RELEASED HERE

Remember that post about an year and a half I made, the “Working Bolt Action Rifle”? I said that that was the most realistic gun in all of SimplePlanes back then, but now I’ll have to retract my previous statement. Although that mechanism isn’t outdated or anything, it just isn’t to the level of realism I like to achieve in my builds.

A realistic semi-auto rifle- with its realism unparalleled- is about to come to your local supplier soon.

Using the impactForce attribute I was able to replicate a gas-piston type of reloading mechanism found on the well-known AK-47. Technically speaking, this rifle houses a long-stroke piston type mechanism.

With this new mechanism, it technically is possible to create a full-auto firearm with actual projectiles, but due to many issues I’ve decided that a semi-automatic will come before that.

All in all, this was the build I ground my soul into for the first time. I went through countless modifications of the initial design, eventually reaching 180 parts from 108 of version 1.

Many thanks to the people involved in beta testing of the build: EliteArsenals24, randomusername, Aeromen, BlueCitrus, jamesPLANESii, OrangeBoardEnterprise, IzzyIA, and last but not least, Mmdben, who is an absolute champ who sat through 150 continued retries to give me critical data.

His findings:
Out of 150 tries, only 3.3% (5 sessions) resulted in failures. Jams do not occur, the gun works flawlessly.

He also adds:
- Works perfectly in slow motion, doesn't randomly explode like other cannons.
- Can easily snipe the bridge from Bandit Airport.
- I used a car to aim it at the USS tiny, the gun is very accurate at long range. Well done on the aiming sight.

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