From:	P Ward <P.Ward@**.CF.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: RULES :- CONCEALABILITY
Date:	Sat, 3 Jun 1995 12:08:51 BST

Michael Jackson wrote (really ? :-) , sorry, bet you get that a lot)

> Overall, this is a good idea. BUT, the idea of autofire weapon ammo
> being hard to get is complete hogwash.

OK, One, I'm writing this from a british viewpoint, and as far as I'm
coincerned it's hard to get almost any firepower (but getting distressingly
easier). I want to restrict the availability of firepower in my games. Making
ammo harder to get is part of that.

Two, buried in the Shadowrun rules is the ruling about ammo comapatability
between all weapons in a class, and lack thereof with all weapons out of it.
ALL SR SMG's use the same ammo, all SR HPistols use the same ammo, in the
real world, you treade, .45 ACP in your m1911a1, and your Ingram Mac-Whichever.
In Shadowrun the only (dedicated) autofire weapon that loads a semi-auto round
is the Machine pistol, and no character I know still uses one.

From this I'm going by the FASA (We know not much about guns) ruling, no
auto-fire ammo is used in a semi-gun (Oh yeah, apart from shotgun rounds as
well).


In 90% of all SR countries Auto-fire weapons are illegal, (except for Aztlan,
where you can carry SMG's, because armour is out, and the copss load APDS
all the time (!), oh and one of the Sioux nations, where you can have
Burst-fire long-arms for hunting (!)), so if the gun is illegal, and the
ammo has no other use except in that gun, then the ammo is illegal too,
that means it's harder to get.



I think that covers it, indignant brit mode off ;-)

Phil (Renegade)