that does count towards the Weekly Quest of damaging opponents with a Minigun or Explosives. Firing these rounds of bullets from RG's Minigun will also help you get accolades in Fortnite Chapter 2 ...

It was a short recoil-operated machine gun, firing the 7.92 mm x 57 mm – 8mm ... fire for 2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute, ...

The 7.62x51mm rounds that a Minigun fires are not explosive ... which gives it 60 seconds of total firing time. The pod can be loaded with less ammunition to reduce its overall weight.