6-2Aug2 hunting rifle

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"I bet even Biggs never made a one-handed shot with an energy-rifle-- while fighting a landspeeder's controls!"
―Luke Skywalker[5]

The 6-2Aug2 hunting rifle was a slugthrower produced by Czerka Arms and used during the Galactic Civil War, commonly on backwater worlds in the Outer Rim Territories.

A Czerka 6-2Aug2 hunting rifle

A Czerka 6-2Aug2 hunting rifle

The 6-2Aug2 had an elongated barrel that allowed for precise, long-range shooting, making up for the lack of a laser targeting sight or scope. The 6-2Aug2 was known to be easy to repair and maintain. It was quite similar to the Tusken Cycler rifle although more modern and with a faster rate of fire.

Luke Skywalker owned a 6-2Aug2 during his youth on Tatooine.[1] His uncle started teaching him to use it when he was only seven years old, the same age Owen started. Luke often used womp rats as target practice; by the time he was seventeen, he could shoot them from the driver's seat of his landspeeder without stopping to aim. The rifle was destroyed during a fight with the Tusken Raider URoRRuR'R'R in the Jundland Wastes prior to the destruction of Alderaan in 0 BBY.

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In the Marvel Star Wars Comics Luke's 6-2Aug2 was referred to as a "laser rifle" or "energy-rifle". Later sources identified it as a slugthrower.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
  2. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Deserter"
  3. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Brothers"
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  5. ↑ Star Wars (1977) 17
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