Instant improvement to the adjustable p385+56N gun, based on
Scorbie's new p7 pipsquirter:
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x = 72, y = 63, rule = LifeHistory
48.A$35.A10.3A$29.A2.A.A.A8.A$29.4A.A.A8.2A$22.2A10.A.2A5.4B$22.A.A6.
4A2.A2B2.BAB$24.A5.BA3.2A4B.ABAB$24.2A2.4B3AB.A2B.2B2AB.2A$22.2A2.B2A
2BAB.A.2A2.7B2A$21.A2.2A5BA2BA.A4.7B$22.A.A2.A.A2.B.A.A4.7B$21.2A2.A.
A.4A.2A5.6B$23.A.2A.A4.A6.8B$23.A4.A.2A.A5.4B2.4B$22.2A4.2A.2A5.4B4.
4B$37.4B6.4B$36.4B8.4B$35.4B10.4B$34.4B12.4B$33.4B14.4B$32.4B16.4B$
31.4B18.4B$30.4B20.2B2A$29.4B22.BABA$28.4B24.A3B$27.4B26.4B$26.4B28.
4B$25.4B30.4B$24.4B32.4B$10.2A5.2A4.4B33.4B$11.A5.2A2B.4B34.2BA2B$11.
A.AB3.7B34.2BABA4B$12.2AB.8B35.2BA2BA3B$14.2B2A5B36.4BA4B$14.BABA5B
35.10B$15.BA7B33.10B2A$17.8B22.2A8.9BA2BA$16.B.B3.4B22.A9.8BABA$8.A6.
BAB5.4B21.A.AB4.11BA$.2A3.3A2.A3.3A6.4B10.A10.2AB.10B3A2B$2.A2.A3.3A
2.ABABA2.A3.4B7.3A12.12B2A3B$2.A.A.2A4.3A.B.4A4.4B5.A15.17B$2A2.A.A.
4A3.2A10.4B4.2A15.17B.B$.A.2A.A.B3.AB2A.2A.2A6.9B14.19B2A$.A.A.BA.ABA
BAB.A.A3.A7.6B14.19B.B2A$2A.B5A2B2.A.A.A3.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.20B4.B$.A.
A6.4A.A.2A3.A2.A4.36B$.A2.6A4.A8.2AB3.27B.9B$2A4.A3.A2.A10.14B2A16B2.
7B$9.2A2.2A10.13B2A16B2.7B$26.29B4.6B$26.17B.B.2B10.7B$27.15B4.3B10.
6B$27.15B5.A2B.2A6.7B$28.13B5.A.A2B.A7.5B$30.13B2.A.AB2.A8.6B$29.8B4.
2A.A.A3.A7.9B$29.6B6.2ABA2.4A.A5.2A.7B$29.5B8.B2.A.A3.A.A5.A5.4B$29.B
.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A2.3A7.4B$30.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A3.A10.3BA$29.B2AB9.A.A23.
3BA$30.2A11.A25.3A!
My manual welding skills weren't quite sufficient to attach the new pipsquirter on the left side also, in either of the two allowable positions. But as soon as the adjustable gun is adjusted any distance, there are potential bounding-box savings there also.
EDIT: The p511+56N allows for a weld that even I can manage. Reduced from the previous 98 by 70:
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x = 88, y = 69, rule = LifeHistory
26.2A11.A$25.B2AB9.A.A$26.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A$25.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A$25.5B
8.B2.A.A3.A.A12.2A$25.6B6.2ABA2.4A.A13.A$25.8B4.2A.A.A3.A12.BA.A$26.
13B2.A.AB2.A9.B.B2A$24.13B5.A.A2B.A7.4B$23.15B5.A2B.2A7.4B$23.15B4.3B
10.5B$22.17B.B.2B11.6B7.2A$9.A.A10.29B2.8B8.A14.2A$4.2A2.A.2A2.A6.13B
2A26B7.A.AB11.2A$4.A3.A3.3A5.14B2A25B9.2AB.B.3B$5.3A.2A4.2A2.2AB3.27B
.7B12.7B3.4A$7.A.A.2A2.A2.A2.A4.35B11.7B2.A3.A$8.2B2.A3.2A.2A5.6B3.B
2.2B2.19B11.7B.2BAB$8.AB2A5.A.A5.6B14.17B8.10BABAB$7.BAB2.3A2.A.A4.9B
14.15B.2B2.13B2A2B$2.2A3.3B2A2.A3.A4.4B4.2A15.35B.2A$3.A2.4B.A.A8.4B
5.A16.8B.24B4.A$3.A.2AB2A.A.2A6.4B7.3A11.8B3.2B2A18B6.A.A$2.2A.A.A3BA
2.A5.4B10.A11.2A3.B5.2B2A18B7.2A$5.A.A.B2.2A5.4B24.A10.22B$2.4A.5A6.
4B22.3A12.B.3B.4B8.4B$.A4.AB3.A5.4B23.A19.4B10.4B$2.3A.A.3A5.4B43.4B
12.4B$4.2AB2A6.4B43.4B14.4B$5.3B6.4B43.4B16.4B$5.3B5.4B43.4B18.4B$6.B
.B3.4B43.4B20.4B$7.8B43.4B22.3BA$5.BA7B43.ABAB24.ABA$4.BABA5B43.B2AB
26.2A$4.2B2A5B42.3BA28.B$2.2AB.8B40.4B$.A.AB3.7B38.4B$.A5.2A2B.4B36.
4B$2A5.2A4.4B34.4B$14.4B32.4B$15.4B30.4B$16.4B28.4B$17.4B26.4B$18.4B
24.4B$19.4B22.4B$20.4B20.4B$21.4B18.4B$22.4B16.4B$23.4B14.4B$24.4B12.
4B$25.4B10.4B$26.4B8.4B$27.4B6.4B$12.2A4.2A.2A5.4B4.4B$13.A4.A.2A.A5.
4B2.4B$13.A.2A.A4.A6.8B$11.2A2.A.A.4A.2A5.6B$12.A.A2.A.A2.B.A.A4.7B$
11.A2.2ABAB2A2B2A.A4.7B$12.2A2.BAB2ABA.A.2A2.7B2A$14.2A2.3A2B2AB.2BA.
2B2AB.2A$14.A5.AB3.3ABAB.ABAB$12.A.A6.4A2.2BA2.BAB$12.2A10.A.2A5.4B$
19.4A.A.A8.2A$19.A2.A.A.A8.A$25.A10.3A$38.A!
And the p553+56N doesn't need a weld at all -- down from 86 by 59:
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x = 84, y = 59, rule = LifeHistory
25.2A26.2A$25.A.A5.2A18.A.A5.2A$27.A4.A.A20.A4.A.A$23.4A.2A2.A18.4A.
2A2.A$23.A2.A.A.A.2A17.A2.A.A.A.2A$25.BABABA.A20.BABABA.A$26.B2ABA.A
21.B2ABA.A$27.2B.BA23.2B.BA$26.3B25.3B7.A$9.A.A5.2A6.4B16.2A6.4B7.3A$
4.2A2.A.2A2.A3.A6.B2A3B15.A6.B2A3B8.A$4.A3.A3.3A3.A.AB3.B2A3B15.A.AB
3.B2A3B7.A.A$5.3A.2A8.2AB.10B14.2AB.10B5.A.AB$7.A.B.2A8.13B15.13B5.A
3B$8.BA2.A8.14B14.14B6.4B$8.4A9.15B10.A2.15B5.6B$7.3B2.3A8.8B2.4B7.3A
4.8B2.4B4.7B$2.2A3.3B2A2.A8.6B5.4B5.A7.6B5.4B2.8B.4B.B$3.A2.4A.A.A8.
9B4.4B4.2A5.9B4.17B.B2A$3.A.AB3A.A.2A6.4B4.2A5.9B4.4B4.2A5.18B2A$2.2A
.A.2B3A2.A5.4B5.A7.6B5.4B5.A6.16B.2B$5.A.A.B2.2A5.4B7.3A4.8B2.4B7.3A
3.16B$2.4A.ABABA6.4B10.A2.15B10.A3.15B$.A4.AB3.A5.4B14.14B11.A.2AB.
12B$2.3A.B.3A5.4B15.13B10.2A.A.AB2.11B$4.ABABA6.4B14.2AB.10B11.A2.A5.
10B$5.3A6.4B14.A.AB3.B2A3B15.2A5.2B2A6B$4.4B5.4B15.A6.B2A3B21.3B2A6B$
5.5B2.4B15.2A6.4B24.10B$7.8B25.3B24.8B.B2A.A$5.BA7B27.2B.BA20.7B3.B2A
B3A$4.BABA5B27.B2ABA.A19.6B6.B4.A$4.2B2A5B26.BABABA.A20.6B4.2A.3A$2.
2AB.8B23.A2.A.A.A.2A19.5B4.A2.2A$.A.AB3.7B14.A7.4A.2A2.A19.8B.A.A$.A
5.2A2B.4B11.3A11.A4.A.A8.A8.8BA.A.2A.A$2A5.2A4.4B9.A8.5A.A5.2A8.3A6.
6B.2BAB.A.2A$14.4B8.2A7.A4.A19.A4.7B2.2B2.A$15.4B3.6B10.2A19.2A4.7B3.
B.2A$16.4B.2BA2B12.A16.2A2.4B.8B2.A.A2.2A$17.11B7.BA.A16.A5.11B2.2A2.
A2.A$15.6B2A5B3.5B2A19.A2.12B7.2A$14.2A3B2ABAB2A10B20.2A2.12B$14.2A6B
A13B20.B3.11B$15.5B2A4BA8B19.3B4.7B$15.9BABA9B16.6B3.8B$18.20B11.10B
2.9B$19.22B2.2B3.23B$17.4B.31B2A16B.B$17.2A4.7B.22B2A17B2A$18.A4.6B2.
41B2A$15.3A4.6B3.42B$15.A6.4B6.36B2.5B$22.2B2AB12.4B.13B5.5B6.2A$20.
2AB.2A14.4B4.B.7B3.3B.2B7.A$19.A.AB18.4B15.2A12.3A$19.A22.3BA15.A14.A
$18.2A23.3BA11.3A$44.3A11.A!
p581+56N, down from 98 by 65:
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x = 98, y = 64, rule = LifeHistory
20.2A11.A$19.B2AB9.A.A$20.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A$19.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A$19.5B
8.B2.A.A3.A.A$19.6B6.2ABA2.4A.A$19.8B4.2A.A.A3.A15.2A$20.13B2.A.AB2.A
15.A$18.13B5.A.A2B.A14.A.2A$17.15B5.A2B.2A11.BA.A.A$17.15B4.3B12.2A.B
2A2.A$16.17B.B.2B12.B2A2B4.3A$16.29B6.4B7.A$15.13B2A16B3.6B6.2A$14.
14B2A16B2.6B7.7B$13.2AB3.27B.7B7.8B$12.A2.A4.35B5.10B3.B10.2B$11.A.2A
5.6B3.B2.2B2.20B3.17B8.3B$11.A7.6B14.42B.5B$10.2A6.9B14.47B$17.4B4.2A
15.46B$16.4B5.A15.48B$15.4B7.3A12.48B$.2A11.4B10.A10.2AB.3B2.41B$.A2.
A8.4B21.A.AB6.43B$2.5A5.4B5.2A15.A8.44B$7.A4.4B5.A15.2A7.47B$4.3AB2.
7B.BA.A24.9B2.36B3.B$3.A.2B3.7B.B2A23.2AB2.6B4.35B.B2A$3.4A12B24.A.AB
3.B.B6.37B2A$.2A2.BA3B2A7B24.A7.3B5.36B.B$A2.3AB.2B2A7B23.2A6.B2AB4.
4B.31B$2A.A.B3.10B32.2A4.4B3.5B2.21B$3.A8.8B36.4B5.3B3.20B$3.2A7.9B
34.4B6.3B4.6B.11B$13.3B2.4B32.4B8.B6.2B5.4B.4B$11.5B3.4B30.4B24.2B2.
4B$11.2A7.4B28.4B26.2B2.4B$12.A8.4B26.4B26.B2AB2.4B$9.3A10.4B24.4B28.
2A4.4B$9.A13.4B22.4B36.4B$24.4B20.4B38.4B$25.4B18.4B40.4B$26.4B16.4B
42.4B$27.3BA14.4B44.4B$28.B2AB12.4B46.3BA$29.ABAB10.4B48.ABA$30.4B8.
4B50.2A$31.4B6.4B52.B$16.2A4.2A.2A5.4B4.4B$17.A4.A.2A.A5.4B2.4B$17.A.
2A.A4.A6.8B$15.2A2.A.A.4A.2A5.6B$16.A.A2.A.A2.B.A.A4.7B$15.A2.2A5BA2B
A.A4.7B$16.2A2.B2A2BAB.A.2A2.7B2A$18.2A2.4B3AB.A2B.2B2AB.2A$18.A5.BA
3.2A4B.ABAB$16.A.A6.4AB.A2B2.BAB$16.2A10.A.2A5.4B$23.4A.A.A8.2A$23.A
2.A.A.A8.A$29.A10.3A$42.A!
The remaining likely improvements among the variable guns are p00665osc7 and p00833osc7 (one column each). Will wait on these to see if the Stator Reducer Squad can come up with any savings anywhere. Also haven't surveyed all the fixed guns yet, so there might be a few old p7 pipsquirters in there somewhere.