Thank you very much Chainsaw Aardvark for such an in-depth view into Gun mechanics and history. As for the upgrages that happen in Dead Space, I could see an increase in firepower as adding at least 2 points onto the weapon's max damage, ammo capacity could be the same as in the game, and rate of fire... that's a little more tricky.

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