RE: [DL] British Rifle

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

Hi,
	According to Back East: The South, the British are supplying the
CSA with guns and ammunition.  Therefore, there is a reasonably reliable
supply of the cartridge in Southern areas. It is also likely that
someone in the South has started manufacturing them. Finally, given that
the round is more or less the standard Confederate issue, it is likely
that new Southern designed rifles would be designed to chamber it.
    Daniel Gwyn
 
"Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like wind in the meadow. The
days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow."
 
Théoden from Peter Jackson's The Two Towers

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]
On
> Behalf Of Ray C.
> Sent: December 8, 2003 5:52 AM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: [DL] British Rifle
> 
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 22:00:03 -0600
> >From: dlhoff1@charter.net
> >Subject: Re: [DL] British Rifle
> >
> >It is in The Epitaph  #2, in the Guns of the South. The Martini-Henry
is
> >a .45 caliber single shot breech loading rifle, with the bullets
being
> >special rounds that are incompatible with other .45s. It has a range
> >increment of 25, and does 4d8 per shot. It can mount a bayonet. To
> >compare it with the Snider/Enfield, the Snider/Enfield has the same
> >range increment and does 1 more die of damage per shot. However,
since
> >the bullets for the Snider/Enfield are .58 caliber, they also cost
more.
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >--David L. Hoff
> >------------------------------
> 
> "If it's a miracle at all, it's a Short Chanber Boxer-Henry 45 calibre
> miracle."  "And a bayonet sir, with some guts behind."  -  Zulu.
> 
> The "Short Chanber Boxer-Henry 45 Calibre" portion of that quote is
the
> full
> name of the cartridge, and why it's incompatible with the other .45
> Calibre
> weapons out there in Deadlands.  Not to mention, it's also British, so
> needs
> to be imported...
> 
> Although the Confederates might get lucky and only need to get them
from
> Canada...  Of course, the Canadian Forces are just getting geared up
as
> well
> (Having just started to stand on it's own feet as a country and all),
so
> that might not be likely at all.
> 
> Just one of the more MINOR logistical headaches the people of the day
had
> to
> face.
> 
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