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From: Joe McNulty <mcnultyj@****.JMB.COM>
Subject: Re: Barret
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 11:19:58 CDT
> > After reading Shadowplay - I doubt that the Barret is like the Sniper rifles in
> > ShadowRun. In shadowplay - they mention the barret, and they mention that it
> > does more damage then a normal sniper rifle.
>
> I agree. If you look at the picture of the Ranger Arms SM3(?)
> it's not much bigger than the standard assault rifle.
> A Barret, however, is much larger.

I believe in Shadowplay they make mention of the fact that the Barret does
its best damage against armored opponents, because the round heat up when
passing through the armor, hence the fireball effect upon exit! <I always
loved that description in the book...>

Vulture

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