Thread:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/@comment-3391158-20170827080258/@comment-25396609-20170827175327

You'd be surprised how effective a shotgun is at range; load them with slugs and they have similar stopping power to a sniper rifle and range equivalent to most pistols. The five foot effective range you see in a lot of video games is VERY inaccurate, as they can be quite damaging even at ranges of 40-50 feet because the pellets carry a lot of force and cover such a wide area; with a proper choke the range as much as doubles as the spread is reduced and you can hit a target with more of them.

That's not even getting into things like flechettes or larger gauge shot.

I've done a couple minigun-type weapns myself that i am obviously biased in finding superior because they, you know, are actually designed to be mechanically sensible. Coco's purse outright baffles me.