Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20140510034158/@comment-4485275-20140607165714

The risk of the

Any material, even Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene, has it's limits, and breaks under sufficent stress, and even then, I'd rather not take such a risk unless needed, and hinge pin deformation. no matter if the pin is large enough, will always be of note, and damage to the pin will, as mentioned, cause the gun to break apart. imho, it's best to avoid stress points like hinges in a design, if at all possible. And the same "New materials" arguement can be used for the external mag's casing as well.

Things becom the norm for a reason, the lack of bullpups being used by many militaries, even if it's partially due to soldiers who don't want to get used to a new gun and the military being dinosaur-like at best, is because bullpups are back-weighted, over-complicated, non-ergonomic and have the tendency to have the firing chamber right next to one's face. It's a large suite of flaws for a single advantage of having more barrel in less room............and a major issue of mine is how they just don't work right. I'd say the number of trained hunters using such designs implies it's the norm, and given that they're fighting in melee all the time, having weapons that work when doing so is very likely a high priority.

And while ruby's not an expert, she's still pretty damn good with them and ren and blake are some of the more level-headed types, so they'll likely pick good designs over their favorite look.

Stormflower's mags are Glock-style, extending well past the grip, which would present a problem if Ren intends to stab anything, Gambol Shroud, likewise, has a slightly less exagerated extended magazine, and is swung around like a bladed whip, while normally centrifugal force would position it so that the mag is pointed towards her, she fires it, which, given the off-kilter angle the force is applied, causes it to rotate, and possibly position the mag in a place where it'd get damaged.

Actually it was the "Red" trailer, where ruby used Crescent Rose to block a beowulf lunging at her. The blow itself actually impacts on underneath the magazine, but given the positioning, i'd wager she was fine with the mag taking the hit.