Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20140510034158/@comment-24042984-20140528133544

Since we are talking about a weapon in the RWBY-verse, I'd say the overheating issue can be partially/completely remedied with the use of White/Ice Dust as a cooling system. The thing with having multiple barrels is that it WILL have a toll on accuracy, though I doubt this will matter much since what we've seen so far has shown RWBY to consist wholly of close-range engagements.

I don't think a conventional bo magazine design will work too well since it will make the weight of the weapon less balanced and make the weapon more difficult to grip at times. Instead, I think perhaps the body should be either made longer or wider (or both) so it can have a breakback system where the magazine goes inside the gun. Though this will solve many problems, it will probably limit ammunition/magazine and will still have the bullets-moving-around-inside-mag issue.