From:	Michael Orion Jackson <moj0001@****.ACS.UNT.EDU>
Subject:	Re: RULES :- CONCEALABILITY
Date:	Fri, 2 Jun 1995 13:02:28 -0500

On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, P Ward wrote:

[snip]
> Avail Conc Baseline concealability is 8, for a round the size of
> Hold-Out 0 +2 a heavy pistol or SMG round. Hold-out rounds are a lot
> Light Pistol -1 +1 smaller, light pistol rounds are very concealable, and
> Heavy Pistol 0 0 easy to come by, as are sports rifle rounds, but
> Sports Rifle -1 0 shotgun rounds are very bulky.
> Shotgun 0 -1
> SMG +1 0 All security-grade (auto-fire) rounds are hard to come
> Assault Rifle +1 -1 by, and are not too concealable.
> LMG +1 -1
> MMG +3 -2 For cased rounds, concealability is -1 per ten rounds
> HMG +3 -2 after the first ten, for caseless -1 per twelve.
> Sniper Rifle +3 -1
[snip]

Overall, this is a good idea. BUT, the idea of autofire weapon ammo
being hard to get is complete hogwash. The most common SMG rounds are the
same in every way as heavy pistol rounds. For example: the H&K series of
SMGs use 9mm Parabellum (sp?) rounds. This is the exact same round used
in such (perfectly legal) weapons as the Berreta 92s. Another example is
the old "Grease Gun" SMG used by the US armed forces until the mid50s.
It used .45 ACP rounds. The same round was used in the m1911a1
autopistol, which is probably the most widely used autopistol in
exsistance. The weapons are drastically different, but the ammo is the same.
And as far as ARs and LMGs go, there are usually civillian rounds corresponding
EXACTLY to the military counterpart. The M16Ax class uses 5.56mm NATO rounds.
So does just about every other NATO standard assault rifle. The round it fires
can be gotten perfectly legally under a different name. I think it is
sold under the name ".223 Remington." or some such. The 7.62mm NATO
round used by the M60 LMG can be had by buying (i believe) ".308
Winchester." My point is that while the weapons are VERY different and
(obviously) vary in legality, the ammunition they use is usually fairly
standard. It's the magazines to put it in that they crack down on! :)

As a side point, I live in the American South. I can make a five-minute
walk to the neighborhood hardware store and get any of the rounds I
mentioned above in boxes of 20/30/50 or cases of 1000, usually at a very
cheap price. I can get a box of thirty 9mm P rounds for about fifteen
bucks, and use them equally well in my new Berretta Autopistol or my
next door neighbor's full auto H&K MPK-5. I bought the pistol at
wal-mart, and I don't really want to know where my neighbor got a
hideously illegal full-auto SMG. They vary tremendously in how easy to
get they are, but the rounds they fire are very easy to aquire.

Peace.
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