Production Details
According to Jayne, "Vera" needs oxygen around her to fire; however, gunpowder incorporates both fuel and oxidizer and will combust regardless of the presence or absence of atmosphere. According to the DVD commentary, the episode's producers checked this with a gun expert, but were incorrectly informed. It is possible that the limitation deals more with the action of the rifle, because some metals normally made to work in an atmosphere will vacuum weld together with no air present.
Vera herself is a rather extensively modified Saiga-12 semi-automatic shotgun.
The episode's title, "Our Mrs. Reynolds," is a play on the 1952 radio show, Our Miss Brooks.
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