| From: | Todd Montgomery <tmont@****.WVU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Question 1 |
| Date: | Tue, 26 Oct 1993 10:46:05 -0400 |
to compare pistols in SR with the stats derived in 3G^3. I took some
liberal guesses and tried to see if I could force some kind of relationship
out. NADA.
But I did see something interesting. The efficiency of Cased ammo vs.
caseless ammo can be large. So naturally I tried to even out the scale.
I found that at about the SR tech level that a projectile of about
a 9mm size (cased) could have about the same punch as a 11mm (caseless).
You really had to work with other gun stats, but it could be done.
The question: If cased ammo is that much better and if a gun in SR was
fitted with cased ammo and some neat little accessories, then it would
stand to reason that something like say a Fichetti Security 500 (which
I assume is about a 9mm) could be made to dish out the heavy pistol
damages (9M). Disadvantage is obvious. In the SR time, cased ammo would
be like saying "It was me! I did it! I'm over here!". I guess you could
also try and make something like a cased 12mm that would do something
in the neighborhood of 12M. Comments.
Some more info.: Talking to some people about Cased and Caseless, I came
up with some interesting facts.
1) Caseless ammo as depicted in SR is wrong. Caseless ammo is
made in a brick which has several rounds packaged. This means that a clip
comes already together and whole. And this arrangement would also make
using caseless ammo in a cylinder pistol impossible.
2) Caseless ammo is used because it gets rid of the weight inherent
in the shells case. This can decrease the weight by as much as a factor of
2 for large shells. This is why it is used today.
Anyone want to comment on the validaty of these facts? I do not know
much about caseless ammo, but the info comes from some guys who (supposedly)
do.
-- Quiktek
-- Todd Montgomery
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