A Date with Mr. Tommygun "
By: Samantha Carter, Security Officer, [RNPC]
Ian Hunter, Commanding Officer, [PC]

Stardate: 58206.29 2200

Hunter stood with a content look as Sam Carter entered the holodeck.

"So glad you could make it, Sam."

"Me to Captain."

Hunter gestured for her to approach a table which had various rifles and pistols laid out.

"This is a simulation of my collection," said Hunter. "I don't often fire the real thing."

With awe Sam looked at the assortment of handguns. She knew some of them by picture only. Amazing that those metal objects were once the most dangerous pieces in history.

He handed Sam a bullet. " This is the projectile. It contains a combustible material which propels the lead end out of the muzzle."

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He took the bullet back and put it in a very shiny chrome revolver and loaded 5 more.

"This is a 50-caliber revolver known as the Desert Eagle." he said, "One of the biggest hand guns made at the time."

He turned away with the weapon and leveled it. "Arch, target, 20 meters, pillar, alabaster."

As soon as an object appeared, Hunter squeezed the trigger and with a loud blast the pillar shattered.

Hunter smiled and handed it to Carter. "It has quite a kick," he said.

The pop of the gun made Sam's ears ring and she winched a little and took a step back at the impact of the gun. She accepted the gun from Hunter and looked at it.

"Its quit heavy for a hand gun. Can I try?" she asked eyes gleaming.

"Of course, but keep your arm straight and brace yourself through the shoulders."

Sam instructed the computer to set up a similar pillar and pulled the trigger. The gun bucked in her hand..." Wow indeed it has a kick and I missed!!!." Sam said with a chuckle.

Hunter chuckled, "The sighting is a little different. It also has a mechanical trigger. You want to gently squeeze it."

"Ah ok, lets give it another try." Carefully almost too carefully Sam squeezed and pointed the gun at the pillar. The bullet shattered a piece of it.

"At least I hit it this time."

Hunter smiled, "that you did."

He watched Sam try another. It took a while before Sam got the feeling for the guns but then after a while all her shots were dead center. Some guns had quit a kick back and others were light. She loved every minute of it.

Then Hunter picked up a short rifle. "This is one of my favorites. Its a classic weapon from the 1900s. "

The gun had a short stock and a grip in the front. "Its a famous weapon call the Thompson Machine Gun. Also known as the *Tommygun. It was popular with soldiers, law enforcement officers and gangsters."

"Watch this," said Hunter with a grin, "Arch, Mob scene 20 meters."

The holodeck darkened and a cameo scene appeared from the prohibition era in the US. There were five gangsters milling around barrels of moonshine and an old car.

One of them stepped to the edge of the scene, "Hey copper take this," it said as it began shooting a small caliber handgun in their direction.

Hunter snapped the round magazine into the gun and pulled the bolt back, chambering the first bullet. He leveled the weapon and pulled the trigger. The Gangsters scattered and disappeared through doors and windows.

As the tommygun fired round after round, shell casing tinkled onto the floor. In the target scene, barrels of moonshine where being ripped open. Glass bottles shattered with big splashes, was running alcohol everywhere. Hunter aimed at the old car and riddled it with bullets. Glass and rubber flew everywhere.

When the gun was expended, it made an empty click and all was quiet except for the sound of moonshine dribbling on the floor. Hunter raised the gun and removed the magazine. A fog of putrid smelling gunsmoke hung in the air.

He handed the gun to Carter with a smile, "Now that's fun."

Sam had covered her ears when Hunter shoot the gun. It made quite a nose and the smell made her sneeze. She looked at the gun Hunter placed in her hands. "Oh it sure looks like it, can I try too?"

He handed her a magazine and summoned a similar gangster scene. The bad guys began shooting harmless ammo at them and yelling obscenities.

Sam took aim and squeezed the trigger. "Oh you don't need to aim." she said with a grin...

"Aiming is optional," chuckled Hunter.

He watched as Carter mowed down the entire mob. Her cheeks were red with excitement.

"This is fun Sir!!!" she said grinning then the empty click of the gun could be heard. "Its hard to believe that in those days they killed eachother with it."

Hunter laughed, the scene was designed to be arcade like. "I know," he replied, "Your pretty good with that."

"Thank you Sir, its too bad that there never is some sort of a contest. You know like working with sniper rifles and such.. I might even sign up for that... " Sam responded.

"What else do we have?" she mumbled as she walked back to the table...she picked up a really small gun .22 it said.."Does this fire as well?"

"that's just a small caliber weapon."

"Its a woman's gun?"

"I suppose it could be," shrugged Hunter.

Sam chuckled...... "The women of that time were surely different."

"Here's another fun one," he said handing her a shotgun.

"It fires projectiles of various configurations."

"Various configurations?" Sam asked. She had seen some pictures of it in the ships database. "Isn't it used to fire these little pewter pellets?"

"lead pellets," corrected Hunter.

"Ah,", she weight the weapon in her hand. "Its heavy."

"Arch, wood target number 2," said Hunter. "Go ahead, but, it really has a kick to it."

Sam grinned and shouldered the gun.... a big blast made sure the wood was almost desintegrated. So over the next hour both Hunter and Carter were using various hand guns, rifles, shooting up various targets. Generally just having a good time.