From:	David Buehrer dbuehrer@******.carl.org
Subject:	Smart Guns/Smart Ammo
Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:20:19 -0700 (MST)

Mongoose wrote:
/
/ :Some comments on the APDS thread regarding smartguns and variable ammo
/ :types sparked an idea.
/ :
/ :Take a revolver (6 rnds/cy), smartgun it, and load different ammo types
/ in
/ :the cylinder (say three standard rounds, two APDS rounds, and a gell
/ round).
/ :In combat you can spend a free action to rotate the cylinder to the round
/ :you want.
/ :
/ :Can you imagine the look on the PC/NPC's face when you follow up a gel
/ :round, that bounces right off their armor, with an APDS round? <EGMG>
/ :
/ :-David B.
/
/ Heck, it doesn't have to be a smartgun- rotating a revolvers cylinder
/ is easy (simple action), and you could "color code" the outside. Note
/ that SR revolvers are SS, so most people would have time to choose ammo.

I'd like to save that simple action for something else :) For example, it
could be used to fire the revolver you're carrying in your other hand. Or
using it to keep track of what's going on around you.

/ Would it be feasible to have something like a long cylinder with
/ springs pushing the rounds forward act as a selectable magazine device?
/ That would make for a bulky gun, but might be worth it for something like
/ an assault rifle.

You mean like using a magazine like a shotgun has, except multiple tubes of
ammo? I'm sure it could be done. It'd probably be expensive though :)