-=> Quoting Dan Arico to Steve Gunhouse on 07 May 96  00:58 <=-
 Re: Guns 
 SG> Actually, I presume you meant a semi-auto with rotary lockup, but
 SG> I'm not certain. Maybe you did mean a minigun.
 
 SG> A minigun simply uses up too much ammo for my tastes.
 DA> Remember that scene in Predator where the guy with the minigun blows 
 DA> away the entire jungle? Ever stop to think how much the ammo weighed?
I didn't have to, several people have already done it for me!
Even if he had it set up to fire at the slow rate (for a minigun) of 2100 
rounds per minute and if it was a .223, that's a lot of ammo. We know 
Arnold's a weightlifter, so perhaps he could carry the gun, batteries to 
run it, and somewhere near 60 seconds worth of ammo. Just barely. But he
sure couldn't move very fast while doing so.
Next question: how well braced was he when he fired it? As near as I can 
guesstimate, while it is firing at 2100 rpm it generates about 80 
horsepower!
But that's Hollywood for you. ;-)
Steve
... Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams
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