Re: [DL] Single Action/Double Action/Gattling Weapons

[TobyAkers@aol.com]

<< I have a few problems with the new, or new to me anyway, rules for single
< action, 
<double action and gattling weapons.  My first problem is that double action
< weapons 
< are superior to gattling weapons.  Given that a gattling weapon is a weird
< science
< gizmo, is more expensive and has a reliability this should not be so.  My
< second problem is the overwhelming firepower of a two-fisted cowpoke with a
< pair of DA pistols.
 
The way I've started to handle this is that if someone uses a double action 
gun to fire 2 bullets they get a -2 to hit and require a raise to hit with 
the second bullet.  If you are using two at the same time  I raise the 
penalty to a -4.  This might seem harsh, but a double action weapon really 
isn't that much faster than a single action in the hands of a gunslinger, and 
if your firing it twice as fast it's really not going to be all that 
accurate, especially if you've got one in each hand...Don't forget those 
innocent bystander rules...