From:	Chris Yang <cyang@*****.UBC.CA>
Subject:	Re: Vision Magnification. . .
Date:	Tue, 29 Jun 1993 13:39:51 -0700

On Tue, 29 Jun 1993, Matthew Ledgerwood wrote:

> >We (me and my players) have always found the idea of using vision mag
> >in combat completely ludicrous. There is no way that anybody can
> >hold a gun steady enough to shoot a target at long range as well as
> >they can at short range.
> >As a house rule, we do not allow the use of vision mag to reduce
> >range penalties unless the shooter is braced/prone/aiming.
>
> If they were just using the gun I'd agree, but if someone is smart linked
> then I think it would help. Perhaps even if the were using a laser sight.
>

I don't think smartlinking would help any in this situation. Modern
technology can pretty much emulate any aspect of smartlinking a gun
(as I understand the definition of smartlinking).

A red dot scope (should be familiar to all of you paintball fanatics out
there) comes close to the 'dot' that's supposed to appear in your eye.
Use a laser if you want, same effect.

Electronic triggers on some ISU guns are the closest we have come to
'telling' a gun to shoot by thought. Very little chance of 'jerking'
the trigger and destroying sight picture.

The limiting factor in distance shooting is not the stuff ON the gun,
it's the shooters ability to hold the gun steady. Using the SRII rules,
you can take a non-smartchipped gun with a mag3 scope and hit targets
just as easily at 300 yards (sporting rifle in this example) as at 20 yards.
Unless braced, the shooter should be unable to make this shot, period.

Just some more of my own personal ranting. =)


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