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#3696537 - 12/10/12 10:57 PM Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol?  
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I tried flying along side my wingman and shoot him in the head with the hand gun just for practice (I know this sounds bad, but I needed to practice). ar15

Anyway, it's really hard to do and that's for a guy who is not trying to evade me. I could imagine how hard it would be in combat. Im sure it was just as hard or harder in real life, but i was just wondering if anyone has done it in a mission against enemy AI or online?


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#3696553 - 12/10/12 11:26 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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Can't really kill them in one hit so it's especially hard, takes four shots to kill.

#3696571 - 12/11/12 12:02 AM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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popcorn I have shot at my wingman too. Told him that the enemy plane dove on us then went into the cloud

#3696599 - 12/11/12 01:00 AM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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I ripped the fabric on the wing of a DFW by flying underneath it and unloading all my Webley ammo into it. (Still managed to shoot my own plane twice during the process.)


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#3696741 - 12/11/12 08:09 AM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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You're better shooting at the engine than the pilot. Causing a flamer with the pistol used to be easy but seems to be much harder with the DMV changes.


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#3697010 - 12/11/12 05:54 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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A guy in our squadron uses it to cap any gunners that hop on his plane and start shooting at his own plane or friendlies.


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#3697033 - 12/11/12 06:37 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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Apparently:
http://www.simhq.com/_air14/air_520a.html

I tend to use it against fuel tanks though.

#3697060 - 12/11/12 07:20 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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It is great fun and satisfying to use either in a pure rage situation or when you run out of ammo. Why can't you use handguns in the gunner stations 777?


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#3697481 - 12/12/12 12:22 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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Not wishing to sound morbid, but can it be used to put yourself out of your misery if your plane catches fire, or you have a long fall?

#3697484 - 12/12/12 12:26 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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lol.. as I'm in a game and know I'm not really on fire, plus even if I could shoot myself in the head or jump out, it will have no impact on the game or any kind of statistics, I don't even worry about it smile

#3697784 - 12/12/12 08:37 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Chef]  
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Originally Posted By: Chef
A guy in our squadron uses it to cap any gunners that hop on his plane and start shooting at his own plane or friendlies.


Excellent use of a sidearm. Give that man a promotion! smile

#3697794 - 12/12/12 08:51 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: FlatSpinMan]  
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Originally Posted By: FlatSpinMan
Not wishing to sound morbid, but can it be used to put yourself out of your misery if your plane catches fire, or you have a long fall?


Somebody said that you can - just that you have to do it by blasting away at your nuts.

#3700683 - 12/17/12 02:48 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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Found that out the quick way a few days ago. After a particularly messy landing I was irate at my aircraft (my brother watched from the gunner seat) and I plugged my crate full of holes at random. At some point the screen went red and I said "I shot myself, let's stop now."


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#3700696 - 12/17/12 03:10 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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This is the funniest thread I've read in a while. biggrin


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#3700763 - 12/17/12 04:35 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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wave I always wondered how to keep out the unwanted gunners ( rear seat) that shoot friendly's. Shooting them would work nicely.

#3700782 - 12/17/12 04:59 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: carrick58]  
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Originally Posted By: carrick58
wave I always wondered how to keep out the unwanted gunners ( rear seat) that shoot friendly's. Shooting them would work nicely.
It's stuff like this that confirms my decision to play sims only on private servers with people that I know.


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#3705002 - 12/23/12 11:49 AM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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Another thing that is not well done is that flare guns have no effect on planes or ballons...just as if 200 grains of alkali metal compounds burning in excess of 2000C does nothing to fabrics.

#3705055 - 12/23/12 03:00 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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I haven't shot down another plane with the pistol as far as I know, but I have killed an idiot that took my gunner's seat and started shooting up my plane. (Panzer, it doesn't happen that often, but it does happen. You can lock the positions if you so choose. I just forgot that flight.)

Last night I was flying with some guys and we attacked an enemy airfield just at sundown as the mission was about to end. AA got my engine and I glided to a landing on the enemy field. I rolled to a stop near a flak truck and a gun emplacement. I took my pistol and set fire to the truck and took out the machine gunners.


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#3705591 - 12/24/12 03:34 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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Has anyone tried shooting a balloon with a flare gun? If it isn't very effective on your own plane, it is likely not very effective on a hydrogen filled balloon, but I haven't tried it yet.

#3705845 - 12/24/12 08:51 PM Re: Has anyone shot anyone with the pistol? [Re: Scoobe]  
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Yeah, Spectre, the flares just bounce off the balloon.


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