Uboinik (Metro Shambler)

The Uboinik. When you absolutely, positively have to keep the Metro running on time, accept no substitutes. This bad boy spits out 12 gauge rounds as fast as you can pull the trigger - until it takes you half an hour to reload, so make those shots count! Once you learn how to do tactical reloads, this puppy will have you humming that old Russian shanty in no time: Lord I was born a Shamblin' man Staying off the surface and doing the best I can... When it's time for mutant shootin', I hope you'll understand That I was born a Shamblin' man! This is the Metro Awakening VR version of the classic shop-class boomstick. As such, I believe it is canonically the earliest version that appears in the Metro Universe. It is scaled so that the shell is slightly larger than an actual shotgun shell. Since everything looks huge in the game, even your hands, you could try increasing the size of all the files by 5-10% if you want a "beefier" look. This was printed on a Centauri Carbon printer in PETG. The tolerances are aimed at a painted gun, but depending on filament and machine type, you will probably need a little sanding here and there to get everything to fit together. I really recommend printing the axle and bracket with a lot of walls and a lot of infil for strength, everything else will probably be fine with 4 walls and 25-30% infil. Ok. It's time to have "the talk". This is a static piece. While I have modeled the elements so that they can be separated and articulated, this gun would not work in the real world as modeled. There are pieces missing. Even if you modeled in the missing pieces, this gun would not work in the real world. The missing modeled pieces include some method to rotate and index the cylinder to coincide with the bolt charging. There is also no extractor on the bolt, although there is a piece that is supposed to represent that on there. There is no hole in the bolt face for the firing pin to go through. Even adding those parts in, the design still wouldn't work. The clips that hold the shells in place are not strong enough to keep the shells from tilting at even the slightest jolt, which means the gun would constantly jam and fail to load as the shells would be out of alignment with the chamber opening. When fired, the "shot" in a shotgun shell blows out the end of the shell, leaving a ragged plastic piece that extends the length of the shell about a quarter of an inch or so. There is no clearance in the mechanism that would allow the shells to be extracted from the breach when they are fired. The best you could do, is to have the bolt slide back and forth. This would most likely break the bolt travel rod and the shell clips unless at least those were made out of metal. Additionally, the charging spring would not flex nearly enough and would snap, so that wold have to be metal as well. It is a cool looking piece though! Happy (cosplay) hunting!