From:	"Paul J. Adam" <shadowrn@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:	Re: Stupid 2 gun rule
Date:	Fri, 9 May 1997 23:30:29 +0100

In message <199705090049.CAA29372@***.uio.no>, Rune Fostervoll
<runefo@***.UIO.NO> writes
>Just a quick question.. what kinds of modifiers would you (any one of
>you) use for someone using two Ruger Warhawks? AFAIK it is a single
>shot gun, and single shot weapons can fire as a simple action but
>only once per action. It would, technically, be an ideal two-fist
>weapon since you use two simple actions to fire, no fuzz, no double
>firing.

And Wild West heroes blaze away with a Colt Frontier in each hand
without problems :)

>common Movie Combat Misconceptions..
>
>First off would be the overly effective silencers. I mean, I've used
>silenced weapons, and it's actually hard to notice a difference.
>The sound isn't supposed to carry as well, though.
>In some movies, though, they can fire a silenced gun in a quiet room
>and not get heard by someone else in the room! Right.

Silencers do reduce the noise a lot. From about 160dB peak impulse to
120dB for a Knight Armaments suppressor on a Beretta 92, for instance.
Translates to greatly reducing the distance at which the shot is
recognisable at gunfire: but still enough to make your ears ring in a
confined space.

(120dB is, roughly, a sledgehammer on thick steel or a 747 on final
approach overhead, by the way...)

>The Energizer Bunny Fight: all end of movie fights are,
>usually, long, and end after most involved has taken enough damage to
>kill them several times over.

Except bad guys, hit once, spin around and backflip off high catwalks to
fall through plate glass windows, while good guys hit once curse and
keep moving.

>The Hip - fired assault rifle: In movies, they actually hit. In
>movies, the elite units and heroes fire this way.

>Any other suggestions?

The napalm hand grenade that emits a huge cloud of flame and throws
people bodily through the air.

Whistling artillery.

Artillery shells that land a few feet from someone yet leave them
unhurt.

Nobody uses tracer, even from helicopter door guns and similar.

The most flimsy structure will withstand .50cal machine gun fire while
the hero is using it as cover.

Never enough smoke or noise.

Nobody ever has their foot slip on an empty cartridge case.

--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...

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