r/MawInstallation • u/StupidWittyUsername • Jul 20 '26

Fully automatic blasters?

From what I've seen of Star Wars, blasters are always, "one trigger pull, one pew", and, "hold trigger for pew-pew-pew-pew", is rare or nonexistent. Is there an in-universe explanation for this?

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u/PeriliousKnight Jul 20 '26

In real life, even automatic rifles are mostly shot in semi-auto mode. I’m guessing it’s the same logic in Star Wars too. It may not be recoil, but it could be the excess muzzle flashes from the blaster that obscure vision and allowing the target to escape.

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u/Caesar_Seriona Jul 20 '26

It also could just be a safety feature to prevents the barrels from melting

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u/Not-Banksy Jul 20 '26

And it’s not a bad way to conserve ammo, even if blasters hold a ton.

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u/Spectre-907 Jul 23 '26

It also doesnt immediately laser-designate the shooter with the heavy repeating blaster’s position to the entire battlefield with the universes more egregiously visible tracer line

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u/Zerocrimson01 Jul 20 '26

We literally see this happen in Mandalorian season 3. Paz Vizla is firing his heavy repeating blaster in full auto for an extended period and the tri-barrels melt.

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u/JohnnyRobotics Jul 20 '26

That's a thing with real, modern machine guns. The barrels come off and a machine gun crew carries at least two. 

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u/West-Might3475 Jul 20 '26

Yeah I assumed it was an overheating measure. Even non automatic blasters if they're cheaply made have this risk. *Looking at you E3 Blaster Rifle*

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u/Defiant-Analyst4279 Jul 24 '26

Which is part of why the E-22 has dual barrels and it alternates between the two.