diff -r 9188505653d5 -r 5415e9d7436f hedgewars/uGearsHandlersMess.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uGearsHandlersMess.pas	Tue Feb 16 11:29:36 2016 -0500
+++ b/hedgewars/uGearsHandlersMess.pas	Tue Feb 16 11:31:55 2016 -0500
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@
         Gear^.Data:= Pointer(Gear^.Hedgehog^.Gear);
 
     PlaySound(sndGun);
-    // add 3 initial steps to avoid problem with ammoshove related to calculation of radius + 1 radius as gear widths, and also just plain old weird angles
+    // add 2 initial steps to avoid problem with ammoshove related to calculation of radius + 1 radius as gear widths, and also just plain old weird angles
     Gear^.X := Gear^.X + Gear^.dX * 2;
     Gear^.Y := Gear^.Y + Gear^.dY * 2;
     Gear^.doStep := @doStepBulletWork
@@ -1391,9 +1391,9 @@
         Gear^.dX := SignAs(AngleSin(HHGear^.Angle), HHGear^.dX) * _0_5;
         Gear^.dY := -AngleCos(HHGear^.Angle) * _0_5;
         PlaySound(sndGun);
-        // add 3 initial steps to avoid problem with ammoshove related to calculation of radius + 1 radius as gear widths, and also just weird angles
-        Gear^.X := Gear^.X + Gear^.dX * 3;
-        Gear^.Y := Gear^.Y + Gear^.dY * 3;
+        // add 2 initial steps to avoid problem with ammoshove related to calculation of radius + 1 radius as gear widths, and also just weird angles
+        Gear^.X := Gear^.X + Gear^.dX * 2;
+        Gear^.Y := Gear^.Y + Gear^.dY * 2;
         Gear^.doStep := @doStepBulletWork;
         end
     else