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Old 07-05-2009, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Weapon wear and tear is also likely to effect accuracy and as the M134 hasn't actually been produced in many years and is therefore likely to be much older....
Original M134s are old but I think the Dillon M134 is a newer, slightly improved and lightened version and as far as I know is currently in production.

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Originally Posted by kato13
Question about the M134. Does the spinning barrel cause any sort of gyroscope effect? I know it is only 500 rpm but I would think that might help accuracy.
Maybe but any benefit is likely to be counteracted by coriolis effect.
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