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

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Aminar:
The topic does say Slug.  From there I guess I'll need to make the point the nation who owns the minigun is a little behind on the tech and overcompensates heavily on size...) to make this realistic.

meg_evonne:
In case you haven't figured it out? Yeratel is our resident firearms expert. I thought Oz had a good point until I read further...

OZ:
I am still questioning whether a slug could deform a barrel enough that it was blocked. If so it might be interesting when the operator tried to fire a round through it. I understand that it is difficult for a soft lead bullet to penetrate a hardened steel tube but it wouldn't have to put a hole in it, just a big enough dent that the round couldn't get through. If you're shooting 50 rounds a second that would be 8 rounds trying to get through a blocked barrel in a second. I think that could cause problems. I figure if a soft lead 22 long rifle can go through a car door (Something that I've done many times out plinking in the desert as a kid) then a ten or twelve gauge slug should have no problem putting a dent in a steel tube.

Aminar:
As far as the plot goes, it's more about the character realizing he can't aim anymore-at all while not having it be catastrophic but having the potential to be. 

Now, given that the nation this takes place in (Made up world) is technologically backward but militiristic and has the philosophy bigger is better(to the point where social class hierarchy is based on physical capability and muscle bulk) Their technology sucks.  Is it feasible to say that the momentum of a shotgun slug at roughly point blank range would be able to disable a badly engineered(noting that material usage counts in engineering) minigun by denting a barrel to the point where it jams?

OZ:
I have always heard that when writing about guns or horses (I personally think martial arts may now fit onto this list.) it doesn't matter what you write someone is going to find fault with it. Is the protagonist the one with the mini gun or the one with the shotgun? I think you could make a good argument that the gun could be disabled by hitting it with a slug. Especially in another world that possibly doesn't make them up to the specifications that we are familiar with. Of course some things material wise and mechanics wise are going to be necessar for the gun to ever work in any world.Does that mean that no one would write in and claim that it would never work? No. Even if you had the means to personally test it and put the recorded event on You Tube, someone would find a way to try to discredit it. You just have give a reasonable explanation of why it could work. Is the shotgun from a higher tech society? Of so they do have shotgun shells that are made for better penetration. I know there is a You Tube clip of one blowing holes through the engine block of an old Russian car. It's only shooting the engine so it didn't have to go through the car or the radiator first but it is still pretty impressive.

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