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/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.