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Urbane Guerrilla · 12-10-2008, 12:56 AM

"Fire!" bbBBBRRRRRRRRIIIIIIPPPPPaahh!

Rotary guns don't sound like machine guns -- something nearer an air hammer, tearing canvas, and a chainsaw motor with the muffler broken off. You can hear them come up to full speed from starting a burst, and there's a bit of a sound afterwards if the range is long enough. I'm not sure if we're hearing a column of bullet-disturbed air or what. Maybe I was hearing a jet... but there does seem to be a faint sigh when the burst is over.

The twin fifties presumably have the ground-gun cyclic rate and would sound like a deeptoned TUMPTUMPTUMPTUMPTUMPTUMP.

7.62mm machine guns like the M60 actually do go rattatattat.

12-10-2008, 12:56 AM	#4
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	"Fire!" bbBBBRRRRRRRRIIIIIIPPPPPaahh! Rotary guns don't sound like machine guns -- something nearer an air hammer, tearing canvas, and a chainsaw motor with the muffler broken off. You can hear them come up to full speed from starting a burst, and there's a bit of a sound afterwards if the range is long enough. I'm not sure if we're hearing a column of bullet-disturbed air or what. Maybe I was hearing a jet... but there does seem to be a faint sigh when the burst is over. The twin fifties presumably have the ground-gun cyclic rate and would sound like a deeptoned TUMPTUMPTUMPTUMPTUMPTUMP. 7.62mm machine guns like the M60 actually do go rattatattat. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.