Period-184 glider gun

P184 gun
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Pattern type	Gun
Number of cells	38
Bounding box	31 × 31
Period	183
Barrels	2
Discovered by	Bill Gosper
Year of discovery	1970
Pattern files RLE p184gun.rle

P184 gun is a true period 184 double-barrelled glider gun found by Dave Buckingham in July 1996. The engine in this gun is a Herschel descendant. Unlike previously discovered glider guns, the reaction flips on a diagonal so that both gliders travel in the same direction.

External links

• Period-184 glider gun at the Life Lexicon