From:	Paul Jonathan Adam <Paul@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:	Re: Essence and body-index
Date:	Tue, 8 Aug 1995 17:28:06 GMT

> > That's what I meant -- if you've got a full clip/magazine/whatever left, how
> > the hell can you say "I fire 7 rounds" with a weapon whose cyclic rate
> > hovers near 1000rpm, and succeed at it?
>
> I don't know, but I do here from those nice people over at twilight 2K, that
> it is possible for a fairly experienced operator to 90% of the time call
> a three round burst from a fully auto weapon... admittedly the cyclic wasn't
> quite 1K (more like 800), but it's not much different...

Been there. Done that. :-)

It needs practice, but it's too much of a pain to say "Roll your Firearms...
nope, you didn't get enough successes. You fire seven rounds instead of six."

Lots of dice, time wasted in a firefight, for no real entertainment.

For burstfire, as most people probably know, it's common to find three-round
burst limiters on assault rifles and now SMGs. More than that and you're into
trigger control. It needs practice, but you pick it up fast.

--
When you have shot and killed a man, you have defined your attitude towards
him. You have offered a definite answer to a definite problem. For better
or for worse, you have acted decisively.
In fact, the next move is up to him.

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk