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LEGO HEAVY WEAPONS
The designers at Franchi even added a nifty little
switch that allows you to load a new cartridge
straight into the chamber, bypassing the maga-
zine. This enables the user to switch between all
the different types of shot a shotgun can re—from
miniature grenades to “less-than-lethal” beanbag
projectiles.
My LEGO SPAS 12 res slugs (basically a large
bullet)—in our case, a simple 1×4 brick. Loading
a slug into a shotgun turns it into something like a
small cannon. For design purposes, I had to go this
route as I was never going to be able to create a
shotgun-style loading mechanism with disintegrating
projectiles. (If you ...