I discovered that a p30 Gosper Glider Gun can be used to invert a glider coming from the front:
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x = 36, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
24bo$22bobo$12b2o6b2o12b2o$11bo3bo4b2o12b2o$2o8bo5bo3b2o$2o8bo3bob2o4b
obo$10bo5bo7bo$11bo3bo$12b2o13$27b3o$27bo$28bo!
I was firing said gun into a debris field. A glider came back towards the gun very close to the stream. I thought for sure the gun was done for and was amazed when the gun survived and a hole was left in the glider stream.
I tried pairing two p30s together. The reaction takes out two incoming gliders and one outgoing glider:
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x = 132, y = 114, rule = B3/S23
4$29bo$27bobo$17b2o6b2o12b2o$16bo3bo4b2o12b2o$5b2o8bo5bo3b2o$5b2o8bo3b
ob2o4bobo$15bo5bo7bo$16bo3bo$17b2o13$32b3o$32bo$33bo5$40b2o$40bobo$40b
o6$47b3o$47bo$48bo5$55b2o$55bobo$55bo6$62b3o$62bo$63bo5$70b2o$70bobo$
70bo6$77b3o$77bo$78bo5$85b2o$85bobo$85bo6$92b3o$92bo$93bo5$100b2o$100b
obo$100bo5$119b2o$107b3o2bo5bo3bo$103bo3bo9bo5bo$101bobo4bo8bo3bob2o2b
2o$99b2o16bo5bo3b2o$93b2o4b2o17bo3bo$93b2o4b2o18b2o$101bobo$103bo!
Trying to use it as a memory loop in the traditional way failed (It erased the information):
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x = 129, y = 108, rule = B3/S23
$26bo$24bobo$14b2o6b2o12b2o$13bo3bo4b2o12b2o$2b2o8bo5bo3b2o$2b2o8bo3bo
b2o4bobo$12bo5bo7bo$13bo3bo$14b2o13$29b3o$29bo$30bo5$37b2o$37bobo$37bo
13$52b2o$52bobo$52bo6$59b3o$59bo$60bo5$67b2o$67bobo$67bo13$82b2o$82bob
o$82bo13$97b2o$97bobo$97bo5$116b2o$104b3o2bo5bo3bo$100bo3bo9bo5bo$98bo
bo4bo8bo3bob2o2b2o$96b2o16bo5bo3b2o$90b2o4b2o17bo3bo$90b2o4b2o18b2o$
98bobo$100bo!
However, It does work as a memory loop to store groups of one or two gliders, with one empty space between each group (Distance between guns lengthened to better show that the memory is stored.):
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x = 170, y = 149, rule = B3/S23
25bo$23bobo$13b2o6b2o12b2o$12bo3bo4b2o12b2o$b2o8bo5bo3b2o$b2o8bo3bob2o
4bobo$11bo5bo7bo$12bo3bo$13b2o$24bo$25b2o$24b2o2$21b2o$21bobo$21bo2$
31bobo$32b2o$32bo2$28b3o$28bo$29bo9$46bobo$47b2o$47bo2$43b3o$43bo$44bo
$54bo$55b2o$54b2o2$51b2o$51bobo$51bo9$69bo$70b2o$69b2o2$66b2o$66bobo$
66bo2$76bobo$77b2o$77bo9$81b2o$81bobo$81bo2$91bobo$92b2o$92bo5$99bo$
100b2o$99b2o2$96b2o$96bobo$96bo6$103b3o$103bo$104bo$114bo$115b2o$114b
2o10$118b3o$118bo$119bo$129bo$130b2o$129b2o2$126b2o$126bobo$126bo9$
144bo$145b2o$144b2o2$141b2o$141bobo$141bo5$160b2o$148b3o8bo3bo$144bo3b
o9bo5bo$142bobo4bo8bo3bob2o2b2o$140b2o16bo5bo3b2o$134b2o4b2o17bo3bo$
134b2o4b2o18b2o$142bobo$144bo!