As GhoulishCheetah said,
Ah. I can already see the threads started by prepubascent teens popping up whining about the fact that they can't have the gun, not realizing that the whole entire quest line was just a giant easter egg. 'Tis glorious indeed. :biggrin:
Although, knowing the PC mod community, some kid will make a working version of that gun that shoots fireballs that do 9999999999999999 damage or something... :shakehead:
So what if they do make a mod like that? they are tailoring the game to suit their preferences and it doesn't hurt you at all.
Because the PC is always a demi-god ofcourse, or if we are trying to think logically, the barrel would explode outwards not backwards, so all of the shrapnel would be directed towards the gunsmith.
Seems pretty basic logic that you shouldn't hold a gun facing anyone you don't want to shoot :shrug: