The gun can be converted non-trivially into a one-barrel form:
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x = 5, y = 14, rule = B34t/S2-i35a
2b2o$bobo$2b3o$bobo$2bo8$2o$2o!
Multiple copies of the gun can interact with each other in various ways, including period-multiplying reactions:
Period doubling:
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x = 45, y = 17, rule = B34t/S2-i35a
40bo$40bo$44bo$41bo2bo3$36b2o$35bo2bo$35b4o$3bo32bo$2b3o$bo3bo$2o2b2o$
o$ob2o$bo2bo$2b3o!
Period tripling:
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x = 37, y = 37, rule = B34t/S2-i35a
2o$o2bo$o2bo$b2o26$33bo$27b2o6bo$27b3o3bo2bo$26bo2bo3bob2o$27bo$27bo$
28bo2bo$29bobo!
Destruction of one barrel without disturbing any others:
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x = 31, y = 15, rule = B34t/S2-i35a
28bo$26b4o$25b2o2bo$17bo7bo4bo$17bobo5b2o2bo$17b2o7bo3$2bo$5o6bo$o2b3o
3bobo$3bo6b2o$bo$b3o$3bo!
Mutual destruction of two barrels:
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x = 8, y = 27, rule = B34t/S2-i35a
4bo$3bob2o$6b2o$6bo$2b2ob2o$3b3o15$2bo$b4o$o$3obo$bobo$4bo$2b3o!