid to let go of the trigger?  I need this for a scene I'm writing at the moment.

Yeratel:
A minigun has six spinning barrels of pretty tough steel, so while a lead shotgun slug striking from a side angle might deflect it off target, I don't think it would do any permanent damage or put it out of action unless it hit the electric drive mechanism or the cartridge feed.

OZ:
On the other hand a shotgun slug has a lot of momentum. All it would have to do is deform one of the barrels enough that it was blocked and the shooter would have real problems when that particular barrel rotated around.

mountainsoul:
Dear Mythbusters.... 8)

I guess it would depend on what sort of shot is being used and where it strikes.

Yeratel:
Shot, even buckshot, wouldn't have much effect on a gun barrel. A 1-ounce soft lead 12ga. slug moving at 1500 feet-per-second might deflect one barrel, if it hit it just right, but that would only affect the accuracy of one round out of six per revolution.  The most effective way to take a minigun out of action with a shotgun would be to shoot its operator.  If the plot requires destroying the gun itself, you'd need something bigger, like a .50 Browning machine gun or sniper rifle that could smash the mechanism, or a rocket propelled grenade.

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