One of my overthinkings, for you to consider

[Alpo]

I'm watching The Terminator. The first one. And the guy they sent back to take out Ahnuld, was having a little flashback. Thinking back to his own time and a battle between him and some other guys and the machines.

 

Now if the machines have taken over, do you suppose they would have also taken over ammunition factories?

 

They had a Ma Deuce. And it just occurred to me that ammunition might be hard to come by, and in that case you would not be wanting to use a machine gun.

 

What y'all think?

 

[DocWard]

I'm thinking it's a movie. Science fiction at that.

[Cypress Sun]

 

Are you trying to figure out where to score ammo five years from now?

 

To answer the question, I don't think that firearms, especially small caliber firearms, are particularly effect against the T1 terminators. They kind of slow the T2's down a little but then they just reform and continue their mission. Forget firearms, think explosives. Remember 2029 is coming up quick and AI is already here.

 

Cue the Terminator music

[Texas Joker]

Thermite. When you care enough to make the very best

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Wasn’t that T two?

[Alpo]

No. T2 they sent back a Terminator that was apparently made out of mercury with the mission of killing teenage John Conner, and then they sent back Ahnuld to protect him. They did not send a person back in T2. So obviously the person they sent back could not be reminiscing about the war.