The 7th Artifact Activator?

[Telegnats]

I've recently started trying to activate handheld artifacts in the hopes of finding a good gun or otherwise, but I've yet to actually activate one. I wouldn't be as irritated with the system if DWAINE's gptio commands weren't such a pain in the ass to use. But inevitably, i'm stuck in artlab for ~20 minutes with an artifact that probably won't activate, until a changeling/some other antag comes in and kills me because hardly anyone ever goes to the artlab.

Also, on the wiki it states the force-activated artifacts usually respond to bullets or explosions. Unfortunately the 7 bullets a shot at the artifact whizzed by and struck a window, which sucked out all the air. Am I doing something wrong, or is this broken?