What Firearms for Mars Exploration?

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I think it will have to be one of those crazy looking Ithaca shotguns. We used to call them space guns they would fit right in out there.
 
A cartridge contains air inside it...

You can't fire bullets underwater because the water inside the barrel is incompressible, so your gun would blow up, but if the cartridge was made properly it would fire in vacuum
 
I bet your the kind of guy to tell me there are dragons on Venus too.
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Whaddayamean? No dragons on Venus???

First, there would be no need of a firearm on Mars. Second, a firearm as part of the survival kit for return might be of some benefit, but considering the critical weight restrictions that pound of weight would be much better used elsewhere.
 
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Why consider anything NATIVE on Mars to shoot (likely isn't anything but who knows)?

I mean, if we make it to Mars, maybe something else has too. Hopefully they are peaceful (or more likely have the common sense to avoid us). Chances are having come a greater distance their transportation tech would be WAY ahead of ours, and by default their weapons systems too.

I don't think this discussion is far fetched. Sending a manned mission to Mars I would consider it reasonably prudent (if weight allows it) to toss a shottie or revolver into the supplies "just in case".

Why should a mission to Mars be considered any different than a journey to any unknown, uncivilized area on Earth?
 
I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I'd rather off myself than wait it out and freeze to death 36 million miles from the closest human if I missed an orbit loop.

Landing in the wrong location on earth, being found by some aboriginal tribe, I'd want a gun. There would likely be jets and helicopters there before some painted fellow with a pointy stick, but it couldn't hurt.

But basically I'd want a gun simply by principle. The Second Amendment should be spread to the rest of the universe, since it has yet been actualized on Earth in my opinion. :)

And cool it with all of the IBTL nonsense. This can be an interesting, humorous, and insightful topic. Hell, this thread made it five pages and got quite technical. One note of interest was that while solar radiation (I think) keeps exposed surfaces at a relatively tolerable temperature, unexposed areas, such as the chamber, trigger mechanism, etc. will likely cool to extremely low temperatures, making failures highly likely.
 
Gyroget carbine. ...to shoot the unicorns that live there.
 
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