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[Kell Commander]

The gauss rifle fires solid metal slugs with magnetism. So why does it eject a shell casing for a round that should't have a casing? Very curios.

[Devils Advocate]

This isn't exactly a feature suggestion. If you're suggesting that it should not have a casing I'm ok with that.

[Ghogiel]

It probably shouldn't imo.

[Tweaks]

Do some research. Gauss canons are basically giant railguns. If you look at how railgun projectile work today, they have an outer shell that is split open by simple air friction soon after it's fired to release a fin-stabilized one-piece metal projectile.

I suspect it would work the same way here. A simple round bullet-like wouldn't be accurate without rifling at that velocity. I'm not any expert in ballistic weapons, but I think that's how it works.

Check out this video: http://youtu.be/w7Xh28hNRBQ?t=30s

[RandomLurker]

You mean a sabot round. They are used in smooth bore guns of all types when you want to fire accurately without rifling.

BTech gauss rifles are coilguns, and thus smoothbore guns. A sabot round would be appropriate to them. That's not what's shown though, what's shown is a shell casing being ejected from the breech. A sabot would come out the muzzle with round. There is no reason for there to be an ejected shell. It's an obvious artist error.