Ragdoll physics in weapon models?

I'm wondering if there's a way to create a custom weapon for HL2/Source
that uses ragdoll physics in its viewmodel, so that weapons like
morning stars and whips and rubber chickens could be made.

I'm thinking this could complicate hit detection when using the weapon,
etc., so it might even suffice if the weapon's a ragdoll when you're
just holding it and running around with it, so it can sway/bend/drag
realistically, but reverts to a normal model when it's used to attack.

I'm thinking it would require some pretty major coding. I've done some
programming before, but I haven't tried messing with the HL2 code yet.

This might be the wrong place to be asking this question, so could anyone point me to a better forum to try, too?

collective.valve-erc.com

It probably can be done (since the source engine is pretty flexible). I
don't think there are a lot coders around here. I can code a little,
but something like that's far too complicated for me. Sorry.

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