diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/nuclear_vr.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/nuclear_vr.dm
index 97a6aa064e..313fcd37d5 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/nuclear_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/nuclear_vr.dm
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 /*
 //	Virgo's very own file for overriding Polaris' eguns! Should include: Regular egun, Advanced egun, burst egun, mounted egun
 //
-//	NOTICE: All the egun sprites have to be mirrored in /icons/obj/eguns_vr.dmi because someone made them all child objects of the base thing
+//	NOTICE: All the eguns are child objects of the base thing. If you modify the base egun, all the other eguns will inherit it unless they explicitly override it.
 */
 
 /obj/item/weapon/gun/energy/gun
-	icon = 'icons/obj/eguns_vr.dmi'	//makes the egun look for icons here instead. ALL of the eguns.
\ No newline at end of file
+	icon = 'icons/obj/eguns_vr.dmi'	//makes the egun look for icons here instead. ALL of the eguns.
+
+/obj/item/weapon/gun/energy/gun/burst
+	icon = 'icons/obj/gun.dmi'	//Points it back at the default file so eguns_vr.dmi doesn't need to mirror all the sprites
+
+/obj/item/weapon/gun/energy/gun/nuclear
+	icon = 'icons/obj/gun.dmi'	//Points it back at the default file so eguns_vr.dmi doesn't need to mirror all the sprites
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/icons/obj/eguns_vr.dmi b/icons/obj/eguns_vr.dmi
index 99f2f1f1cc..50d897d1cd 100644
Binary files a/icons/obj/eguns_vr.dmi and b/icons/obj/eguns_vr.dmi differ