Re: [HoE] A question...or two...

["pete rogers" <peterogers@hotmail.com>]

>I have a question for you guys.........
>
>I know little to nothing about guns, so forgive my ignorance.
>


well - i'm a lightweight gun nut and don't have HoE yet, but i'l throw 
common sense to the wind and give it my half cents worth !


>I will have one person who's playing a Harrowed that came across with
>the Prospector.  The questions I have are:
>
>1.  If he gets new guns, will his old bullets work in them?

depends on how accurate you want to be. odds are the length of his old 
cartridges are going to be too long and not fit the breech of a newer 
gun. Also the powder will be less refined than a more cartridge, fouling 
the gun pretty quickly (reliabaility rating - lower away !).

of course, if you want to keep it nice & simple i'd just say if the 
caliber is the same then they're okay to use. except cap & ball ammo - 
no way Jose !



>
>2.  If he uses his old bullets in new guns, will it work?
>

oops, answered this in 1. on reflection - i'd go for the powder fouling 
the weapon and drop its reliability.


>3.  What are the chances that wandering around the Hunting Grounds for 
200 years will diminish/destroy the potency of the powder in his
>bullets?
>

if time passes consistently in the hunting grounds then the ammo would 
probably be pretty much useless, the powder would get damp just from 
moisture in the atmosphere unless the cartridges were sealed in an 
airtight container. 'course - as always its you call :)


>Thanks for catering to my ignorance.  :)
>Marshal Nightchilde

hehe - blind leading the blind !

one interesting point i've just remembered - shotgun shells would almost 
certainly be knackered. In the late 19th Century they'd be waxed 
cardboard not the plastic casing we see today. Ain't no way no how 
cardboard is going to last 200 years ! & i'm not sure whether a modern 
pump shotgun wouldn't just tear a cardboard shell up with its action.


pete 'working on that 1 millin monkeys on typewriters & Shakespeare 
thing' rogers

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