badger, on Aug 15 2006, 02:29 AM, said:
Here's another idea for you. The Longshot has no way for you to know how many shots are in a clip. They put that simple indicator to tell you when the gun is primed, but nothing to show you the clip count. That wold be very useful to me. I've seen plenty of people at the last war I attended dry-firing, not knowing they weren't shooting anything in the heat of the moment. Even if it was a simple tone that went off or a light to say that the clip was empty. That would be extremely beneficial.
A way you could set up a full/empty clip indicator would be to have a set of green and red LEDs to indicate full/empty clip. In the clip, you attach some sort of contact that attaches to the bottom of the clip and would make contact with the main assembly to indicate an empty clip. To summarize, when the bottom of the inside of the clip does not make contact with the main assembly, then green LED is on (full clip). When the bottom of the inside of the clip DOES make contact with the main assembly, then the red LED is on (empty clip).