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Actually it's pretty inconsistent. In "Ship in the Bottle", Picard throws a book, apparently solid, out - it instantly disintegrates in the doorway. But Cyrus Redblock (sp?) and crony walk right off the holodeck in "The Big Goodbye" and stand in the corridor, then take at least five seconds to dissipate. It is very unclear what determines what is replicated and what is just forcefields, let alone Cyrus(I think)'s temporary existence
A book is more complex than a bullet though, simple crap like snow particles, and possibly lead bullets are replicated, it's also easier to simulate their effects by actually creating them and letting reality do it's job, and it could still be the infamous holomatter crap wich is like real matter, but dissipates outside the confines of the holodeck.
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Couldn't or didn't? Remember, the Borg have a physical advantage over almost any melee combatant - and Worf only took 1 Borg out with his knife. Considering his success, he should have continued to fight Borg with his knife - and knowing Worf, he would have, if he believed he had ANY chance of victory.
I definitly say couldn't because they never displayed that ability even though they don't have any worthwhile physical advantage over a human except in the strenght department.
They move like staggering zombies, the E-E crew with Katanas, Broadswords and Slaymores vs. Borg Drones, now that I would pay to see

And because the 29th century borg displayed this ability, and it was special, and no other borg drones ever displayed that on their own.
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What is "holo-matter"? Why would it degrade outside the holodeck? Why couldn't Picard ask the holodeck to make the gun "real"? Obviously the same couldn't be done for Cyrus Redblock, but making a gun real is much easier.
I do not know why not, Picard could honestly think it wouldn't do him an iota worth of good.
This holomatter has been discussed before though somewhere...
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Why would the holodeck make bullets real but not guns?
Maybe to stop people from taking them off the holodeck? :p
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What about bullets sprayed at walls? Are THOSE bullets real? Does the holodeck make bullets "real" only when it knows they will hit a real person? Turning off the safety protocols makes it possible to be hurt.
Yes and to simulate the best possible effect is to just allow the thing to be actually real, or semi-real.
Saves alot of computer power.
All it has to do is to have force-fields around the walls and disintegrate them as they come close.
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It does NOT make the holodeck into an "intentional death zone" where it tries to hurt the players!
(though it often seems so)
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You propose that the bullet is "real", i.e. survivable off the holodeck, when protocols are inactive. This is not necessarily true; in fact, as DarkStar pointed out, "real" bullets would damage the walls of the holodeck. Safety protocols prevent harm from occuring; they should NOT make the holodeck extra-deadly when deactivated, and definitely not damage the deck itself.
Neither of that is neccesarily true with real bullets, even so, what does a real bullet differ from a holo-matter bullet?
well not in any way that matters, though in assmunchies brain it turns it into a non-ke energy weapon.
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Also, as simple holo-objects can be made "real" and taken off the deck ("The Killing Game", explosives and guns) by command, Picard COULD have done so with the gun. And we are back to my original conclusion: Borg can adapt to bullets, or he (and Word for not continuing to hack n'slash Borg back in the corridors) is an idiot.
Picard must be an idiot if he did not, because thats the one consistent type of energy we've seen Borg Drones to be vulnerable to.