Period-246 glider gun

	Period-246 glider gun
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Pattern type	Gun
Number of cells	81
Bounding box	43 × 38
Period	246
Barrels	2
Discovered by	David Buckingham
Year of discovery	1996
Pattern files
Plaintext	period246glidergun.cells
RLE	period246glidergun.rle

Period-246 glider gun is a true period glider gun with period 246, discovered by Dave Buckingham in June 1996. The 180-degree mod-123 symmetry of its bookend-based engine makes it trivial to modify it into a double-barrelled gun.

Upon the discovery of R49, Aidan F. Pierce noted that the same stable catalyst can also support the inactive part of the gun.^[1]

References

↑ Aidan F. Pierce (October 4, 2019). Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums